Facebook wants to find you a partner


Facebook wants to find you a partner



The social network announces a dating app on its F8 and forgets about the Cambridge Analytica scandal



     This year more than ever the eyes were on the speech of Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, at the annual conference of the social network in San Jose (California, United States). Expected words for possible references to the Cambridge Analytica case .

But the wait was resolved with a new apology and new announcements for the universe Facebook and make forget the serious security error. Among the most prominent is the opening to the business of love, because "one in three marriages are known by the network," says Mark Zuckerberg.

      This announcement, which is not new, has served to divert the attention of Cambridge Analytica and, especially, scare its competitors. After the announcement of Zuckerberg at the start of the conference and for which there is no date just a "soon", the shares of Match Group, owner of Tinder, plummeted 20% on Wall Street.

This new tool will be optional for Facebook users. Facebook Dating, as it will be called, will have to be activated by the user in case he wants to meet more people. Despite access from the main app, you will have a separate section, with its groups, events and independent messaging service.

Although no further details are known, if a user creates a profile within the dating tool, it will only be accessible to other users who are not on their friends list. The suggestions of possible partners will always be, also, people who are not your friends. In addition, Facebook will only show the name of each person.

Video and VR

The opening day of the F8 conference has not only focused on Facebook and changes in the social network. Zuckerberg has also presented the road map for the digital universe that he directs and the novelties are translated into an impulse to video and virtual reality.

The importance of the groups in the social network has led the company to add new tools, such as Watch Party, which will allow to follow events in real time and comment on what is being broadcast, and a new Group tab, which will reach the end. of month, and that will allow to discover new group.

In terms of virtual reality, the company works to offer the experience "of being physically there," says Zuckerberg. One of the innovations that has been introduced is the computational vision, which allows recreating complete rooms from photographs.

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