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Facebook reportedly losing interest in its podcasting plans
San Francisco: After foraying into podcasting and audio features, Meta-owned Facebook is likely losing interest in its podcasting plans, media reports say. Facebook is said to be pulling back from its foray…
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Instagram expands product tagging tool to all US users
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram on Monday expanded the ability to add product tags in Feed posts to everyone in the US. Earlier available only to creators and brands, product tagging is now…
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WhatsApp adding option to hide ‘Last Seen’ status from specific contacts
San Francisco: After rolling out emoji reactions, Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly adding the option to hide your ‘Last Seen’ status from specific contacts. With the latest beta release of its iOS app,…
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Apple criticises Meta for up to 47.5% commission on VR purchases
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has criticised Meta over the “metaverse” company’s plans to charge developers up to 47.5 per cent for virtual goods sold through the Meta Quest store. On Monday,…
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Meta to let creators sell virtual items in social VR app Horizon Worlds
San Francisco: Meta on Tuesday announced it is testing new features in Horizon Worlds, its social virtual reality (VR) app, that will help creators sell virtual items and make money. In a…
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Meta to stop people from sharing private residential info of other users
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) is ending an exception to its existing rules that allowed users to post private residential information of people on its platforms if it was “publicly available” elsewhere.…
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WhatsApp to roll out ETA when sharing documents
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is likely now releasing a feature that lets us understand when a document is fully downloaded on our devices or uploaded to their servers. After testing the ability…
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Meta planning ‘Zuck Bucks’ digital currency as crypto dream fails
San Francisco: Meta is reportedly planning to launch a digital currency called ‘Zuck Bucks’ — named after its Founder Mark Zuckerberg — and virtual tokens, coins and other financial services, after its…
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Instagram ‘slashes’ payouts to creators by 70% on Reels
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram has reportedly slashed creators’ payout by as much as 70 per cent while increasing target metrics for monetisation for them on the platform. According to The Financial Times,…
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Meta deletes 23.6 m pieces of bad content in India on FB, Instagram
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) took down 21.2 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 2.4 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in the month of…
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Instagram rolls out new messaging features and more
San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it is connecting the Messenger and Instagram experience to bring some of the best Messenger features to the photo-sharing platform. The company said…
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Meta plans to expand reach of WhatsApp chatbot in India
New Delhi: Meta, which launched the Meta Business Coach tool on WhatsApp as an innovative and easily-accessible way for owners of small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across India, on Friday announced that it…
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Meta brings Slack-like shortcuts to Messenger
San Francisco: Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is adding a new Slack-like “@everyone” functionality that will notify all participants in a chat about a new message. When you start a message with…
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WhatsApp to increase maximum file transfer size to 2GB: Report
New Delhi: Meta-owned encrypted messaging service WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to share bigger-sized files and media with others over their platform. According to a…
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Meta appoints new India head for auto, D2C vertical
New Delhi: Meta on Thursday announced the appointment of Saugato Bhowmik as the Director of CPG, Auto and D2C industry vertical in India to lead the strategy and solutioning that is focused…
