Facebook parent company Meta is all set to commence the companywide new job cuts on Wednesday as part of reorganising teams and management hierarchies, The Washington Post reported. According to the internal memo that a US-based newspaper read, Meta’s head of human resources, Lori Goler, wrote Tuesday evening that the […]
Facebook parent Meta prepares for large-scale layoffs this week
Facebook parent Meta is preparing for large-scale layoffs this week which is expected to affect many thousands of its workforce. In a recent spate of tech job cuts after the industry’s rapid growth during the pandemic, Meta Platforms Inc is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week, according to people familiar […]
Facebook parent company Meta sees 4 percent sales dip
In the third quarter, Meta was buffeted by a widespread ad-spending downturn, posting a 4 per cent year-over-year revenue loss, while missing Wall Street estimates on the bottom line as significant metaverse investments continued to eat into earnings, reported Variety. The firm said its flagship Facebook app had 1.984 billion daily […]
Facebook reveals login credentials of over 1 million users stolen by malicious apps
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has warned its users about hundreds of apps on Apple and Google’s app stores that were specifically designed to steal login credentials to the social network app. According to The Verge, the company has said that over 400 malicious apps disguised as games, photo editors, and […]
Indian start-up market worth betting on, says Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin recently lauded the Indian start-up potential, saying that although the Indian start-up market is a few years behind China’s, it is a market still worth betting on. He said this during a panel discussion at Forbes Global CEO Conference last month held in Singapore. Saverin added […]
Delhi HC dismisses Whatsapp, Facebook pleas against CCI probe
The Division bench of the Delhi High Court dismissed the petitions of Whatsapp and Facebook challenging a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order calling for an investigation into the messaging apps new privacy policy. The bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad on Thursday while dismissing both appeals moved by Whatsapp […]
Facebook’s Messenger app might soon get default end-to-end encryption
Social media giant Facebook has shared an update on its long-awaited plans to turn on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default in its Messenger chat platform. According to The Verge, Facebook has said that they have started testing the feature for chats “between some people” this week. The Meta-owned platform currently offers Messenger […]
Facebook halts its F8 developer conference this year to focus on Metaverse
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, on Wednesday, announced their decision of pausing the F8 developer conference in 2022 as it gears up for new initiatives towards metaverse. Instead, Meta will organise its inaugural business messaging event called ‘Conversations’, which will be virtually held on May 19, reported The Verge. Meta is pausing F8 this […]
Facebook allows users to post reels from third-party apps
Seeing people’s craze for reels Facebook has decided to allow users to post short-form videos from third-party apps. With’Sharing to Reels’ feature, people will be able to share short videos directly to Facebook easily, TechCrunch reported. “Once integrated, third-party apps will have a Reels button so people can share short videos, then customize with Reels editing tools like audio, […]
Facebook, Instagram to allow posts calling for violence against Russians
Meta, the parent company of social networks Facebook and Instagram, is planning to allow the publication of calls for violence against Russians in response to the invasion of Ukraine, media reports said on Friday. “As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine we have temporarily made allowances for forms […]
Facebook bans Russian state media from running ads, monetizing platform
Facebook has banned Russian state media from running ads and monetizing the platform over the Russian military operation in Ukraine, said Nathaniel Gleicher, the head of the social network’s security policy, on Saturday. “We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world. […]
Facebook blocks official page of East Ukrainian City of Horlivka for evacuation posts
Facebook has blocked the official page of the government of the eastern Ukrainian city of Horlivka for 24 hours due to its posts about the beginning of the evacuation of residents to Russia amid the threat of Kiev’s aggression, the city authorities said on Saturday. “Friends, today the official community […]
Meta drops ‘news’ from Facebook’s News Feed
Social media giant Facebook App’s official Twitter handle on Tuesday announced that the News Feed is being rebranded to just ‘Feed’. In an email sent to The Verge, Facebook explained that this is “just a name change to better reflect the diverse content people see on their Feeds,” and that it shouldn’t “impact the […]
Meta updates 3D avatars for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram
Keeping their fans updated, Meta has added a few customizations to its 3D avatars feature for Facebook, Messenger, and DMs on Instagram. As per GSM Arena, Meta tried to be more inclusive with a plethora of new accessories that can be added to a user’s personal 3D avatar such as hearing aids, wheelchairs, and more. Additionally, the new facial […]
Delhi HC grants Whatsapp, Facebook time to respond to CCI probe
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted more time to Whatsapp and Facebook to file their response over notices issued to them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The Division Bench was hearing the petitions of Whatsapp and Facebook challenging the single bench, which had dismissed their pleas challenging a CCI order for an investigation into the messaging app’s […]