Thin is in at Facebook. It introduced an alternate front door for the social network called “Facebook Lite,” a slimmed-down version of the site, optimized for those with slower Internet connections.

This week, Facebook released Discover, the latest take on its Free Basics “web for all” work. Available in Peru, Discover is a mobile web and Android app that provides users with a daily balance of ...

When Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg launched the first incarnation of Facebook, then known as TheFacebook, from his dorm room in 2004, it was a social network for college students only. Originally, ...

Facebook has a new connectivity app called Discover to help those who can’t afford to get online access information on the web. The service, available through mobile web and Android app, allows users ...

Facebook has been trying to get India to fall in love with its Free Basics service for several months since it launched in February. CEO Mark Zuckerberg even visited the capital of New Delhi last week ...

A group of leading Indian academics have criticised Facebook's controversial Free Basics internet plan, saying it has "deep flaws". At least 50 professors of the Indian Institute of Technology and the ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Mark Zuckerberg is not a man used to failure. He has built a $600-billion empire, buying up or crushing most would-be competitors and brushing regulators aside. When, in 2015, he personally headed up ...

A new memoir by a former Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) executive reveals how Facebook’s massive campaign to promote Free Basics in India was ultimately undone by a single click. What Happened: In ...

Facebook is urging users to lobby India’s telecoms regulator in defence of its Free Basics service which the social media giant claims could be banned “within weeks”. The company is urging users to ...

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Facebook today rolled out its Avatars — the Bitmoji-esque ...