Social Networking

Facebook just made a host of announcements at its annual F8 developer conference, reaching almost every corner of the Facebook empire: Oculus, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and several other apps have all been given updates. Here are the five most important stories to come out of the event so far.

Through all its design changes, one thing has stayed the same with Twitter: the character count. Since it launched in 2006, the social network has enforced a 140-character limit on all posts. That could all be set to change, pending the results of a limited trial that is currently underway.

As several internet giants are currently grappling with the conundrum of how to deal with the influx of digitally driven "fake news" we can pause for a moment and ask, what is driving this movement and where did it come from?

In a spontaneous, and expansive, open conversation with the public on Thursday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey noted that the company is “thinking a lot” about ways to incorporate an edit function into their social media platform.

With the US election looming, the White House has outlined just how the President's official social media accounts will be handed over, and how all content created during the Obama administration will be archived.

Veeso is claimed to be the first VR headset to capture your face and transmit your expressions – and as a result, your emotions – onto a virtual avatar in real time. With it, the company is emphasizing emotional connections through video call apps and social games like poker.

Browse through your Facebook feed and you'll see photos play a prominent part, meaning visually impaired users are missing out on a lot of updates. Now Facebook's engineers have harnessed the power of an artificial intelligence network to describe these pictures to blind or partially blind users.

New research apparently confirms a phenomenon that many of us may have already suspected: excessive exposure to social media can disrupt sleep patterns.

Facebook opened its doors to the public in 2006, and it's changed a lot since then. Mark Zuckerberg and his huge team of engineers are continually adding new features to the site and its apps, so you might not have come across everything – follow these tips and tricks to get up to speed.

It may be in Facebook's shadow, but Twitter is no social media slouch. There are many things that the platform does better than the rest, such as breaking news, celebrity interaction, and so on. To help you boost your own Twitter skills we've collected the best tips and tricks you need to know.

Swiss company Dacuda is tapping into the growing trend of food pictures on social networks with an app for iPhones that enables users to take 3D shots of food. Called 3DAround, it combines sophisticated software and the iPhone's gyroscope to produce holographic imagery.

Polaroid is aiming to release its Socialmatic camera by the end of 2014 or the beginning of 2015. Gizmag stopped by the company's booth at Photokina 2014 for a closer look.