Latest Facebook app news

Facebook has officially launched a free dating service. It's called Facebook Dating, and it's now live in the US. Here's how it works.... Read more

Facebook is one of the few services available that have an established way of dealing with account management in the event of a user's death. The idea is that Facebook user can set an executor of sorts, officially known as a legacy contact, who will have limited access to their account. This will allow them to tie up the account and leave it there as a memorial of the person's life.... Read more

Facebook is developing a 'Clear History' tool. The idea is that, finally, you'll be able to clear your Facebook history.... Read more

Similar to Microsoft, Facebook has been caught hiring third-party contractors to listen in on audio clips of its users.... Read more

Dark Mode seems to be a thing people are excited about these days, and it looks like it's coming to Facebook... Read more

Facebook is apparently planning on launching a new "news" tab in the coming months in order to deliver news directly from well-known publishers.... Read more

It's always fun to peel back the curtain and look inside at the inner workings of a tech company, especially if it's in turmoil or has been struggling to launch a successful product - two boxes that Facebook has obviously ticked.... Read more

The US Federal Trade Commission has officially announced its $5 billion fine against Facebook, following a long investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal and other data breaches. Here's how that settlement affects you.... Read more

Facebook appears to be doubling-down on its experimental app efforts, with the launch of a new brand entirely dedicated to the initiative.... Read more

Facebook is set to get involved in payments; Libra is a new cryptocurrency that will roll out in 2020. You'll be able to pay people easily via a standalone... Read more

F8 is Facebook's annual developer conference - an event in which the social network announces plans for its key initiatives and updates to products.... Read more

The feature was previously hidden. Users had to send a crescent moon emoji in order to activate it. But now they can enable it in settings.... Read more

Facebook is testing a new feature that would completely change the way you view the News Feed and Facebook Stories.... Read more

Could under 18s soon be restricted in their social media use on services like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat?... Read more

Facebook has revealed it stored passwords for hundreds of millions of users in plain text, likely since 2012.... Read more

Facebook Messenger is getting a feature that will make navigating and talking in group threads a 1,000 per cent easier.... Read more

Mark Zuckerberg: A totally different, more private Facebook is in the works... Read more

There's been so many Facebook scandals in the past year that it's hard to keep track. But this latest one is certainly grabbing people's attention.... Read more

It works when you tap on the message you want to delete within 10 minutes of sending it.... Read more

It's been an entire decade-and-a-half since a fresh-faced, wide-eyed Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm on 4 February 2004.... Read more

Facebook has been paying teenagers to hand over total access to their phone and, naturally, that includes some very personal details.... Read more

Facebook is integrating Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp messaging.... Read more

It's been a hot minute since Facebook made a new app. And its latest effort, called LOL, is solely targeting teens, if you couldn't tell by the name.... Read more

Facebook has posted on its blog for developers about yet another privacy issue, this time involving photos.... Read more

Facebook has provided a comprehensive statement to detail exactly what happened, as well as a way to tell if your were hacked.... Read more

Facebook has a new feature, called 3D photo, which adds a layer of depth to photos in your news feed.... Read more

Facebook’s video streaming platform Watch has launched globally, a year after arriving in the US.Facebook Watch was originally announced back on 9 August... Read more

It sounds like an episode of Black Mirror, right?... Read more

See the sign-up process for Facebook Dating, including designating who can see it, your gender, how you identify, who you want to meet, and more.... Read more

Facebook Stories are Instagram and Snapchat-style updates that disappear after 24 hours; they don't stick around like statuses.... Read more

Watch Party is a way for people to watch videos on Facebook together in real time. Here's what you need to know about, including how it works.... Read more

Facebook has launched a dedicated game streaming hub: FB.gg.This hub gives Facebook Live streamers - who primarily stream gameplay - a landing page to... Read more

Facebook is going after Musical.ly and Dubsmash.The social network is no stranger to replicating popular apps and features. For instance, the Stories feature... Read more

Facebook's CEO is about to sit down for another government hearing, but this one is in front of the European Parliament instead of US Congress.In April,... Read more

Facebook has a version of Messenger for kids - and months after launching on iOS, it's now available on Android.Appropriately called Messenger Kids, it’s... Read more

Mark Zuckerberg has survived hours of questioning from members of Congress. And if there's one takeaway from the whole thing, it's that US lawmakers seem... Read more

Earlier, Pocket-lint tried to come up with some Facebook alternatives...And then, it occurred to us that there are no competitors at the same scale. If... Read more

Facebook has started rolling out a message to the news feed of the Facebook mobile application that will let users know if their data was improperly shared... Read more

Facebook just can't seem to do anything right lately.TechCrunch has revealed that Facebook, the company, quietly deletes messages that its CEO, Mark... Read more

Facebook has provided an update on the Cambridge Analytica scandal and it's not good news - specifically that anybody could have had their profile scraped... Read more

Facebook has faced a lot of criticism as of late, so it's doubling down, trying to make things right.It has laid out a three-step plan it is now following... Read more

Facebook has a tonne of data on you and your friends.With the recent revelations that third-party companies, like Cambridge Analytica, were allegedly using... Read more

Facebook's CEO has finally responded to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and laid out a three-step plan to remedy the incident.The scandal, which revealed... Read more

Maybe it's time to delete Facebook.If you're anything like us, you've been a user of the service for more than a decade. You've probably developed a love-hate... Read more

Facebook is embroiled in a hot mess right now, largely in part due to its own failings to secure user data obtained by Cambridge Analytica.On 16 March,... Read more

We've all had to unfollow a friend on Facebook.You like them, sort of, but they're a little annoying with the a) political posts b) baby photos c) ALL... Read more

Facebook is going all in on video.The social network has been focusing hardcore on video lately, with a big push into live video broadcasts, 360-degree... Read more

Fake news is an international crisis.The issues surrounding fake news are complex: first, you have world leaders using the term "fake news" as a way to... Read more

Facebook Messenger has launched a new feature for UK users.The feature, peer-to-peer payments, has been available to Messenger users in the US since 2015.... Read more

Facebook has long supported different types of media, and it's latest feature, called 360 photo capture, is a prime example.The company has updated its... Read more