Showing all posts tagged Facebook
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Meta Prepares for Cutbacks, Avoids Policy Guidance, and Gets Sued
Here's a quick look at the most recent news cycle that Facebook's parent company has been dealing with in this week alone.
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The Regretaverse: Will Metaverse-Hesitant Businesses Get Left Behind?
The price of virtual assets continues to soar - but is now the time to jump on the bandwagon?
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Facebook Discontinues Podcasts, Will Start Removing Them on June 3
Live Audio Rooms will be integrated into Facebook Live, allowing users to go live with just audio if they want.
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Meta Opens First Retail Store to Sell Us All VR Headsets
The store opening in May will include a Portal device demo area and an "interactive Quest 2 display wall."
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EU Lawmakers Agree on Landmark Rules to Reduce Big Tech Dominance
Overreach from tech corporations has been a hot-button topic for years. This new regulation attempts to fix it.
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Instagram Opens Up Product Tagging Ability for All US Users
Currently an average of 1.6 million people tag one or more brands every week. That number's about to be a lot larger.
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Shopify’s New “Link in Bio” Tool Linkpop Brings Ecommerce to Social
The new tool seems likely to usher in a new crop of younger influencers who are interested in dipping a toe into ecommerce.
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This Company Tested Meta’s Virtual Reality Workroom
Is the Metaverse worth it? Here's the good, the bad, and the future of the nascent technology.
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Mark Zuckerberg Really Wants Meta to Be a Thing
The CEO took to Facebook to announce some new company values that align with the rebrand to Meta earlier this year.
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Facebook Adds Features to Allow Shopping Within Groups
Users can now buy merch and products directly from a Group they're in or locate other member-recommended products.
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Facebook Rebrands as ‘Meta’ Amid Its Biggest Crisis Ever
Facebook is now Meta, but won't change the core features that make the platform so harmful to its userbase of billions.
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Metaverse Meetings – the Future of Work or a Facebook Gimmick?
Facebook plan to hire 10,000 EU employees to develop a Facebook metaverse, centered around VR and AR.
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WhatsApp Is Adding End-to-End Encryption to Backups
The popular messaging app has had end-to-end encryption for five years, but now backups will also be securely stored.
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Facebook Shelved a Report, Allegedly Feared It Made Them Look Bad
Facebook held the report because they wanted to make "key fixes to the system," a spokesperson holds.
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Tech Giants Mandate Vaccines for Return to Work
Facebook, Google, and Netflix have all mandated that employees must be fully vaccinated to resume working in the office.
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Should Social Media Companies Be Liable for Health Misinformation?
A new bill from the Senate could revoke Section 230 protections for companies whose algorithms promote health misinformation.
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Instagram Insists It’s No Longer Just a Photo Sharing App
Facebook-owned social media app Instagram claims to be expanding beyond just photos, looking to branch into shopping
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Facebook to Face Sex Trafficking Lawsuit
A judge has ruled that Facebook is to face a sex trafficking lawsuit after its platform was used for illegal activity
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Lawmakers Five Bipartisan Bills to Regulate Big Tech Explained
Together, all five bills are a grab-bag of the best ways to break up monopolies, in theory creating a fairer playing field.
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Facebook Will Reportedly Launch a Dual-Camera Smartwatch
With a hardware success, Facebook would finally get the end-run it always wanted around Apple and Google's operating systems.
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How Tech Giants Are Evolving Their Remote Work Stances
How flexible should be work after the pandemic? Apple, Facebook, and Amazon aren't exactly on the same page.
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