Facebook Co-CEO Sheryl Sandberg has just returned from her Büßertour in Germany, where she admitted many errors, since the network has Trouble again. On Wednesday it became known that Facebook teenagers had commanded from the age of 13 monthly 20 dollars to be able to with an App of your cell phone usage to analyze. Because Facebook keeps constantly on the lookout for popular new Apps that could steal the network users and responds quickly. The photo-platform Instagram and the Chat service WhatsApp, for example, were bought at an early stage.
Apple blocks Facebook Apps for Testing
Spicy and the youngest is now stopped program was in addition, since on the one hand, it was not discernible that Facebook is behind it. In addition, it has been installed on iPhones to Apple over a function that allows companies to bring in-house applications to employees ‘ devices. Apple blocked then the appropriate function for Facebook. Thus, internal Test Apps were, for example, for future versions of Instagram or Messenger on iPhone is the Facebook staff. Be affected, also the App on the Facebook transporting members of the workforce organized.
sales and user numbers rise
Business of running it in Facebook is dazzling. In spite of all the scandals, the revenues continue to grow: In the Christmas quarter, Facebook increased its sales in the year-on-year by 30 percent to 16.9 billion dollars (14.8 billion euros). And also, the number of users increased. 2.3 billion people logged on at least once a month. The most growth was in Asia, but also in Europe, the number of active Facebook users grew from 375 to 381 million. Prior to that, the value was decreased in two quarters in a row, observers had interpreted as a response to the data scandals. “The worst thing is for that giants past,” said Analyst Haris Anwar from the financial portal Investing.com. Similarly, see also the investor: The share increased in part to 15 per cent.
New Trouble should bring far-reaching renovation plans: The group is considering to link WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram. Facebook confirmed Considerations, to make the communication across the boundaries of different networks easier. The conversion plan will be driven by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, said US media reports. The founders of WhatsApp and Instagram, which were able to operate after the Acquisition by Facebook, initially largely independent, had to leave for the past year, all of the Online network. According to contemporary Reports, it is said to have tensions with Zuckerberg, the stronger in the leadership of the services engagement.
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Barley criticised Facebook’s plans to link its Messenger
Federal Minister of justice Katarina Barley (SPD) criticized the project. “If Facebook linked to the Messenger, is create a monopoly,” said Barley to the daily mirror. In the past year they had made for the so-called interoperability between communication services and interfaces for users of different Messenger like WhatsApp or Threema can also communicate with each other.
“What plans Facebook, the idea of interoperability to the point of absurdity,” says Barley. The fact that users of smaller and safe fair can also send messages, for example, to Whatsapp users. “Then you are not forced to use the services of the data giant.” A possible Integration is the opposite and “raises major antitrust and privacy law issues”.
“Should be consolidated the entire infrastructure to just a technology platform, the interoperability has nothing to do with it,” says Thomas Jarzombek (CDU). The power politicians had also called for a law to oblige the provider to interoperability. “At the end, there will be no other way, as open interfaces, by Statute, to arrange.” He could not imagine “that Facebook also only a millimetre opens voluntarily his services”.
The Irish data protection authority calls for for Facebook more information about the possible merger of the technical infrastructure behind Chat services such as WhatsApp and Messenger. In any case, the Online network may implement such plans in Europe, if the requirements of the EU data protection basic regulation be fulfilled, – said the Agency. It is in the European Union in a leading role for Facebook in charge. You will follow the plans of the Online network, announced the data pads.
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Federal Minister of justice Barley criticized Facebooks messenger plans
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg will have to explain in quite some time.
