NFTs are coming to Instagram this week Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says they’re on the way to Facebook as well. K. Holt @krisholt Dado Ruvic / reuters As promised (or threatened, depending on your perspective), NFTs are coming to Instagram imminently. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the app will this week start testing a … Continue reading Meta will allow creators to sell NFTs directly on Instagram
Australian Parliament passes law that requires Google, Facebook to pay for newsOfficials approved the changes that came from their negotiations with Facebook. M. Moon @mariella_moon The Australian law that makes it mandatory for companies like Google and Facebook to pay for news they use is ready to be enforced. Australia’s Parliament has passed the … Continue reading Meta threatens to block news content in Canada over media revenue-sharing legislation
Facebook is rebranding itself as ‘Meta’ It’s all about the metaverse. K. Bell @karissabe Facebook, the social network, will no longer define the future of Facebook, the company that will now be known as Meta. Facebook Inc. is changing the name in order to distinguish its beleaguered social network, which has an increasingly poor … Continue reading Questions Meta needs to answer about the metaverse at Connect
Meta accounts and Horizon profiles arrive today, freeing Quest headsets from Facebook Current users will need both by 2023 to continue using their devices. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Meta Meta accounts have arrived. As of today, Facebook parent company Meta has begun rolling out the new login system for Quest owners. “The update will roll … Continue reading Meta tests easier account switching between Facebook and Instagram
Meta’s revenue shrank for the first time in its history And Meta’s Reality Labs cost the company almost $3 billion last quarter. N. Ingraham Carlos Barria / reuters Facebook parent company Meta has just reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2022, and it was another quarter of shrinking profits. Total revenue of … Continue reading Meta dissolves team responsible for discovering ‘potential harms to society’ in its own products
Meta Details Stringent Ad Guidelines For 2022 Midterm Elections by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 16, 2022 One of the most high-profile U.S. primaries took place in Wyoming on Tuesday. GOP Rep. Liz Cheney voted this morning, not at her hometown polling place of Wilson, but a couple of miles away at the Teton County Library … Continue reading Meta Details Stringent Ad Guidelines For 2022 Midterm Elections
Meta will limit hiring this year due to slowing revenue growth It will reportedly slow or pause the intake of mid-to-senior level employees. M. Moon @mariella_moon Dado Ruvic / reuters Meta is limiting its intake of new employees as part of its efforts to cut costs due to weak revenue forecasts, according to CNBC … Continue reading Meta cuts hiring plans as it prepares for ‘serious times’
Microsoft, Meta And Others Create Metaverse Standards Forum by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 21, 2022 Adobe, Epic Games, Meta, Microsoft and more than 30 companies and organizations have formed a standards group for metaverse technology to foster open, interoperable standards for augmented and virtual reality, geospatial, and 3D technology. The Metaverse Standards Forum, … Continue reading Microsoft, Meta And Others Create Metaverse Standards Forum
Meta Developing ‘Basic Ads’ With Little Or No Data Targeting by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 7, 2022 Facebook is developing a product that will not rely on anonymized personal information from users and will be more in line with privacy guidelines set by Europe and U.S. states that have privacy regulations. “I think it will … Continue reading Meta Developing ‘Basic Ads’ With Little Or No Data Targeting
Meta offers new professional certificates through Coursera Separate courses cover everything from front-end development to iOS app creation. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic May 4th, 2022 Coursera Last year, in an effort to fill outstanding positions, Meta stopped requiring job seekers to hold a four-year university or college degree to apply for some roles. At the time, … Continue reading Meta will limit hiring this year due to slowing revenue growth
