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WhatsApp introduces ‘Voice Status’, ‘Status Reactions’ features
New Delhi: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Tuesday announced new features coming to its status, including ‘Voice Status’, ‘Status Reactions’ and much more. The new features have started rolling out to users…
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WhatsApp rolling out longer group subjects, descriptions on iOS beta
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out longer group subjects and descriptions on iOS beta. This will make it easier for users to better describe groups, reports WABetaInfo. Beta…
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Close to 1 lakh tech employees lost jobs in Jan alone globally
New Delhi: In what could be touted as the worst month ever for tech workers, close to 1 lakh of them lost jobs in the month of January globally, dominated by companies…
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Meta’s new headset to feature better MR tech: Zuckerberg
San Francisco: Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the new next-generation consumer headset which will be launched “later this year” will feature better mixed reality (MR) technology. “The Meta Reality…
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Meta purged over 34 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Instagram in India in Dec
New Delhi: Meta has said that it took down over 22.54 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 12.03 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram…
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After layoffs, Zuckerberg now wants 2023 to be ‘year of efficiency’
San Francisco: After laying off 11,000 employees, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg now wants 2023 to be the “year of efficiency”. In his quarterly earnings call with analysts late on Wednesday,…
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Meta surprises analysts with good results, $40 bn stock buyback
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has surprised the market analysts with posting better-than-expected results for its quarter that ended December 31, 2022, and announcing a $40 billion stock buyback. The company reported…
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Meta working on new version of its halted smartwatch
San Francisco: Meta is reportedly working on a new version of its previously cancelled smartwatch. The information was shared by the tipster Kuba Wojciechowski on Tuesday, who claimed that the new version…
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WhatsApp rolling out longer group subjects, descriptions on Android beta
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out longer group subjects and descriptions on Android beta. These changes will help users to better describe groups, reports WABetainfo. The characters of…
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Mark Zuckerberg now puts Meta’s middle managers on notice
San Francisco: After sacking 11,000 employees in November last year, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now reportedly put middle managers at the company on notice. According to the newsletter Command…
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Meta to restore Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts
San Francisco: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced that it will be reinstating former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks. The announcement was made…
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How Google’s layoff announcement different from other companies
Google’s parent company Alphabet recently announced layoffs of 12,000 employees, or about 6 percent of its workforce, globally. After the announcement, it joined the Big Tech league of Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft…
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Instagram users can now pause notifications with ‘Quiet mode’
San Francisco: Meta has introduced a new ‘Quiet mode’ on Instagram, which will allow users to pause notifications whenever they want to take a break from the social networking platform. Once the…
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Meta now lets users bundle Insta, FB account settings
San Francisco: Meta has announced that it is rolling out a new Accounts Center that will allow users to manage their preferences across all their Meta accounts, like Instagram, Facebook and Messenger,…
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Trump asked Meta to restore his FB account: Report
San Francisco: Former US President Donald Trump is reportedly looking to regain control of his powerful social media accounts in order to make a comeback for the White House. Trump’s campaign is…