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Web VR: Oculus, Facebook Pushing VR For All With React VR, 'Carmel' Browser

By Seth Colaner published 6 October 16

VR is not just for high-end HMDs; it's also for the big wide mainstream web. Oculus and Facebook are pushing towards that future with Web VR: the React VR platform and "Carmel" browser.

Facebook Shows New Social Presence Demo, Oculus Reveals Avatars, Parties, Rooms

By Rexly Peñaflorida published 6 October 16

This year's Oculus Connect started with an emphasis on the need for social interaction in virtual reality.

Mark Zuckerberg To Donate Facebook Stock For 'Public Good'

By Derek Forrest published 2 December 15

Facebook Tells Developers To Adopt SHA-2 Hash Function By October 1

By Lucian Armasu published 3 June 15

Facebook Beats Google And Yahoo To PGP-Encrypted Email

By Lucian Armasu published 1 June 15

Facebook Messenger VoIP Calling Finally Goes Global

By Kevin Parrish published 20 May 15

Facebook VoIP calling is now available everywhere.

Facebook's Internet.org Reaches 1 Billion Users; Aquila UAV Revealed

By Niels Broekhuijsen published 14 May 15

Facebook's Internet.org now reaches over 1 billion people after expanding into Malawi.

Facebook's Internet.org Presents Threat To Net Neutrality And Privacy (Op Ed)

By Lucian Armasu published 6 May 15

Facebook Refines Internet.Org Open Platform

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 4 May 15

Hoping to grow the services available in Internet.org, Facebook has developed a new open platform.

Facebook Clarifies What Can And Cannot Be Posted

By Kevin Parrish published 16 March 15

Facebook reveals what is and is not tolerated on the site.

Facebook Developing Virtual Reality Apps, But There's No Timetable

By Kevin Parrish published 18 February 15

Facebook is working on apps that support virtual reality headsets.

Facebook Users Can Assign A 'Legacy Contact' To Manage Their Account Post Mortem

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 12 February 15

Facebook now lets you decide what happens to your Facebook account in the untimely event of your death.

Oculus VR Acquires Nimble VR, 13th Lab

By Kevin Parrish published 12 December 14

Nimble Sense will bring your hands into the virtual reality space.

WhatsApp Makes Big Privacy Push, Enables TextSecure’s End-To-End Encryption By Default

By Lucian Armasu published 18 November 14

WhatsApp does the unthinkable by enabling TextSecure's state-of-the-art end-to-end encryption protocol for its users.

Report: Facebook Developing 'Facebook At Work' To Compete With LinkedIn, Others

By Kevin Parrish published 17 November 14

Facebook At Work is supposedly in development.

Facebook’s 'Privacy Basics' Is A Privacy Guide You May Actually Want To Read

By Lucian Armasu published 13 November 14

Facebook simplifies its privacy policy to make it easier to understand by its users by making it shorter, color-coded, and by adding an interactive guide as well.