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Facebook announces Oculus Go, one of the cheapest VR headsets yet
AR, VR & Metaverse

Facebook announces Oculus Go, one of the cheapest VR headsets yet

Without a cable or the need for a mobile phone, standalone headsets represent a totally new phase of VR hardware...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Oct 2017
Is social media now almost impossible to monetise unless you're an industry giant?
Facebook

Is social media now almost impossible to monetise unless you're an industry giant?

MarketLine asks whether a social media business model based on building popularity before monetisation is fundamentally flawed.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Oct 2017
Faceliker Trojan leads the malware race in Q2
Cloud Access Security Broker

Faceliker Trojan leads the malware race in Q2

Rogue Facebook likers and script-based malware featured at the top of McAfee's latest Quarterly Threats Report.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
Bot services market worth US$1,783.9m by 2022 – APAC the driver
Unified Communications

Bot services market worth US$1,783.9m by 2022 – APAC the driver

​A new research report from MarketsandMarkets has forecast very positive times ahead for the bot services market, with APAC leading the way.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Sep 2017
BlueJeans announces video meeting integrations with Facebook and Samsung
Unified Communications

BlueJeans announces video meeting integrations with Facebook and Samsung

BlueJeans partners with Facebook and Samsung to enhance video meetings, boosting work flexibility and connectivity.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Tue, 19th Sep 2017
Yikes! What to do when your Facebook group is hijacked by competitors
Marketing Technologies

Yikes! What to do when your Facebook group is hijacked by competitors

SMBs often find creating groups and participating on social media a good way to gain exposure, but we can't always control how they're used.

By Rebecca Caroe • 4 min read • Tue, 19th Sep 2017
AR/VR headset market leaps 25.5 percent in 12 months
AR, VR & Metaverse

AR/VR headset market leaps 25.5 percent in 12 months

​IDC has released its latest findings of the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets market with good news for vendors and resellers.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 6th Sep 2017
It's time to consider other cooling options for Open Compute Project data centers
DataCentre infrastructure

It's time to consider other cooling options for Open Compute Project data centers

Indirect air economizer cooling, for example, greatly extends the geographies in which air economizer modes of cooling can be used.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Thu, 24th Aug 2017
Facebook announces major updates that redefine the news feed and birthday posts
Facebook

Facebook announces major updates that redefine the news feed and birthday posts

Facebook to crack down on clickbait in news feed, targeting fake video play buttons and static images disguised as videos.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Fri, 18th Aug 2017
Equinix talks how to handle the subsea cable building boom
Network Infrastructure

Equinix talks how to handle the subsea cable building boom

It took the world a couple decades to reach a zettabyte in annual traffic, but Cisco projects we'll more than double that by 2020.

By Keith Shaw • 4 min read • Tue, 15th Aug 2017
Facebook tackles the wildfire of misinformation plaguing your newsfeed
Facebook

Facebook tackles the wildfire of misinformation plaguing your newsfeed

Facebook takes additional steps to combat the spread of misinformation and remove cloaked ads, banning advertisers who use this technique.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 10th Aug 2017
Will Messenger create an AI overlord? Facebook expands on its artificial intelligence partners
Digital Signage

Will Messenger create an AI overlord? Facebook expands on its artificial intelligence partners

Facebook has acquired another artificial intelligence startup, to help Messenger build a more elaborate virtual assistant for users...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Tue, 1st Aug 2017
The end is nigh: Adobe to disable Flash Player by 2020
Marketing Technologies

The end is nigh: Adobe to disable Flash Player by 2020

Browser vendors are integrating capabilities once provided by plugins directly, given this progress, Adobe has decided to end the life of Flash...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 27th Jul 2017
Capture the world in 360-degrees: Facebook launches its Live-360 program
Digital Entertainment

Capture the world in 360-degrees: Facebook launches its Live-360 program

Facebook launched its new Live-360 program, which allows users to stream 360-degree footage to Facebook with immense ease...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Wed, 26th Jul 2017

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Kiwi artist features on the world's biggest online art exhibition
YouTube

Kiwi artist features on the world's biggest online art exhibition

Facebook and YouTube have a huge impact on our daily lives, it is thus only the natural progression that art would begin to reflect that...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Tue, 15th Aug 2017
Unsuspecting Kiwis aid thieves: The dangers of buying 'discount' phones from Facebook groups
Facebook

Unsuspecting Kiwis aid thieves: The dangers of buying 'discount' phones from Facebook groups

New Zealand consumers buying second-hand mobile devices on Facebook risk purchasing fraudulently obtained phones, warns the TCF.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Aug 2017
Rise of the AI weatherman: AccuWeather and Facebook create the 'perfect' weather-bot
Robotics

Rise of the AI weatherman: AccuWeather and Facebook create the 'perfect' weather-bot

AccuWeather partners with Facebook to launch an AI chatbot on Messenger, promising hyper-local, precise forecasts.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Wed, 19th Jul 2017