They say everything old is new again. That happens with technology as well. While 2G technology was perhaps the impetus for many to get their first cell phones, capable of sending text and multimedia ...

Facebook has launched a new initiative that will help its employees sample the experience of using its social network on slow mobile internet connections, as is the case for hundreds of millions of ...

The modern fibre-optic cables used to connect the majority of Western cities are capable of loading sites like Facebook in mere seconds. Even a slow rural connection of less than 5Mbps should load all ...

In order to understand how the internet works in developing countries where speeds are usually slow, Facebook is rolling out '2G Tuesdays,' giving employees a taste of a sluggish connection. Facebook ...

Facebook is holding “2G Tuesdays,” when its corporate network is deliberately slowed to the speeds of a 2G connection. Many countries in emerging markets in Africa and Asia only have 2G-speed Internet ...