The social media company is also working on "LightSpeed" in order to make its Messenger app smaller in size and faster. Facebook would also introduce Messenger for Mac and Windows, Zuckerberg said. Zuckerberg in March promised changes to the advertising-driven social media company as it was under regulatory scrutiny over propaganda on its platform and users' data privacy. The product releases at F8 indicate its answer involves efforts to keep users on its apps for longer, coupled with e-commerce tools Facebook is hoping businesses will pay to use. Facebook Dating will be expanded into 14 new markets, including places in Asia like the Philippines where Facebook has high user growth.

Source: Mint April 30, 2019 17:37 UTC