You'll never be able to escape Facebook, thanks to its incredible new plane

A STAGGERING solar-powered drone will see social network Facebook take to the skies, providing internet connections across the world. Facebook Aquila drone is able to beam internet access across the world Facebook users will soon be able to update their status...

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WhatsApp BANNED again: Thousands of Brits face total messaging block

BRAZILIAN judge orders immediate shutdown of WhatsApp just weeks before millions head to the Olympics in Rio. BANNED: Brazil is blocking users from WhatsApp fans are once again facing a countrywide ban in Brazil. The world's most popular messaging app has...

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How do you get a verified blue tick on Twitter? Here's how anyone can do it

TWITTER has changed its policy, allowing anyone to request a verified blue tick on the social media website for the first time. Here's how to get verified right now. Fancy a Twitter blue tick? Here's how you can get it For years, being verified on Twitter...

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Facebook Messenger to get ‘secret’ conversations

Service will also have disappearing messages, Snapchat-style First it was WhatsApp, now it seems Facebook Messenger is about to up its security levels. First it was WhatsApp, now it seems Facebook Messenger is about to up its security levels. The social...

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Travelling to America? US border guards may require your Facebook and Twitter accounts before letting you in

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed that all travellers be asked to provide their social media details before entering the country America has proposed recording your social media accounts before letting you in British travellers trying to enter...

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Mark Zuckerberg tapes over his webcam. Should you?

Does covering his laptop camera and microphone with tape make Facebook’s boss paranoid, or are they really after him? Probably a bit of both Mark Zuckerberg celebrates 500 million monthly active users on Instagram – but he also revealed a lot about himself...

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Facebook Messenger can now send SMS text messages

Facebook has announced that SMS text messages can now be sent and received through its Android Messenger app. Facebook wants to keep users confined to its app In a post on the site, Facebook said that users would now have the choice to send and receive...

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Survey says Instagram attracting more advertising than Twitter

Social media advertisers are increasingly turning to Instagram over rival Twitter, new data has shown, in a blow to Jack Dorsey’s micro-blogging giant. Instagram has gained more agency attention than its rival Twitter according to a new report Investors...

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Details of 33 million Twitter accounts hacked and posted online

Twitter security officials said they are 'confident the information was not obtained from a hack of Twitter’s servers' Security experts said the most common password affected by the breach was '123456' Twitter has been forced to lock around 33 million accounts...

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Facebook is going to delete your synced photos unless you install another of its apps

Facebook is going to delete your synced photos in a few weeks’ time unless you install another of its apps. Facebook is going to delete your synced photos Now if that sentence puzzled you, you’re not alone. Many users have no idea that the synced photos album...

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Facebook is about to delete photos from your account in an attempt to push its new photo app

Save them before they're gone Facebook is about to delete a group of photos on your phone, although you might not know or even care that they’re there. The reason you might not have noticed them is because they’re hiding in a private “synced from phone” section...

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Why is Facebook trying to force you to use its Messenger app?

Soon Facebook’s smartphone users will have to install its separate app to chat, as social network phases out mobile web version. But what’s in it for Zuckerberg and co? Facebook is phasing out chat from its mobile site and there’s not much you can do about...

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Facebook's is scanning ALL your posts with a 'near-human' level of understanding - should you be worried?

Social network develops a new artificial intelligence that's reading everything on the site to help sort out what you and your friends see With over a billion users regularly posting content, Facebook has a lot of information to sift through. The social...

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Facebook might be about to copy WhatsApp's best new feature

FACEBOOK is preparing to roll-out end-to-end encryption for its popular Messenger app, months after WhatsApp implemented the same feature. ENCRYPTION: Facebook Messenger will get end-to-encryption across its app later this year Facebook Messenger could be...

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Facebook and Microsoft to build 4,000-mile underwater internet cable from US to Europe

A massive data cable is to be built across the Atlantic running from Virginia Beach in the United States to Bilbao in Spain. Facebook working with Microsoft to lay transatlantic cable The project, announced by Microsoft and Facebook, is the latest in a series...

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These are the 8 things you need to delete from your Facebook to stay safe online and protect your family

Here's how to crime-proof your profile and protect yourself online Is your Facebook a goldmine for criminals? Here's how to protect your profile FACEBOOK has become a staple in many of our day to day lives, but is your Facebook profile a gift for cyber criminals? Most...

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Facebook to start showing ads across the internet to everyone, whether or not they have an account

The site had kept its ads limited to people who were signed up to Facebook – until now An employee writes a note on the message board at the new headquarters of Facebook in Menlo Park, California January 11, 2012 Facebook is going to stat tracking and showing...

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9 features you probably didn't know exist in WhatsApp

There are features many users haven't yet discovered There's currently over 1 billion groups on WhatsApp WhatsApp, the app Facebook bought for $19 billion (£12 billion), is used by more than 900 million people around the world and has become one of the...

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Twitter just announced big changes to its 140-character limit

Twitter has unveiled a major overhaul of how its 140-character limit will work. Pictures, video and @names will no longer eat into Twitter's 140-character limit Users will be able to add multimedia to tweets including pictures and video without eating into...

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How to stop Facebook ruining your day with one quick trick

IF YOU'VE had a Facebook account for a while, chances are, the hugely-successful social network has a few memories and photos you'd rather not see plastered across your News Feed. Facebook could kickstart your day by dragging up a painful memory Facebook knows...

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