YouTube will soon let everyone livestream from its mobile app

In a move that’s only surprising because of how long it’s taken to arrive, YouTube has announced it is bringing live video streaming functions to its mobile app. The feature will be rolling out to select creators first, but will soon roll out to everyone else. YouTube boasts that it has been offering live streaming... Continue Reading →

Facebook’s new anti-harassment features will alert you to account impersonators

Over 1 billion people a month use Facebook, and as that number continues to grow, so do the opportunities for a certain type of online harassment: identity theft. But the social network is testing a way to stop these impersonators by alerting users if it detects another account with the same name profile photo. According... Continue Reading →

Facebook partners with satellite company to beam the internet to remote parts of African continent

Facebook announced today that it will partner with French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications as part of an initiative to bring internet access to remote areas of sub-Sahara Africa via satellite. The two companies have reached an agreement with Israeli satellite communication firm Spacecom to utilize the entire broadband payload of its AMOS-6 satellite which is... Continue Reading →

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