Like Apple and other tech giants, Facebook is reportedly setting its sights on consumer health as a major growth opportunity. “The company is exploring creating online ‘support communities’ that would connect Facebook users suffering from various ailments,” Reuters writes, citing sources. “A small team is also considering new ‘preventative care’ applications that would help people improve their lifestyles.”

No, Google not yet turned out the lights at Orkut. But, as The Next Web reports, the search giant is finally ready to shut down its fated social network. “The decision was announced in June and users have had a few months to export their profile data, community posts and photos using Google Takeout,” TNW writes. “Orkut was popular in a few markets such as Brazil, but in recent years Google has clearly shifted its focus toward its other social network, Google+.” 

“Although local newspapers and TV remain the most popular soyrces [sic] of local news Facebook has been rapidly closing the gap with a 5 per cent rise in the number of people logging into the platform to find out what’s happening near them,” The Drum reports. “The YouGov Sixth Sense report into CSR and the local community quizzed 2,000 people on their local news habits, finding that 27 per cent of respondents singled out Facebook as their primary source of local news, up from 22 per cent last year.”