2016 is slowly coming to an end, which means it's time to look back and check what marked the past year. Let's start with the ads. These are the most viral ads of 2016. We're sure you haven't seen them all.
Facebook Messenger may be just an instant messaging app by definition, but in practice it's much more than just an online chat. The online casino is also becoming more and more gaming platform. You probably already know that you can play chess, basketball and football through Messenger, but now Facebook has added a bunch of other popular games to the list of games, including the famous Pac-Man. Why just chat with your friends when you can challenge them to a duel?
LyfieEye is a mini smartphone camera that makes it easy to capture 360-degree spherical images with your phone. It is the first affordable 360-degree camera that allows instant sharing of content on social networks.
If the internet has taught us anything, it's that not everything is as it seems. The world is full of optical illusions, which people interpret differently. A hotel ad has been tearing the web apart recently, and now here's an even more provocative photo. When Hua Song was looking for ideas for new bedding on Facebook, she got a response from a company with a picture that Song initially thought was from a personal collection...
The Coca-Cola bottle selfie wants to capture a special moment - when you drink Coca-Cola. In the days of analog cameras, we were very selective in our photography and captured only memorable moments. With the advent of digital photography and selfie mania, this has completely changed. Today, the average teenager takes more toilet selfies than Neil Armstrong took on the moon. Let's get back to special moments. Coca-Cola has always played on our emotions and wants us to associate its carbonated drink with beautiful moments in life. Therefore, the idea of a Coca-Cola bottle selfie in the age of Snapchat seems like a completely logical move and not at all surprising.
Facebook thinks you're dead! If you've been using Facebook in the last few days, there's a good chance you've seen a mourning banner at the top of the page, with which Facebook asked loved ones and friends to remember you and celebrate your life. Many Facebook users report that Facebook has declared them dead! Is it you too? Why is Facebook full of "living dead" these days, including Mark Zuckerberg?
Facebook has come up with its own version of Steam's cloud gaming platform, Gameroom, as it wants to take a slice of the cloud gaming pie after losing the battle to iOS and Android on mobile. Statistics show that more and more users are using cloud gaming platforms, so it's no surprise that Facebook also wants its share. Gameroom is intended for users of the Windows operating system.
A new study has linked social media to a longer lifespan. That's right, you read that right. A study of 12 million Facebook users found that those who use the social network to maintain and grow their real social ties live longer.
Facebook Masks is Facebook's version of Snapachat Lenses animated selfie filters. The option will be available within the Facebook Live messaging service and for users of the Mentions app, Facebook's elite version.
What is left of reality anyway? At the Oculus Connect 3 conference, Mark Zuckerberg introduced Social VR, Facebook's vision of interacting in virtual reality. Ever since Facebook bought Oculus in 2014, Facebook's founder has been predicting the merger of social networks with virtual reality. Two years later, his words became flesh. Check how we will hang out in the future.
Facebook has become a merchant! Namely, he 'opened' the Marketplace online market, which, like Bolha.com, enables the sale of used and new items between users. It will be available in Slovenia in the coming months. Do you also use Facebook as an advertisement?
Curious about what Facebook looks like from the inside? Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently shared rare photos on the social network from a data center in Sweden, the first to be opened outside the United States. It houses as many as 3.75 million servers, miles of cables and pipes, ventilators and everything Facebook knows about you. Welcome to the Matrix!