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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 @everyone, all participants in the chat will be notified. @everyone is perfect for group reminders, impromptu get-togethers or when you need to gather […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it is testing a new feature that will make it easier for users to discover and support social causes directly through hashtags. The company said it is testing a new feature to help people discover social movements happening in the world and on Instagram, as well […]
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Till now, the feature has been available to users under WhatsApp's opt-in beta testing programme. Now, according to WABetainfo, the update will roll out to iOS users this month, followed by an Android release next month.
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Several Facebook users took to Twitter, complaining about the spam-like notification in an email titled "Your account requires advanced security from Facebook Protect", which they did not open due to privacy concerns.
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The social network has also added resources in the Emotional Health Hub on Facebook, in both Ukrainian and English, to support those in need.
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Cowan operated a website that provided fake reviews and feedback to businesses in order to artificially increase their Customer Feedback Score.
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Meta said that due to the difficulties of operating in Russia at this time, ads targeting people in Russia will be paused, and "advertisers within Russia will no longer be able to create or run ads anywhere in the world, including within Russia".
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New Delhi: Meta has pledged $15 million to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and neighbouring countries amid the Russian invasion. This includes $5 million in direct donations to United Nations agencies and more than a dozen nonprofits, including International Medical Corps that will be using these funds to deploy mobile medical units to Ukraine and […]
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According to Engadget, Meta's president of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said the company was making Russian state media "harder to find" on Facebook and Instagram.
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Nick Clegg, Global Affairs VP at Meta, tweeted that ordinary Russians are using Meta's apps to express themselves and organize for action.
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New Delhi: Russias communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Friday that it is partially restricting access to Meta platforms Facebook in response to restrictions the US social media giant has imposed on Russian media, accusing Facebook of censorship, The Guardian reported. “On February 25, the prosecutor general’s office, in agreement with the foreign ministry, decided that […]
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New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a dedicated ‘Safety in India’ resource hub highlighting a host of safety measures to help people stay safe online. The launch of the resource hub comes after WhatsApp’s week-long campaign, #TakeCharge to promote the safe use of the Internet. “Safety of our users is at the core of […]
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New Delhi: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram on Tuesday said that it has changed its ‘daily time limit’ option to avoid sending people multiple notifications at the same time. The update comes after media reported that the photo-sharing platform has quietly removed the ability for mobile users to set a lower daily time limit reminder than […]
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Meta has announced a 'Personal Boundary' feature for Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues virtual reality (VR) systems.
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New Delhi: Apple iOS privacy changes will cost Meta (formerly Facebook) a whopping $10 billion in 2022, the company has forecast, accusing Apple of favouring Google over app-based platforms like Facebook with its privacy policies. In an earnings call with analysts late on Wednesday, Meta CFO David Wehner said that they saw revenue impact with […]
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Hyderabad: The metaverse has been a hot topic of conversation recently, with Meta (Facebook) and Microsoft both staking claims. The Metaverse is considered the next evolution of the internet. Here’s a cheat sheet for the digital future that tech gurus are telling us about. Read on Imagine a virtual world in which people live, work, […]
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San Francisco: After Meta (formerly Facebook), Apple now requires employees to get a Covid booster shot and submit a proof of vaccination before entering office premises and its own retail stores, the media reported. In an internal email seen by The Verge, the iPhone maker said that once an employee is eligible to get a […]
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Attorneys for Texas and other states alleged in newly unsealed court filings that Zuckerberg and Pichai "personally approved a secret deal that gave the social network a leg up in the search giant's online advertising auctions", reports Politico.
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Facebook moderators at an Accenture site in Austin, the US are "facing a payroll disaster that has left many without their holiday paychecks," reports The Verge.
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San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has said that employees who have received Covid booster jabs will only be allowed to enter office premises when it finally reopens. Meta has already said that employees in the US would have to be fully vaccinated against Covid when they return to the office, likely from March 28 which […]
