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Meta Metaverse Weekly: Are Mark Zuckerberg’s Ambitions Missing the Mark?
Meta Metaverse Weekly: Are Mark Zuckerberg’s Ambitions Missing the Mark?
August 04, 2022  |  Metaverse

With his metaverse dreams some seven to 10 years off, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to know that shareholders were in for a long, bumpy...

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Shopify’s New Text-to-Buy Option Marks Rise of ‘Anywhere Commerce’
Shopify’s New Text-to-Buy Option Marks Rise of ‘Anywhere Commerce’
August 04, 2022  |  Omnicommerce

We’ve learned more about how to sell anywhere under any conditions in the past two years than in the prior 20, and more of that...

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Social Commerce Unlocks Growth for Brands, FinTechs in Africa
Social Commerce Unlocks Growth for Brands, FinTechs in Africa
August 03, 2022  |  Social Commerce

From a socially oriented online phenomenon, Meta-owned platforms, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, have grown to become a critical medium for doing business in emerging markets...

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Meta’s C-Suite Shuffle Follows Growing Trend Toward More Strategic Role for CFOs
Meta’s C-Suite Shuffle Follows Growing Trend Toward More Strategic Role for CFOs
August 02, 2022  |  Meta

In conjunction with its Q2 earnings report, Meta — the company formerly known as Facebook — announced that as of  Nov. 1, current Chief Financial...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Unveils Same-Day Local Retail Deliveries
Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Unveils Same-Day Local Retail Deliveries
August 01, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Amazon offers Prime members same-day delivery from a slate of local retail stores around the country. Plus, the founder of...

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US Deal-Axing Sees Meta Shift Focus to EU Publishers Amid Intense Regulatory Clampdown
US Deal-Axing Sees Meta Shift Focus to EU Publishers Amid Intense Regulatory Clampdown
August 01, 2022  |  emea

Major news organizations like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post are among the media outlets that will be affected...

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Ethereum’s Founder Says Meta’s Metaverse Vision Is Doomed
Ethereum’s Founder Says Meta’s Metaverse Vision Is Doomed
August 01, 2022  |  Metaverse

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin is more responsible than anyone for turning blockchain and cryptocurrency from an obscure way to make peer-to-peer payments into a technology...

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Brazil Asks WhatsApp to Delay ‘Communities’ Launch
Brazil Asks WhatsApp to Delay ‘Communities’ Launch
July 29, 2022  |  Politics

Citing concerns about the spread of misinformation in their country’s upcoming election, Brazilian prosecutors are asking messaging platform WhatsApp to hold off on the debut...

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Google, Facebook Slow Hiring for Metaverse Jobs
Google, Facebook Slow Hiring for Metaverse Jobs
July 29, 2022  |  Metaverse

Meta Platforms has reported its first quarterly sales drop, and Facebook and Google are slowing the pace of hiring for jobs in the metaverse. Get...

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