Facebook has lingering regulatory issues ever since the Cambridge Analytica incident. Despite the controversy, FB stock has done very well. Management reported earnings Wednesday and they told a winning tale that is likely to continue. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) stock has done well for its investors. It is up 150% in five years. Year-to-date, it is … Read more
Somewhere in the world, seated in a makeshift faraday cage, the godfather of tech security John McAfee continues to passionately advocate for internet privacy. His latest comments focus on Facebook’s encrypted messaging app, WhatsApp, and his fears that the U.S. government will eliminate any degree of privacy online. The Government’s assault on Whatsapp and other … Read more
A few hours ago, the internet’s top social networks suffered a crash that kept users from sharing photos, videos, and similar files. Almost simultaneously, Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram suffered the same malfunction causing, as expected, a big nuisance among netizens, who rushed to position the tags #Instagramdown, #facebookdown, and #whatsappdown on Twitter. https://twitter.com/StrangerBukhari/status/1146501695528144897 And although … Read more
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that 3 million new users signed up to his encrypted messaging service in just 24 hours. The sudden, massive influx is likely due to the service outages affecting Facebook and WhatsApp on Wednesday. Facebook & WhatsApp Go Offline Facebook, its two messaging apps, and Instagram, its image-hosting app, suffered from … Read more