If anyone had any doubts about Meta’s long-term commitment to artificial intelligence (AI), they were erased in the first minute of the company’s earnings call on Wednesday (April 24). While analysts were waiting to hear about the return on investment in the technology would bring, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made it...
Apple has removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads, as well as Telegram and Signal, from its App Store in China. The company was ordered to do so by the Cyberspace Administration of China, which cited national security concerns, Apple told Reuters in a report posted Friday (April 19)....
In recent years, the documentation landscape has undergone a significant transformation, propelled by advancements in technology and shifting attitudes toward digitization. This evolution is particularly evident in recent developments domestically and internationally, signaling the acceptance and integration of electronic signatures into public and private sector...
Meta Platforms asked a judge Friday (April 5) to throw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by the Federal Trade Commission. In a court filing, the tech company disputed the FTC’s claims that its purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp reduced competition and harmed consumers, Bloomberg reported Friday. Meta said the two platforms...
July 13, 2023
Is the social media landscape too crowded? The winners of today’s attention economy don’t seem to think so. That’s why Meta, the parent company of social behemoth Facebook, last week (July 5) launched Threads — a Twitter competitor that was built by Meta’s Instagram product team. “We don’t have social media, we have social medias,” […]
October 06, 2022
Apps dabbling in everything from retail to romance are charging for more features as way to generate new revenue streams from legions of “freemium” or unpaid users. While the freemium...
May 10, 2021
After nearly a full year of waiting, WhatsApp payments have been cleared by Brazil’s central bank to go live, enabling peer-to-peer (P2P) payments capabilities for its 120 million Brazilian users, 86...
July 27, 2020
That a market is massive and emerging as a target for digitization, does not necessary mean it will be an easy target to pursue — a lesson learned the hard...
May 09, 2024
WhatsApp is reportedly working in China despite a years-long ban on this and other foreign messaging and social media platforms. Users of the Meta-owned messaging platform in the country said they have been able to send and receive messages without using the workarounds they normally have to employ, although it is unclear how many users can do so, Bloomberg reported Thursday (May 9). […]
April 19, 2024
Apple has removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads, as well as Telegram and Signal, from its App Store in China. The company was ordered to do so by the Cyberspace Administration...
April 03, 2024
Instagram and WhatsApp reportedly suffered some outages in the United States and some other countries Wednesday (April 3). For a period of time Wednesday afternoon, Eastern time, Downdetector displayed 3,100 users’ reports of outages for...
December 27, 2023
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will enable users to post status updates directly from the web interface. The feature is in limited beta testing and is expected to...
