Mark Zuckerberg once thought of deleting everyone’s Facebook friends, court documents reveal

Mark Zuckerberg once thought of deleting everyone’s Facebook friends, court documents reveal

Meta’s historical anti-trust trial, which could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, started earlier this week. On Monday, when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the witness stand, the Federal Trade Commission shared various emails in evidence. According to Fortune, it included an email sent in 2022 from Mark Zuckerberg where […]

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Meta faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp

A historic antitrust trial began Monday for Meta Platforms Inc. in a case that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses. The trial is bringing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg into federal court in Washington to testify. In […]

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Facebook’s new ‘Friends’ tab lets you see all friend posts in one place

Facebook’s new ‘Friends’ tab lets you see all friend posts in one place

Meta’s first ever social media network – Facebook, is getting a new Friends tab which the company says will be the go to place for checking out your friends’ stories, reels, posts, birthdays and other things. Unlike Facebook’s main feed, which comprises posts from pages you follow and other algorithmic content, the newly introduced ‘Friends’ […]

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Data | Layoffs by IT firms in the U.S. will greatly impact H-1B workers from India

Data | Layoffs by IT firms in the U.S. will greatly impact H-1B workers from India

Layoffs: People take a photo at Meta corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California on November 9, 2022. – Facebook owner Meta will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in the most difficult changes made in Meta’s history, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg | Photo Credit: JOSH EDELSON In 2020, the number of people […]

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Zuckerberg says WhatsApp business chat will drive sales sooner than metaverse

Zuckerberg says WhatsApp business chat will drive sales sooner than metaverse

The WhatsApp icon is seen on an iPhone in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Nov. 15, 2018. | Photo Credit: AP Meta Platforms Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday that WhatsApp and Messenger would drive the company’s next wave of sales growth, as he sought to assuage concerns about Meta’s finances after its first […]

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16 weeks base pay, immigration help: Mark Zuckerberg’s message to Meta employees after layoffs

16 weeks base pay, immigration help: Mark Zuckerberg’s message to Meta employees after layoffs

Meta Wednesday announced it will let go of more than 11,000 employees or 13 per cent of its total workforce, in one of the biggest layoffs in the US this year. In a blog post posted on the company’s official newsroom, Meta CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said, “I want to take accountability for these […]

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Meta will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning: Report

Meta will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning: Report

Meta Platforms Inc will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told hundreds of executives on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Zuckerberg appeared downcast in Tuesday’s meeting and said he was accountable for the company’s missteps and his overoptimism about growth had led to overstaffing, the report added, citing people […]

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‘WhatsApp far more private’: Mark Zuckerberg takes a shot at Apple and iMessage

‘WhatsApp far more private’: Mark Zuckerberg takes a shot at Apple and iMessage

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has criticised Apple’s iMessage as being less secure and private in comparison to WhatsApp in a new ad campaign. Zuckerberg made the critical comments in a post that was shared on his public Facebook and Instagram pages. The comments are also accompanied by an advertising image directly comparing iMessage’s Green and […]

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Meta’s Horizon Worlds app losing users and falling short of goals, report says

Meta’s Horizon Worlds app losing users and falling short of goals, report says

Meta’s flagship Metaverse app Horizon Worlds has been struggling to gain new users,  The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The publication, which reviewed internal documents, reveal Meta had initially targeted 500,000 monthly active users by year’s end, later it revised the goal to 280,000. The current figure is less than 200,000 now, according to the […]

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‘Legs’ finally coming to Meta’s Horizon Worlds avatars? Well, the demo was a sham

‘Legs’ finally coming to Meta’s Horizon Worlds avatars? Well, the demo was a sham

Avatars are a key part of the metaverse and Meta is one of the many tech companies which is betting big on these. But one critical element has been missing from the 3D avatars in Meta’s Horizon World: legs. Yes, while your avatar in Meta’s virtual Horizon World has a face and upper body, the […]

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