Sony revamps Crackle iOS app with AirPlay & Apple Watch support, Facebook Messenger gets group voice calls

Sony on Wednesday updated its Crackle video streaming app for iOS with many new features, including AirPlay and Apple Watch support, while Facebook began rolling out group voice calls for Messenger.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 4

Facebook debuts Messenger bots, Live API & more at F8 Developer Conference

Facebook opened the F8 Developer Conference on Tuesday by announcing a number of developments, including Messenger bots and a Live API that will bring video streaming to a wider range of devices.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 3

Facebook doubles down on live streaming with new features for groups, events, and interactivity

It seems as if the revolution will be streamed, as social networking behemoth Facebook has chosen to drastically expand its live streaming features to make streams more interactive, easier to share, and more discoverable.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 0

Facebook plans to use Messenger for retail point-of-sale service, could integrate Apple Pay

The popular Facebook Messenger app could soon become far more than a chat client, with the social networking service apparently planning to offer in-store purchases through its mobile app, after the company signaled it could partner with Apple Pay for retail checkouts.

Katie Marsal 10 years ago 4

Google, Facebook, Microsoft & Twitter expected to file motions backing Apple in unlock debate

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter are all expected to file amicus briefs in support of Apple, which is refusing to help the FBI unlock an iPhone 5c belonging to San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook over wider data privacy concerns.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 22

Facebook 'Like' button gains new reactions: Love, Haha, Wow, Sad & Angry [u]

Social networking giant Facebook on Wednesday delivered on its promise to add more context and nuance to its ubiquitous "Like" button, giving users options for love, laughter, sadness and more [updated].

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 12

Facebook app still an iPhone battery hog, testing shows

Though Facebook has been trying to address power usage concerns through software updates, its main iOS app is still a drain on the iPhone's daily battery life, a report claimed on Monday.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 21

Facebook's WhatsApp Messenger drops annual fees to keep growing userbase

WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Facebook, is dropping its 99-cent annual charge in order to continue growing, CEO Jan Koum said on Monday.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 4

Facebook now testing iPhone 6s Live Photos support for iOS users

Facebook on Monday launched a limited pilot of Live Photos support for people using the company's iOS app, with plans for wider compatibility in 2016.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 6

Brazilian judge briefly shuts down WhatsApp, crippling communications

Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service was briefly shutdown in Brazil on Friday (local time), the result of an order by a state judge in Sao Paulo calling for a longer 48-hour suspension.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 2

Adobe Lightroom, Facebook Messenger update with 3D Touch & other improvements

Adobe and Facebook each released major iOS app updates on Wednesday, upgrading Lightroom and Messenger, respectively, with 3D Touch plus a number of other features.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 0

Facebook closes down Creative Labs, pulls Riff, Slingshot & Rooms from App Store

Facebook on Monday confirmed the closure of its two-year-old Creative Labs division, along with the removal of three related apps from Apple and Google's app stores.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 1

US Congress, corporations get behind Email Privacy Act to shield online communications from searches

A proposed bill before the U.S. House of Representatives, the Email Privacy Act, would overhaul 1986's Electronic Communication Privacy Act and require that law enforcement obtain a search warrant before reading online correspondence.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 2

Apple R&D spending is a fraction of other major American tech companies

Apple spent just 3.5 percent — $8.1 billion — of its 2015 revenues on research and development, proportionately far less than peers like Google and Facebook in the American tech landscape.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 31

Facebook SDK for tvOS could solve Apple TV's app login problem

Facebook, not Apple, could be the company to streamline tvOS app account authentication, a process that currently requires users punch in login and password information on an app-by-app basis using a cumbersome onscreen keyboard.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 52

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