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Facebook takes on Twitter with Venue, a second screen companion for live events

Facebook’s R&D crew, NPE Team, is launching Venue, a new app for enticing fellow lovers round live events. This is the 3rd new app to release this week from Facebook’s inside staff targeted on experimenting with new ideas in social networking. With Venue, the corporate goals to off…
Facebook’s R&D group, NPE Team, is launching Venue, a new app for engaging fellow fans around live events. This is the third new app to launch this week from Facebook’s internal team focused on experimenting with new concepts in social networking. With Venue, the company aims to off…

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  2. "A coalition of 35 consumer advocacy groups along with 64 experts in child development have co-signed a letter to Facebook asking the company to reconsider its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, which Facebook hasconfirmed to be in development". (April 15, 2021)
  3. "Facebooks internal R&D group, NPE Team, has today officially launched its latest app, E.gg, to a broader audience". (November 18, 2020)
  4. "Facebook confirmed its testing a video speed-dating app called Sparked, after the apps website was spotted by The Verge. Unlike dating app giants such as Tinder, Sparked users dont swipe on people they like or direct message others". (April 13, 2021)
  5. "After years of optimizing its products for engagement, no matter the costs, Facebook announced today it will test changes to its News Feed focused on reducing the distribution of political content". (February 10, 2021)
  6. "If youre old enough to remember the outrage that followed Twitters decision to replace stars with hearts (aka likes instead of favorites), then you know that Twitters user base has strong feelings about how it wants to engage with tweets". (March 24, 2021)
  7. "Facebook today is rolling out a new feature that will allow friends and family to watch videos together over Messenger". (September 14, 2020)
  8. "Facebook announced this morning it will begin testing a new experience for discovering businesses in its News Feed in the U.S. When live, users to tap on topics theyre interested in underneath posts and ads in their News Feed in order to explore related content from businesses". (April 15, 2021)
  9. "Facebooks internal R&D group, NPE Team, is today launching its next experimental app, called BARS". (February 26, 2021)
  10. "Facebooks internal R&D group, NPE Team, has today launched its latest experiment, Hotline, into public beta testing". (April 7, 2021)
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