Facebook Portal is coming to Canada this June

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Facebook’s Portal video chat devices are coming to Canada soon. The company just announced that it’ll be bringing both the Portal and Portal+ here in June. It’ll also be heading to Europe in the fall. On top of that, the devices are getting WhatsApp support soon. What’s available now is you can turn these into a better photo frame. You can add your favorite photos from Instagram and Facebook to Superframe. There will be a new mobile app coming out in the summer where you can send photos straight to Superframe from your camera roll. You will also later be able to stream through Facebook Live later this year.

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You can watch select Tribeca Film Festival talks live on Facebook

While you may not be at the Tribeca Film Festival, you do have a chance to check out some talks happening at the event. You can stream conversations from the likes of Ali Wong, Tiffany Haddish, Michael J. Fox, through the festival’s Facebook page. The festival is running through May 5^th and you can check out the full schedule of the live-streamed talks through this link.

Facebook brings dark mode to all Messenger users

You no longer have to send a moon emoji to activate dark mode on your Facebook Messenger. The social network rolled out an update to all iOS and Android users to let them toggle dark mode on or off. Facebook joins a number of apps that offer this feature. And if this is something you’ve been waiting for, then it’s time to update your app.

Facebook considers launching ‘high-quality news tab’

Facebook might be looking to take on Apple again. This time, in the news department. In a conversation about journalism and social media with former journalist and prominent European publisher Mathias Döpfner, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social network is thinking of having a separate news tab on the site dedicated to news. But it would feature only “high-quality” articles. Users will get access to it for free, while publishers will be paid if their stories are featured. They are mulling over the idea of either directly paying them or giving them a share of the advertising profits.

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