Facebook quarterly profit doubles as user ranks grow
Facebook quarterly profit more than doubles as its ranks swelled during the past year to a mammoth user base of nearly 1.6 billion, the social media giant says.
28 January 2016, 06:05 AM
Facebook trains AI to beat humans at Go board game
Facebook has created an artificial intelligence system that is "getting close" to beating the best human players at the Chinese board game Go, Mark Zuckerberg reveals.
27 January 2016, 12:40 PM
Facebook to respond in 48 hrs: Tarana
Facebook authorities will response to any complaint by the Bangladesh government within 48 hours, says State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim.
24 January 2016, 10:51 AM
All you need is the love between this monkey and his adopted puppy
Who does not love puppies? It seems everyone in the animal kingdom loses it over puppies and this monkey is no exception.
24 January 2016, 05:54 AM
Hearts of stone
The man was lying flat on the road, bleeding profusely. He raised his right hand and waved weakly for help. His motorbike was lying two feet away near the road divider only 50 yards off Hotel Radisson.
23 January 2016, 18:17 PM
Facebook gets in game with new sports hub
Facebook has announced a drive Thursday to be a place for sports with a new online hub for news and sharing on sporting events.
21 January 2016, 15:55 PM
India regulator pillories Facebook over Free Basics lobbying
India's telecom regulator strongly criticises Facebook over its campaign to drum up support for its Free Basics internet plan.
20 January 2016, 11:40 AM
'Be like Bill' is passive aggressive meme dividing Facebook
If you've paid a visit to Facebook recently, chances are you'll have seen people sharing images of a stick man called Bill.
20 January 2016, 07:18 AM
How a Facebook post landed man in jail for 15 years
Malik First Born Allah Farrad, will be spending the next 15 and half years of his life in a federal penitentiary because of a single Facebook post.
16 January 2016, 05:36 AM
Facebook appoints translator to help understand ‘objectionable’ Bangla posts
Facebook authority hires a translator for helping them understand the “objectionable” Bangla language posts in the social networking platform.
10 January 2016, 14:18 PM
‘Telecom operators will be forced to compensate call drops’
The country’s mobile phone operators will be forced to compensate their users for call drops, State Minister for Telecommunication Tarana Halim says
6 January 2016, 07:43 AM
Mark Zuckerberg to build AI to help at home and work
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he plans to build artificial intelligence (AI) to help him around the house and with his work.
4 January 2016, 05:03 AM
Facebook class action lawsuits to go ahead
Two US class action lawsuits against Facebook by shareholders alleging it hid growth concerns ahead of its 2012 public listing can now go ahead.
30 December 2015, 06:15 AM
Why is Mark Zuckerberg angry at critics in India?
Mark Zuckerberg is feeling the force of critics who believe his effort to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services hurts India's democracy and violates net neutrality.
29 December 2015, 15:11 PM
Khaleda’s Facebook post seeks vote for BNP candidates
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a Facebook post calls upon voters to cast their votes in favour of the party’s mayoral candidates in the December 30 municipality elections.
27 December 2015, 13:46 PM
Modi manages his own Facebook, Twitter accounts
Having one of the most demanding jobs in the country doesn't stop Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from managing his social media accounts on his own.
25 December 2015, 12:16 PM
Can you spot the panda?
Can you spot the panda in the crowd of snowmen? Look closer.
23 December 2015, 08:12 AM
Mobile internet use drops after Facebook bar
Telecom regulator registers 5.14 crore active mobile internet connections last month – what was 5.23 crore in October-end. The move comes after weeks of ban on Facebook that started last month and continued till December. BTRC, however, did not explain the reason of the fall.
22 December 2015, 09:42 AM
Afghan official makes plea to president via Facebook
A deputy governor in Afghanistan sends a highly unusual public Facebook message to the president to plead for assistance in fighting the Taliban.
20 December 2015, 10:33 AM
Thai woman jailed ‘for defaming royals’
A military court in Thailand has sentenced a woman to nine-and-a-half years in prison for defaming the country's monarchy on Facebook.
16 December 2015, 15:30 PM