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Instagram has announced a new feature called Quiet Mode “to help people focus and to encourage people to set boundaries with their friends and followers.” According to the company, the feature aims to ease users’ anxiety about spending time away from the app by silencing incoming alerts, auto-replying to direct messages (DMs), and setting an … Read more
Meta was reviewing a call by its oversight board to make its policies on adult nudity more inclusive, a spokesperson said Thursday, after the tech giant removed two Instagram posts showing transgender and non-binary people with their chests bared. Read here: Meta slapped with 5.5mn euro fine for EU data breach Neither post violated Meta’s … Read more
Instagram on Thursday rolled out its own version of ‘Do not disturb’ with a new feature called ‘quiet mode’ for users in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Although available to all users, Meta introduced it particularly for teens to take a break from the endless scrolling and focus on … Read more
Despite witnessing losses in billions of dollars, Meta is continuing with metaverse plans and has acquired optics startup Gary Sharp Innovations. The Colorado-based optics R&D will help the company build better VR headsets as well as AR glasses.As per a newsletter that includes documents filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, Meta entered a … Read more
Meta-owned messaging app WhatsApp is reportedly working on the ability to add a new Block shortcut.According to a report by WABetaInfo, the Block shortcut feature on WhatsApp will allow users to block a contact right within the chat list without opening the respective chat. The company is working on releasing version 2.23.2.4 for WhatsApp. The … Read more
TeamLease HRtech has partnered with Mastercard, a global payments & technology company, to develop a SaaS-based HCM platform for SMEs and Enterprise businesses. The platform will streamline the entire employee life cycle, from pre-hire to post-retire, with a focus on compliance. The platform offers Payroll Management, Workforce Administration, Talent Acquisition, Benefits Administration, and Compliance, all … Read more
Facebook-parent Meta has reportedly ‘rescinded’ full-time engineering (FTE) offers in London amid recession fears. The development follows last year’s massive layoff which impacted about 11,000 employees of the company’s employees. This is purportedly the first time that Meta has taken back signed FTE offers.Gergely Orosz of The Pragmatic Engineer, which publishes observations across the software … Read more
Social media giant Meta, which owns popular services Facebook and Instagram, has tightened data restrictions for advertisers. The company announced that it will now block the ad firms from accessing data of teenage users. This data is being used to target ads at teenage users. According to a Meta blog post, advertisers will no longer … Read more
Meta-owned messaging app WhatsApp is reportedly working on ‘Forward media with a caption-alert’ feature that will inform users while forwarding media with a caption. WhatsApp’s ‘forward media with caption’ feature is now available for Android users. The latest feature will allow users to forward images, videos, GIFs, and documents with a caption. There is an … Read more
WhatsApp, the Meta-owned instant messaging app, is reportedly working on a new report status update feature for Android beta. This will enable users to report any unwanted status update violating the company’s Terms of Service on their Android phones. The Meta-owned messaging service is also testing this feature for a future update of its desktop … Read more