Mobile phones driving user growth in Africa: Facebook

Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 22:27

More than 80 percent of the 120 million Africans using Facebook access the site through their mobile phones, the social media group said Thursday.

Facebook to scale up free mobile Internet service to boost usage

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015, 14:24

Facebook Inc plans to scale up its service to offer free basic Internet on mobile phones, an executive said, after introducing the application in 17 developing countries over the past year.

Facebook to scale up free mobile Internet service to boost usage

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015, 14:24

Facebook Inc plans to scale up its service to offer free basic Internet on mobile phones, an executive said, after introducing the application in 17 developing countries over the past year.

Facebook claims 2 million advertisers

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 09:26

Facebook said that it has boosted the number of advertisers on the social network to two million as it launched a mobile app for those managing their commercial pitches.

Facebook launches free mobile Internet service in India

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 23:30

Facebook has tied up with Reliance Communications to provide basic internet services on mobile phones for free, making India the first country in Asia to get Facebook`s Internet.org service.

745 mn log on to Facebook daily from mobile phones

Last Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 20:02

The US and Canada accounted for about 157 million daily users.

''Facebook Lite'' launched for low-end Android phones

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 13:52

It is just 252 KB in size and can be used by those on 2G internet connections, Techcrunch reported.

UC Web, Facebook come together to enable in-browser mobile notifications in India

Last Updated: Sunday, January 18, 2015, 13:12

Once the feature is turned on, users will then be able to receive notifications from Facebook via UC Browser even when it is closed.

Facebook planning more standalone apps like Messenger, Instagram

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 12:36

Facebook is reportedly planning to come out with more standalone mobile apps like Facebook Messenger and Instagram.

Facebook rolls out auto-play video feature on mobile site

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 10:29

The feature was tested in September but has been now rolled out to most iOS and Android devices.

WhatsApp overtakes Facebook as leading mobile messaging service

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 19:33

Undoubtedly, Facebook is the king of social networking space, but when it comes to social messaging on mobiles WhatsApp emerges as the clear winner.

One in five minutes spent on mobile is on Facebook

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 15:13

Approximately one in every five minutes spent on mobile is on Facebook, leading marketers to use Facebook mobile for both branding and commerce/direct response messages, a leading company official has said.