Category: Facebook

Innocent mother Jayne Pearce kills herself

Judge slams Facebook as a ‘tool for evil’ after an innocent mother killed herself after being falsely accused of killing a baby on social media A judge has slammed Facebook as a ‘tool for evil’ after an innocent mother killed herself after being falsely accused of killing a baby on social media. Jayne Pearce, 23, suffered ‘vitriol’ at the hands of an online ‘pitchfork mob’ after two mothers hacked into her Facebook page and falsely alleged she had tried to smother one of their children.

Since when did social media become an authority on our lives?

It’s no question that in moderation, social media with its ability to bring millions of people together is one of the greatest inventions of our times. Platforms like Facebook are not only a source of entertainment and information but they also give us a chance to indulge in the ingrained human desire to talk about ourselves.

Facebooka s Oculus VR unit loses $500 million lawsuit

Facebook’s virtual-reality subsidiary and two of its founders are facing a sobering reality after a jury hit them with a $500 million bill for violating the intellectual property rights of video-game maker ZeniMax Media. The verdict reached Wednesday in a Dallas federal court represents about one-fourth of the $2 billion that Facebook paid two years ago to buy Oculus, a developer of virtual-reality gear and software.

Facebook’s revenue surges 50.8 pct

Facebook has reported a strong end to its financial year as the social network’s monthly users jumped to more than 1.86 billion. The technology giant, which also owns virtual reality firm Oculus as well as Instagram and WhatsApp, revealed its revenue had risen 54 per cent per cent in the last year to $US27.6 billion , while net income more than doubled from $US3.7 billion to $US10.2 billion .

Facebook’s Oculus facing $500 million bill in copyright case

Facebook’s virtual-reality subsidiary and two of its founders are facing a sobering reality after a jury hit them with a $500 million bill for violating the intellectual property rights of video-game maker ZeniMax Media. The verdict reached Wednesday in a Dallas federal court represents about one-fourth of the $2 billion that Facebook paid two years ago to buy Oculus, a developer of virtual-reality gear and software.

Facebook’s Oculus ordered pay USD500 mn in suit on stolen tech9 min ago

A US jury has ordered Facebook and creators of its Oculus Rift to pay USD 500 million to gaming software firm ZeniMax in a lawsuit that claimed the virtual reality technology was stolen. The Texas jury made the award yesterday in a trial in which Oculus was accused of basing its Rift headset on technology stolen from ZeniMax’s virtual reality software, court documents showed.

Apple Predicts Services Boom as Sales Rise

Apple brought an end to its sequence of quarterly sales declines thanks to strong interest in its recently launched iPhone 7 handset during the October-to-December quarter. The gadget maker also reported double-digit growth from services and said it expects to double the size of that business in the next four years.

Daily: Signpost Brings AI-Driven Ads to Facebook, Snap…

Signpost Integrates AI Tech with Facebook for More Effective Advertising After a brand serves an advertisement in Facebook, Signpost’s Mia sends a follow-up message that might contain a discount or special offer to the consumer with an option to claim it by providing their contact information. The offer is then sent to them via email.

Better Buy: Baidu, Inc. vs. Facebook

The divergent fortunes of Facebook and Baidu shares over the past year only reinforce their apparent differences. However, though their core businesses today touch different areas of the global technology market, Facebook and Baidu are united in their ongoing efforts to shape some of technology’s most important future growth markets.

Oculus VR case goes to jury with a $4B request

That seemed to be ZeniMax attorney Anthony Sammi’s chief refrain during closing arguments today, where the attorney representing the company behind id Software and Bethesda asked a Dallas jury to rule against Facebook and award $2 billion in compensation and another $2 billion in punitive damages. Oculus attorney Beth Wilkinson argued to the same jury that the multibillion-dollar lawsuit was driven by ZeniMax’s embarrassment, jealousy and anger, not facts.

Facebook Ropes in Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra To Head VR Division

Facebook recently appointed Hugo Barra, the former Google executive who left Xiaomi Corp, to lead all of its virtual reality efforts including Oculus. In a surprise Facebook post on Wednesday night, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed to the media, “Hugo shares my belief that virtual and augmented reality will be the next major computing platform.

Facebook gets ex-Xiaomi executive Barra as new VR head1 hour ago

Social media giant Facebook has announced it had recruited Hugo Barra, who recently quit a top position with Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, as its new head of virtual reality. “I’m excited that Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead all of our virtual reality efforts, including our Oculus team,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on his personal Facebook page yesterday.

