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Robot lawyer Visabot is available in beta on Facebook Messenger
November 17th, 2016
Visa lawyer bot pledges to ‘help immigrants make America great again’ A bot that helps people complete visa applications to enter the United States has launched in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election. Available in beta on Facebook Messenger, Visabot helps complete ...
Ordering a pizza on Facebook is about to get easier with PayPal
October 25th, 2016
Facebook users can now link their PayPal account to Facebook and Facebook Messenger to buy a movie ticket, order a pizza, or book a hair appointment, all on their mobile device without leaving the app. The new feature, rolling out to some ...
Facebook faces $5bn tax charge over Ireland asset transfer
October 13th, 2016
Social media giant Facebook could have to pay up to $5bn in additional taxes as a result of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation challenging the way in which it accounted for the transfer of assets to its Irish ...
Facebook challenged over £11.3 tax credit
October 10th, 2016
According to information filed at Companies House, Facebook paid £4.17m in corporation tax for the year to December 2015, and recorded sales of some £210m. However, the company also had a £11.3m credit to offset against future tax payments, ...
Watch out for the Facebook Forex scam
September 1st, 2016
Facebook users have been warned to look out for scammers posing as foreign exchange traders promising lucrative returns. These ‘brokers’ are taking advantage of the rising popularity of currency exchange online trading schemes to lure victims in with fake success ...
Facebook Plan For WhatsApp Data Poses Legal Risks
August 29th, 2016
When WhatsApp announced on Thursday that it would start sharing data with its corporate parent, Facebook, some of its fans howled that the popular messaging service was betraying long-held promises to protect their privacy. But for the companies, angry users ...
Facebook just passed Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in market value
July 29th, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg has put Warren Buffett in his rear view mirror. Zuckerberg’s tech behemoth, Facebook Inc. FB, +1.35% edged out Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B, +0.16% moving ahead of the market capitalization of the Sage of Omaha’s investment conglomerate Thursday. Facebook added about $5 billion ...
Court froze $11.7 million of Facebook funds because of a legal case
July 28th, 2016
The public federal prosecutor in the Brazilian state of Amazonas said on Wednesday the court there froze 38 million reais ($11.7 million) of funds held in Facebook Inc’s account for failing to comply with a court order to supply ...
IRS takes Facebook to court
July 12th, 2016
Feds are demanding corporate records of its offshore assets. Signaling a shift in enforcement tactics against big companies that make money from intellectual property, federal tax officials have sought a court order demanding internal corporate records related to one ...
Facebook users will be able to make payments through Messenger
July 4th, 2016
Facebook has started to test out a new feature that will allow users to make payments through Messenger. The company has been planning for some time to launch a payment service through the Messenger app, marketexclusive.com reports. The feature named Send or ...
