Business Futurism Internet News Meta has reportedly scaled back plans for its AR glasses, won’t be launching the first version by 2024 Earlier, Facebook parent Meta had announced that it was pouring in billions… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 10, 20222 minute read
Business Global News Sheryl Sandberg to step down as Meta COO 14 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg was a 23-year-old Harvard dropout with a… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 2, 20222 minute read
Internet News Instagram gets a ‘visual refresh’ with a brighter logo, new typeface Instagram has long solidified it’s claim as the best photo sharing social… Guntas SinghMay 24, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook to discontinue Nearby Friends, Weather Alerts, and other location-based features soon In 2014, Facebook had rolled out a Nearby Friends feature that notified… Soumyadeep SarkarMay 10, 20222 minute read
Business News Meta adopts hiring freeze to cut costs as revenue growth slows The ones who hold positions in Meta as of now reportedly do not need to be worried, as Meta has not yet announced any plans for layoffs in the near future. Guntas SinghMay 6, 20222 minute read
Futurism Gadgetry News Zuckerberg teases new smart-glasses project with EssilorLuxottica Mark Zuckerberg said that he was in Milan to discuss plans for new smart glasses with EssilorLuxottica, with which Meta had teamed up last September. Soumyadeep SarkarMay 5, 20222 minute read
Business Global News Meta clocks rise in users in Q1 2022, but revenue growth is the lowest since it went public Meta is the parent to some of the leading social media platforms… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 28, 20222 minute read
Code Internet News No F8 developer conference to be held by Meta this year, goes on a ‘brief break’ Once again, a developer conference has been canceled. The only difference? It… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 7, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Messenger gets new Slack-like shortcuts, including an ‘@everyone’ tag to notify participants in group chats Facebook’s messenger, which had 988 million monthly active users as of January,… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 30, 20222 minute read
Crypto Culture & Policy News Australian competition watchdog sues Facebook-parent Meta for not taking down misleading crypto ads Advertisements make up a chunk of Facebook-owner Meta’s revenue. However, the same… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 18, 20222 minute read
Futurism Internet News NFTs will be coming to Instagram in the “near term”, says Zuckerberg NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have surged in popularity in recent times. Today,… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 16, 20222 minute read
Apps Business News Ads on WhatsApp? A new status update on the app, from official ‘WhatsApp’ account provides hint Whether WhatsApp will ever turn to an advertising led business model —… Deepanshu KhandelwalFebruary 16, 20222 minute read
Business Internet News Meta reports Q4’21 numbers, Facebook sees first-ever decline in DAUs, share plummets 20% Despite all of Facebook’s rebranding efforts, things seem to have gone really… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalFebruary 3, 20222 minute read
Business Facebook Global Internet News Meta’s next-gen AI supercomputer will be the fastest in the world by end of 2022 AI, despite not becoming the ‘like-human-brain’ sci-fi stuff, has still integrated itself… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 25, 20222 minute read
Facebook Global Internet News Facebook parent Meta faces $3.2 billion lawsuit in the UK for exploiting user data Facebook is one of the biggest social media platforms out there, but… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 14, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook rolls out Split Payments on Messenger, currently in beta Facebook has been rolling out new features for quite some time –… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 6, 20212 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Facebook Global Internet News Facebook-parent Meta launches initiatives to protect women users across its platforms The internet continues to be an unsafe place, especially increasingly for women.… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 4, 20212 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News UK competition regulator orders Facebook parent ‘Meta’ to sell Giphy It seems that the matter of the acquisition of Giphy by Meta… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 30, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News China’s Tencent could emerge as a likely rival to Facebook’s metaverse vision The metaverse has not come yet, but companies have already started betting… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 12, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook Inc rebrands to ‘Meta’ In a news that may not be a massive surprise to industry… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalOctober 29, 20212 minute read