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The name change didn’t help at all, did it? 2021 wasn’t great but was supposed to be better with all the new brand identity and a big bet on Metaverse. But no, Meta had a really tough 2022. Laying off employees, losing billions of dollars, scepticism around Metaverse and then some more. Things aren’t looking … Read more
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has agreed to settle the Cambridge Analytica lawsuit, which accuses the social network platform of allowing third parties, including the British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to access user data for $725 million.The lawsuit began in 2018 when Facebook was accused of sharing the personal data of over 87 million … Read more
Facebook-parent company Meta is not giving up on metaverse despite losing billions on the project and facing charges by competition regulators. Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint to block the company from acquiring virtual reality studio Within. As a result, the company has now delayed the acquisition amid VR antitrust claims.As per … Read more
It has been over a month since Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October. The micro-blogging site has gone through several policies and personnel changes since Musk’s takeover. In November, Musk shared a tweet to extend his commitment towards free speech by not banning the account that follows his plane, “even … Read more
WhatsApp is testing three new large animated heart emojis for a future update of the app. It is to be noted that WhatsApp has already implemented an animated and large version of all heart emojis in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.18.8. Three large heart emojis on AndroidWABetaInfo reports that WhatsApp is rolling out a … Read more
WhatsApp has started rolling out a new feature – ‘Recent groups’ — which allows users to search groups by entering the name of the contact. As of now, the feature is available on the desktop version. According to a report by WABetaInfo, the feature has reportedly started rolling out to a few users after installing … Read more