Hate Candy Crush invites? Facebook is about to kill them

The days of receiving endless, annoying Candy Crush invites may become a thing of the past, according to Facebook.

Speaking at a Townhall Q&A session at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, Mark Zuckerberg claimed that Facebookengineers were looking at a "solution" for the problem.

"This is where these Q&As are really

Facebook satellite will beam internet access to Africa from 2016

Facebook is to launch a satellite in the second half of 2016 that will provide internet access to remote areas of Africa.

"I'm excited to announce our first project to deliver internet from space," founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post.

A partnership with French-based Eutelsat will see Facebook get shared access to the satellite. "To connect people living in remote regions,

Project Loon to launch balloon-powered internet in Indonesia

Alphabet has announced that it will be partnering with Indonesia's top three mobile network providers to test and then roll out its Project Loon balloon-powered internet service across the country.

In a Google Blog post, the Project Loon Vice President Mike Cassidy described the

Snowden slams UK government over encryption 'backdoor' plans

The UK government wants backdoor access to communications for "everything people actually use", Edward Snowden has claimed.

The former NSA contractor took to Twitter to criticise comments from Baroness Shields, the UK minister for internet safety and security, over her position on encrypted data.

Shields said the government

Microsoft launches Windows laptop

Microsoft's surprise product launch was a laptop dubbed the Surface Book

Microsoft has launched a laptop dubbed the Surface Book, as part of a suite of new Windows 10 products.

It also showed off two new smartphones, an updated Surface tablet and a new fitness band.

Much is riding on the