Matthew Lynley
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Facebook Is Still Figuring Out What Makes A Good Video
In the past year, Facebook has made a huge push to get video into your news feed. That's given both content creators — and advertisers — a new way to reach Facebook's 1.35 billion users.
Virtual Reality's Nagging Problem: It Makes Some People Sick
Facebook is going to need to find a killer app to get people to buy the Oculus Rift. But it also needs to deal with a queasy problem.
Virtual Reality Could Be The Toughest Fight Of Mark Zuckerberg's Life
The Facebook founder says the Oculus Rift headset could be the future of the internet. But to get there, he needs to do battle with the entire gaming industry.
Snapchat Celebrates NYE By Revealing It Raised $485 Million
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Snapchat revealed it has raised nearly half a billion dollars.
Putting IBM's $25 Billion Stock Price Crash In Perspective
IBM is an icon of the technology industry. Or at least it was.
Someone Said Twitter's CEO Is Going To Lose His Job, And The Stock Is Soaring
The rumor mill that Dick Costolo's time is running out continues to churn.
Snapchat CEO On Leaked Emails: "I Felt Like I Was Going To Cry All Morning"
A trove of email correspondences between Snapchat executives including Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton were leaked as part of the Sony Pictures hack.
Adam D'Angelo On Quora And The Future Of The Internet
The CEO of Quora and first chief technology officer of Facebook sits down with BuzzFeed News to talk about where Quora and the broader internet is headed in 2015.
Quora And The Quest To Answer Every Question
Adam D'Angelo wants the world to share its knowledge on the Internet. But can Quora grow beyond Silicon Valley and convince every human to do just that?
The 11 Most Interesting Things From Mark Zuckerberg's Q&A Session
Zuckerberg held another Q&A session today to talk about Facebook and his personal life.
Instagram Says It Has 300 Million People Using It Every Month
In March, it was 200 million people.
The Facebook Gaming Platform Is Not Dead (Yet)
Games running on Facebook's platform are alive and well, Facebook game partnerships head Dan Morris tells BuzzFeed News. The company even has a hall of fame for its newest hits.
Facebook Builds Up Mobile Search To Help Index Your News Feed
The company said it was rolling out search updates to its iOS and desktop versions starting today.
Bill Gates' Top 5 Books In 2014
The Microsoft co-founder and one of the world’s richest men lists his favorite reads of the year. Note: Not all of them came out in 2014.
Twitter's Latest Feature: A Cash-Back Button On Tweets
The company said it was rolling out "offers" today for Twitter advertisers.
Facebook Still Has High Hopes For Its Apps That Flopped
New mobile apps launched by Facebook's Creative Labs have mostly been busts. Facebook Product Manager Josh Miller says it's a learning process.
A Top Twitter Executive Just Had A Massive Direct Message Fail
It looks like Twitter's finance chief Anthony Noto thought he was messaging another Twitter executive about buying a company. Anthony Weiner, a prominent victim of the DM Fail, was quick to step in and offer support.
As Online Storage Prices Race To Zero, Dropbox Turns To Business
Today, Dropbox said it was rolling out some new tweaks for its business service. But it has a long way to go.
The Search For The Apple Watch's Killer App Begins
The company said WatchKit, its development tools for the Apple Watch, was rolling out today.