Facebook announces Facebook Connectivity, a new umbrella organization for all of its broadband and infrastructure projects, including Internet.org
Richard Nieva / CNET :
A look at the history of Facebook's Internet.org project, which it says has brought 100M online, from its 2013 debut to Free Basics
Five years ago Mark Zuckerberg debuted a bold, humanitarian vision of global internet. It didn't go as planned—forcing Facebook to reckon with the limits of its own ambition. Tweets: @karengeier , @w...
WhatsApp refreshes Groups to let admins more easily manage their Groups and users more quickly catch up on missed messages, to better take on Telegram
Facebook just installed its VP of Internet.org as the new head of WhatsApp after its CEO Jan Koum left the company.
Mark Zuckerberg says almost 100M people now access the internet via Internet.org, up from 40M in November 2016
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Mark Zuckerberg says almost 100M people now access the internet via Internet.org, up from 40M in November 2016
Facebook is getting the developing world online, even as the developed world criticizes its privacy practices. Mark Zuckerberg said today on Facebook's Q1 2018 earnings call that …
Facebook's Free Basics isn't free, it's all about advertising and making money
Nothing Is Free, Not Even Facebook Free Basics — The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has given Facebook's Free Basics (a cutely rebranded Internet.org) a big thumbs-down, according to reports.
Facebook is developing millimeter-wave networks for Internet.org
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
A history of Facebook's Free Basics and Internet.org, which emerged from growth initiatives before being besieged by regulators and net neutrality advocates
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed :
Internet.org rebrands its free services mobile website and app as Free Basics to distinguish it from larger initiative, adds 60 new services, HTTPS support
Jessi Hempel / Wired :
Now any mobile network can sign up to Facebook's Internet.org
Owen Williams / The Next Web :