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Facebook Accuses BlackBerry of Stealing Voice-Messaging Tech

September 10, 2018 Loknath DasAccuses, BlackBerry, Facebook, of, Stealing, Tech, Voice-Messaging

HIGHLIGHTS BlackBerry has been sued by Facebook for patent infringement Facebook is seeking damages for infringement of six patents In March, BlackBerry had sued Facebook for infringing on its patents Facebook is suing BlackBerry for patent infringement, escalating the legal battle between the two companies over protected technology. In a 118-page complaint filed Tuesday in San Francisco federal court, Facebook accused BlackBerry of stealing its voice messaging technology, among other patented processes. Facebook is seeking unspecified damages for infringement of six patents. BlackBerry didn’t immediately respond to messages sent outside regular business hours seeking…

71% of Consumers Watch Videos on Social Media to Laugh, Report Says

August 31, 2018 Loknath Das71%, Consumers, Laugh, Media, of, On, Report, Says, Social, to, videos, watch

One of the great joys in life is laughter, and when it comes to consumers on social media, 71% said it is one of the reasons they watch videos. The 2018 Sprout Social Index report surveyed consumers and marketers to determine where in the funnel social marketing effort must be targeted. It is critically important to define this target because social media is no longer an optional marketing channel. For small businesses, mastering social marketing is even more relevant because it is an easy and affordable way to reach your target audience. Whether you…

Facebook Expands Fact-Checking Initiative to New Countries

June 28, 2018 Loknath DasCountries, Expands, Facebook, Fact-Checking, initiative, New, to

Facebook has announced to expand its fact-checking programme to new countries that aims to fight spread of fake news on its platform. The social media giant now has the fact-checking programme running in 14 countries and plans to scale to more countries by the end of the year. “These certified, independent fact-checkers rate the accuracy of stories on Facebook, helping us reduce the distribution of stories rated as false by an average of 80 per cent,” Tessa Lyons, Product Manager at Facebook, said in a blog post on Thursday. In India, Facebook already is in…

Facebook PyTorch 1.0 Announced, a New Open Source AI Development Framework

May 7, 2018 Loknath Das'Source, 1.0, a, AI, Announced, development, Facebook, Framework, New, Open, PyTorch

After making deep investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, Facebook has announced the next version of its open-source AI framework for developers. Called “PyTorch 1.0”, the framework provides everyone in the AI research community with a fast, seamless path for building a broad range of AI projects. “The technology in PyTorch 1.0 is already being used at scale, including performing nearly 6 billion text translations per day for the 48 most commonly used languages on Facebook,” the company announced during its F8 developer conference in San Jose on Wednesday. The AI research and…

Rise in teen suicide, social media coincide; is there link?

November 14, 2017 Loknath Dascoincide;, In, Is, Link, Media, Rise, Social, suicide, teen, There

CHICAGO — An increase in suicide rates among U.S. teens occurred at the same time social media use surged and a new analysis suggests there may be a link. Suicide rates for teens rose between 2010 and 2015 after they had declined for nearly two decades, according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why the rates went up isn’t known. The study doesn’t answer the question, but it suggests that one factor could be rising social media use. Recent teen suicides have been blamed on…

How ‘food porn’ reveals social media’s extremist tendencies

November 14, 2017 Loknath Dasextremist, Food., How, media’s, porn’, Reveals, Social, tendencies

Robert Kozinets is the Jayne and Hans Hufschmid Chair of Strategic Public Relations at the University of Southern California. This piece originally appeared at The Conversation. The people of the United States continue to learn how polarized and divided the nation has become. In one study released in late October by the Pew Research Center, Americans were found to have become increasingly partisan in their views. On issues as diverse as health care, immigration, race and sexuality, Americans today hold more extreme and more divergent views than they did a decade ago. The…