Facebook Announces Changes to Ads and Pages Facebook recently announced a big set of changes to advertisements and pages on the platform for greater transparency and accountability. With the new changes, the company aims to curb election interference caused by the platform. Rob Goldman, VP Ads and Alex Himel, VP Local & Pages, recently detailed the changes in ablog posttitled“Making Ads and Pages More Transparent”.According to the post, the social media giant will now start labeling all political and issue ads on the platform and clearly show who paid for thoseadvertisements....

Grab Amazing Discounts During Flipkart’s Ongoing World Health Day Sale On the occasion of World Health Day, domestic e-commerce major Flipkart is hosting aWorld Health Day sale, offering amazing discounts on a wide range of products, including household appliances that promote healthy living. As part of the sale, the company is offering up to 45% off on a selection of water purifiers, up to 50% on ovens, grills, air fryers, and other healthy cooking equipment, up to 70% off on juicers and hand blenders, up to 55% off on vacuum cleaners and air purifiers, and a breakfast range of products starting at just Rs....

Honor 8 Lite Oreo Update Brings Project Treble Support The Honor 8 Lite, which is also known as theHuaweiP8 Lite in some markets, recently received the Android Oreo treatment. Along with the Oreo update, the device has also received Project Treble support, according to a recentreportfromXDA.The mid-range device, which is powered by Huawei’s Kirin 655 SoC, coupled with 3GB or 4GB RAM, comes with a 5.2-inch FHD IPS display, a 12MP rear camera, an 8MP front camera, and a 3,000mAh battery....

US Authorities Shut Down Sex Advertising Website Backpage US law enforcement agencies recently shut down Backpage, a classified advertising website which predominantly focuses on sexadvertisements. According to a recentreportfromReuters, the website was shut down as part of an enforcement action by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The currenthomepageof the Backpage website now shows logos of US law enforcement agencies along with a statement that reads: “backpage.com and affiliated websites have been seized as part on an enforcement action by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the US Postal Inspection Service, and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, with analytical assistance from the Joint Regional Intelligence Center....

Facebook Accused of Removing Zuckerberg’s Messages from User Chats Facebook doesn’t allow its users to delete messages they sent to someone else from the recipient’s inbox. Users can only delete messages from their own inbox, and even then, they remain preserved in theirFacebookdata which can be accessed using the Download Your Information tool. However, according to a recentTechCrunchreport, Facebook has deleted messages sent out by Mark Zuckerberg and a few other executives from recipient’s inboxes....

Facebook Will Tease Stories Above News Feed Among Other Changes to Boost Engagement After blatantly copying Snapchat’s Stories to its own image sharing platform Instagram last year, Facebook extended the feature to other platforms including its own website,Messengerand WhatsApp. While Stores on Instagram and WhatsApp were an instant hit, the same can’t be said about Stories on Facebook and Messenger. Now, according to a recentreportfromTechCrunch,the company is testing three changes in an attempt to increase the uptake of Facebook Stories....

Patna Tops 4G Availability List in India: Open Signal Bihar capital Patna has surprisingly trumped Indian metros to top OpenSignal’s latest 4G availability metric, which measures where users can get access to an LTE connection most of the time. More cities from central and eastern India also featured in the top ten of the4G availability metric, with Kanpur taking the second spot, Allahabad on third, Kolkata on fourth, and Bhopal on the fifth spot....