SOFTWARE

Messenger Platform will allow developers to build chatbots within Facebook’s group communications app.

Free Basics Simulator, released Tuesday by Mark Zuckerberg at F8, lets developers test how their sites would function in areas with limited bandwidth.

New sign-up, content sharing, and saving features are now available for developers to add to their apps or websites.

A leaked report suggests that Europe’s data protection officials — led by Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin — will reject the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield data-sharing deal.

The British tabloid is reportedly looking to join up with private equity partners to buy the troubled internet giant.

Tech-savvy Queen Elizabeth is a pro at using Skype, via which she stays connected with her granddaughter Zara Phillips.

Most of the weapons being offered online originate from Russia, a study found, with heavy machine guns making up the majority of the offerings.

Young people are using social media platforms for reasons far beyond sharing selfies and cat pictures, according to a report.

The messaging app added three features Wednesday to make starting conversations easier.

The social networking site's app will now have a dedicated tab for watching and recording live video.

Software called Nuix allowed journalists at more than 100 media outlets analyze 11.5 million Panama Papers documents.

The app let users don an animated baseball hat of their local sports team for 36 hours through a partnership with Major League Baseball.

The microblogging site will stream Thursday Night Football games, according to a report from Bloomberg.

With over 2 billion photos uploaded to Facebook's servers every single day, the social network wants everyone to enjoy them.

It’s a mixed bag for the tech giant on the annual day of pranks.

No joke: The comedy and satirical site the Onion is expected to join Snapchat Discover this month, and Fusion is on the way out.

Billion-dollar startup Sprinklr announced Friday its acquisition of Postano, a hub for displaying social media feeds at events like basketball games and fashion shows.

The world’s most isolated country also threatened to punish those who try to access the sites in an “improper” way or spread “anti-republic data.”

Now that clips on the social media app can be 60 seconds long, these people are about to get way more creative.

"They took us out of the offices, took control and suspended broadcasting. None of us has been hurt,” one journalist from the channel reportedly said.

Microsoft has once again been forced to silence its artificial intelligence Twitter bot, called Tay, as it spammed followers with tweets.