It will now be easier for journalists and media companies to discover and insert newsworthy content from Facebook, thanks to the launch of FB Newswire.  Set up by Facebook and News corps’ Storyful, FB Newswire will be used as a resource for journalists to accumulate content, which has been shared, publically by individuals and organisations across the world.

Facebook are testing out a new feature, which could steer more traffic to your site depending on the amount of ‘likes’ it has.  The new feature is called ‘Popular Pages in Your Area’ and flags up business and organisations close to the user’s area.

Facebook are expected to announce new changes in their privacy settings over the next few days.  The company, which has 1.2 billion users, has been in trouble in the past for not communicating clearly enough to its users about privacy issues.

It is reported that Facebook is in talks to buy a company that manufactures high altitude autonomous drone aircraft that will enable the beaming of Internet connections to isolated communities in Africa.

In a $19bn deal, Facebook has managed to add WhatsApp to its growing portfolio of businesses.  The $19bn (£11.4bn) deal has been spread across $4bn in cash and $12bn-worth of shares in Facebook, making it the biggest deal to date for the social network giant.