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Facebook profits smash estimates

Mobile advertising business grew by 50 per cent in the second quarter

Facebook's 'Hello' Button is causing a lot of trouble: Here's why

Facebook's 'Hello' Button feature is still in a testing phase

Facebook's Boost Your Business scheme to add 20,000 entrepreneurs in 6 mths

The social network company has tied up with Gandhinagar-based EDII to train people

India becomes Facebook's largest user base with 241 mn users, overtakes US

Men still represent three-quarters of the active Facebook profiles

Real reason why you can't quit Facebook - It lets you be a 'silent watcher'

We continue to use the site to connect with people even though they might offend or annoy us

Facebook to show ads on Messenger globally to boost revenue

Ads on home screen fits company's vision of connecting 1.2 bn users with 60 mn businesses

Facebook to build housing in Silicon Valley for first time

With a plan to construct 1,500 units near its headquarters

Facebook changes algorithm to curb 'tiny group' of spammers

The move is another step by the world's largest social network to weed out spam

Facebook community now officially has 2 billion people, says Zuckerberg

Founded in 2004, the social media giant hit the billion-user mark five years ago

Facebook video chat gets new masks, animated emoji and filters

FB users can now choose one of the five Messenger emoji icons to their video chats

Facebook to produce own TV series, games

The social media giant has around two billion monthly users worldwide

Facebook briefed UK govt on counter-terrorism effort

May has lobbied fellow G7 nations, European allies to strengthen regulation of technology companies

Soon, Facebook users in India will have more control over profile pictures

Facebook users will be able to set preference on who can download and share their profile pictures

Facebook is using artificial intelligence to combat terrorism

Facebook officials said in a blog post that it uses AI to find & remove terrorist content quickly

Facebook is planning to secretly watch and record users via webcams

Facebook has not put these plans into action yet

Facebook to move WhatsApp data from IBM Cloud

Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 and left the app running on the servers it has always used

Facebook to help US lawmakers connect better with their constituencies

Social media major announced 3 new features to provide valuable insights to elected representatives

Facebook launches 'disaster map' to share data with relief organisations

Facebook to share disaster information with trusted organisations that have capacity to act on data

Facebook seeks to up-end digital payment market

Facebook has filed an application with the Indian Patent Office for a digital wallet that will be baked into its instant messaging platforms.The company is preparing to enter the country's fast growing digital payment space. It owns two of India's most popular messaging platforms, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. The former has 200 million users; parent social network Facebook has 184 mn who use its service at least once a month, with half of them logging in every day. The company does not give numbers for its FB Messenger in India. In contrast, Paytm, the country's largest digital payments wallet. with a disproportionate share of the market, has 220 mn registered users. Japanese investment giant SoftBank had earlier this month invested $1.8 billion (Rs 11,600 crore) in Paytm, for a 20 per cent stake in the company. Facebook's entry into digital payments could spark an upheaval in the segment here, currently dominated by digital wallet apps, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and .

Facebook files patent application for payment services via messages

The move comes at a time when the government is pushing digital payment modes