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You no longer need to be on a smartphone or tablet to go live on Facebook , (or a complicated setup via the Live API). Starting today, Pages can go live right from the Web. To be clear, this only applies to Pages, not everyday Facebook users. Still, it should benefit businesses and prominent Facebook users who don’t want to go to the trouble or have the capacity to go live through Facebook’s API on a desktop or laptop This should mean higher quality live videos, as more users and brands move away from filming on their phones and towards recording with professional equipment. The bulk of users will continue to use their smartphones, of course, but it helps Facebook live feel more like a legitimate video platform than a goofy thing you do in your free time. The update is part of a push to make Live a more powerful tool for publishers. In the same vein, Facebook is also announcing it will allow you to set up Live ‘Contributors’ so that you pages easily assign team members to go

How to activate custom mobile template   Go to template Then click on customise mobile template Under choose mobile template select custom Then save it  How to show blogger gadgets in mobile template   1. Go to Layout and Select the widget which you want to show in mobile Example : In my case i want to show “Follow us on Facebook” gadget in mobile 2. Click on edit on the widget which you want to show in mobile and notice the id of “widgetId” for this one is  HTML16 3. Now go to "Template" > " Edit HTML " 4. Click on " Jump To Widget " and click on the id of the widget you want to show on the mobile view of your blog. This will take you directly to the  <b:widget>  tag of the widget. Eg.  <b:widget id='HTML16' locked='false' title='Follow us on Facebook!' type='HTML'> 5. Now just after  “locked=’false’  add  mobile=’yes’  (This should be added in the right section of the co

Nokia  is finally getting busy. Shortly after  announcing  plans to launch its first  Android  handset later this year, it appears the Finnish company has more surprises in store – and quite possibly another smartphone on the way. In a new Facebook  post teasing the arrival of its forthcoming Nokia 6, the company dropped a cryptic clue suggesting “more announcements” will follow on February 26. While the date coincides with the start of  Mobile World Congress , the phone-maker has refused to give out any further details as to what these “announcements” could involve – but it seems the company may unveil an entirely new product. The Finnish firm recently  penned a deal  with Alcatel owner HMD Global that will see the company lease out the Nokia brand to the Chinese manufacturer for the next 10 years. Following the partnership, HMD revealed plans to build a  modest $26 feature phone  and then quickly followed up with the  announcement  of the previously mentioned Nokia 6

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Getty / Stephen Lam Facebook is taking big steps to deepen its ties with the media. On Wednesday, the company announced  The Facebook Journalism Project , a group of initiatives designed to make sure "that a healthy news ecosystem and journalism can thrive." As part of the project, Facebook will give participating media organizations access to new features and tools for sharing their stories on its network, including reader subscriptions and free analytics. (Business Insider is a partner in the program.) Facebook's decision to work more closely with media outlets comes after the company faced heated criticism for its role in spreading fake news stories during the U.S. presidential election. Since then, Facebook has  started working with third-party fact checkers  like Snopes to weed out dubious news stories, and last week  it hired former NBC and CNN anchor Campbell Brown  to be its head of news partnerships. Here are the key

Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s nominee for the position of U.S. attorney general, is being grilled by the Senate  today  about voting rights, immigration, civil rights, prosecutorial ethics and his own  voting record . But when asked about issues related to technology — including hacking, surveillance, encryption, and law enforcement access to data — Sessions’ answers were relatively vague. Like Trump, who has promised to develop a cybersecurity strategy during his first 90 days in office, Sessions is bullish on improving America’s cybersecurity but lacks concrete plans to do so. “We must honestly assess our vulnerabilities and have a clear plan for defense, as well as offense, when it comes to cybersecurity,” Sessions said. However, Sessions claimed not to have a deep understanding of cybersecurity issues, including recent controversy over Russian hacking into American political organizations, and said that his role as attorney general would not allow him to help develop a

I  will begin to place full-screen ads within its Stories feature. The announcement comes as Stories reaches 150 million users in the five months since its inception. n a move that will surprise no one, Instagram The feature is only a test for now with a few big name clients like Netflix , Nike  and AirBnb, but expect it to grow to a wider range of businesses soon. Photo ads are five seconds long and videos 15, but they shouldn’t be too much of an annoyance, as you are able to skip them with a swipe, according to  TechCrunch . Moreover, the ads won’t show up until you’ve watched several stories in sequence – the ads are snuck in between two friends’ stories. In related news, Instagram will give users with a  business profile  the ability a new set of analytics about Stories, including reach, impressions, replies and exits for each individual story. Businesses will be able to set up targeting, and measurement capabilities so they can reach the right audiences. Much

Pokémon GO  won't make its way to China thanks to the Chinese government's penchant for censorship. The augmented-reality location-based mobile game is a hit the world over, but Chinese gamers will have to make do with knock-offs like  City Elves Go. Reuters reports  that the state censor won't allow the game to launch in China pending an evaluation of potential security and safety risks. A games panel of the  China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association (itself governed by the state censor)   determined that the game represented a "threat to geographical information security and the threat to transport and the personal safety of consumers." In other words, there are two issues at play here: Consumer safety and national security. The first is likely not the motivating factor for t he Chinese State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television . True, there are stories of  Pokémon GO  players being mugged, getting into traffic