Facebook gets ex-Xiaomi executive Barra as new VR head

Social media giant Facebook announced late Wednesday it had recruited Hugo Barra, who recently quit a top position with Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, as its new head of virtual reality. “I’m excited that Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead all of our virtual reality efforts, including our Oculus team,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on his personal Facebook page.

Hugo Barra joins Facebook to lead VR team – CNET

Having announced his departure from Xiaomi to return to Silicon Valley, the former Googler will now be leading the Occulus team as vice president of VR. The former global lead of the Chinese smartphone manufacturer had announced his departure earlier this week to return to Silicon Valley and he appears to quickly found an exciting new gig.

Hugo Barra’s next job: Head of Oculus VR

Mark Zuckerberg just revealed the next landing spot for former Google and Xiaomi executive Hugo Barra : Facebook. As Barra revealed a couple of days ago, he’s coming back to Silicon Valley and will “lead all of our virtual reality efforts, including our Oculus team.”

Facebook Overhauls Trending, Will Show Same Topics to Everyone

In a Wednesday blog post , the social network said that everyone will now see the same stories in the Trending section, regardless of location. Facebook is making this change “to help make sure people don’t miss important topics being discussed on Facebook that might not show up in their News Feed,” VP of Product Management Will Cathcart wrote.

Zuckerberg charity buys AI startup to battle disease

A charitable foundation backed by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife said Monday it has bought a Canadian artificial intelligence startup as part of a mission to eradicate disease. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledged $3 billion over the next decade to help banish or manage all disease / MANILA BULLETIN The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire Toronto-based Meta, which uses AI to quickly read and comprehend scientific papers and then provide insights to researchers.

Getting real: Will VR make your TV obsolete?

“This is awesome!” That was me, a few years ago, back when VR was coming out of the shadows, boldly proclaiming itself as something more than just an underground experiment. Fast forward to 2017, and it’s finally happening! Virtual Reality – the entertainment nirvana, etched in the dreams of a generation by Star Trek’s holodeck – is about to arrive in your living room.

The rise of Homo Technicans: half human and half machine

THE first the world learned of Facebook’s mind-reading project was when the company posted an advert for the position of “brain-computer interface engineer”. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had talked of ‘tech-mediated telepathy’ as a future possibility, but this was a sign that the company was serious about pioneering a technology that might allow us to connect via the net or the cloud with other people, not through the device in our pocket, but directly from our brains.

Twitter investigating issue with ‘POTUS’ transition

Twitter investigating issue with ‘POTUS’ transition Users complaining service added them as followers to President Trump’s ‘POTUS’ account. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kcCzlM Twitter say’s it’s investigating an issue with the transition from former President Barack Obama to President Donald Trump on the official @POTUS account, after users complained they were mistakenly added as followers.

Police Officer Matt Pearce receives FWPD Medal of Honor

Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies analyzed measurements from 6,300 locations and found that Earth’s average surface temperature has risen about 2.0 degrees Fahrenheit since the late-19th century, largely a result of human emissions into the atmosphere. His hand trapped in his rigging, Junior Bull Rider Trevyn Armstrong, from Broken Bow, OK., was drug the length of the arena.

Lawyer: Luckey not smart enough to create Oculus

Lawyer: Luckey not smart enough to create Oculus ZeniMax lawyers argue that the VR titan didn’t have the education to create $3B Oculus alone. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jAKo7B Consumers interested in the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will be able to try them out at select Best Buy stores starting May 7. Palmer Luckey, 24, creator of VR google Oculus Rift, which he sold to Facebook in 2014 for around $3 billion.

Zuckerberg quizzed at trial over VR technology

Facebook Inc chief executive Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand in Dallas federal court yesterday and denied an allegation by a rival company that the virtual-reality technology of Facebook’s Oculus unit was stolen. Zuckerberg, the founder of one of the world’s largest companies, faced hours of tough, public questioning about where Oculus obtained its ideas and how much he knew about the startup when Facebook bought it for $2 billion.

Zuckerberg takes the stand to defend Oculus – CNET

It may be called virtual reality, but it cost real cash — and a lot more than Facebook initially let on. Mark Zuckerberg, the social networking giant’s CEO, said his company spent as much as $3 billion to buy Oculus VR, the high-flying startup that helped spark interest in the industry, according a reporter from The New York Times .

Lab Equipment, SoundCloud, Inauguration, More: Sunday Buzz, January 15, 2017

Now available: a database of unused lab equipment in Atlantic Canada “Science Atlantic, a non-profit organization based in Halifax, has created an online open-access database for research facilities and specialized equipment across the provinces. The Atlantic Facilities and Research Equipment Database wants to connect people in need of equipment with those who have it, said program manager Patty King.”