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Snap tops expectations in pricing of long-awaited IPO

 Snap Inc priced its initial public offering above its target range on Wednesday, raising $3.4 billion as investors set aside concerns about its lack of profits and voting rights for a piece of the hottest tech IPO in years.

HCM City vows to collect tax from sellers on Facebook

VietNamNet Bridge - HCMC authorities are considering working with Facebook on a policy which would control revenue from sales on the social network.

Exclusive: Facebook in talks to live stream one MLB game per week – sources

 Facebook Inc (FB.O) is in talks with Major League Baseball to live stream one game per week during the upcoming season, which could be a key win as the social media platform works to offer more live sports,

Posting videos on Facebook via Yeah1 network could lead to bad content

VietNamNet Bridge - Yeah1, the multi-channel network on Youtube and Facebook, has launched a system allowing the sharing of revenue from videos posted on Facebook with fanpages that have at least 10,000 likes in Vietnam. 

Businesspeople whose Facebook pages get thousands of likes

Khai Silk, Le Hoai Anh and Trinh Van Quyet are businesspeople whose Facebook pages have up to hundreds of thousands of followers. However, they mostly share views on topics related to life rather than their business.

Facebook launches app for watching its videos on TV

 Facebook Inc is launching an app for smart TVs that will help the social network's users enjoy its videos on a bigger screen.

Vietnamese shop on Facebook, state cannot collect tax

VietNamNet Bridge - Trade carried out on Facebook has boomed over the last few years, but the State still has no way of collecting tax on the activities.

Virtual butler 'Jarvis' takes up residence in Facebook founder's home

Mark Zuckerberg introduced the world to "Jarvis", an artificial intelligence system the Facebook chief created in his spare time, which can choose and play music, turn on lights, and recognize visitors, deciding whether to open the front door.

Facebook to roll out new tools to tackle fake news

Facebook Inc said it will introduce tools to prevent fake news stories from spreading on its platform, an about-face in response to rising criticism that it did not do enough to combat the problem during the U.S. presidential campaign. 

Traffic police facebook launched

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang City’s traffic police has a Facebook page, Canh Sat Giao Thong Thanh Pho Da Nang, or Da Nang City’s Traffic Police, to interact with locals and tourists after a two-month trial period.

Poor logistics services hamper e-commerce development

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that the high cost of logistics services is slowing down the growth of online shopping.

Saigonese, Hanoians prefer buying goods online via Facebook

VietNamNet Bridge - Fashion products are the most easily sold online items in Vietnam, followed by high-tech products and mobile phones.

Facebook eliminates virtual subscribers, number of followers falls

VietNamNet Bridge - The numbers of followers of many Facebookers in Vietnam dropped unexpectedly without any explanation from the social network giant.

German minister says Facebook should be treated as a media company

Germany's Justice Minister says he believes Facebook Inc. should be treated like a media company rather than a technology platform, suggesting he favors moves to make social media groups criminally liable for failing to remove hate speech.

Facebook takes on LinkedIn with new job opening features

Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday, it was testing a feature that would let page administrators create job postings and receive applications from candidates, a move that could pressure LinkedIn Corp's (LNKD.N) recruiting business. 

Amazon, Alibaba face competition from Facebook goods sellers

VietNamNet Bridge - Representatives of freight and forwarding firms attending a recent workshop held by Vecom all expressed concern about the invasion of foreign e-commerce giants such as Alibaba and Amazon. 

Facebook warns growth will slow, shares dip

 Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares tumbled 7 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday as the world's largest online social media network warned that revenue growth would slow this quarter, offsetting strong earnings

Facebook, Google dominate online advertising

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese businesses make only modest revenue from online advertising, while the majority of the market’s turnover goes to Facebook and Google,Tuan Ha, CEO of Vianalink, said at an online marketing forum held several days ago.

Code of conduct needed at tourism sites

VietNamNet Bridge – An official of a district-level office in central Ha Tinh Province has stirred a wave of outrage after his photo was posted on Facebook last Thursday.

Facebook's solar-powered internet drone takes flight

 Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday it had completed a successful test flight of a solar-powered drone that it hopes will help it extend internet connectivity to every corner of the planet.