It’s the dawn of a new era at the company formerly known as Facebook, and to truly establish its evolution into ‘Meta’, CEO Mark Zuckerberg today held at all staff meeting to announce Meta’s updated values, in line with its new more forward-looking focus. The company’s value statements have been a key driver of its […]
It’s disappointing, but one thing that you can always be certain of with any socially-aligned technology is that some people are going to use it to harass and abuse others, in any way that they can. Most recently, that’s come up in virtual reality, with various incidents of women being attacked in Meta’s evolving VR […]
Meta wants to help businesses stay connected with employees, many of whom are now working remotely, by adding a new one WhatsApp integration into its workplace platform that will Allow companies to share posts from Workplace via WhatsApp. As you can see in this example, the integration provides another way to share internal updates from […]
Meta published one new series of safety tips for journalists to help them protect themselves in the evolving field of online connections, which for the most part also apply to all users in a broader sense, and provide a comprehensive overview of the various tools and processes in place to help people avoid unwanted attention […]
Meta is facing another antitrust investigation in the US, with the FTC today Access granted to file its lawsuit against the company over its Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, which the FTC said were specifically aimed at eliminating competition in the marketplace. Which, in some ways, likely they were, but at the same time, there are […]
Meta has provided a Update at the end of the year on its bulletin newsletter platform, which it launched for the first time again in April as part of a push to enable a stronger connection between creators and subscribers by leveraging the company’s vast reach to drive newsletter growth. And although it has not […]
Meta added a few new elements on the subject of holidays in Messengerincluding seasonal AR effects, new sound mojis to spread the Christmas spirit and fun additions for Messenger Kids. First off, there’s a new AR effect developed in collaboration with beauty influencer Ashley Strong that adds “sparkles and shiny snowflakes that pop out of […]
It’s a bit late in the year for major system changes, but Meta got another update sneaking in before the holidays with the Notice that it is making some big changes to its ad target lists in the Ad Manager to simplify and streamline the campaign setup process by focusing on the most practically relevant […]
Meta has announced that its Horizon Worlds VR creation and interaction platform for all users in the USA and Canada, which will serve as an important introduction to VR for many new Meta VR users who will find a headset under the Christmas tree this year. As explained by Meta: “Horizon Worlds is a social […]
The big news yesterday was that Facebook announced his new company name – Meta. Yes, Facebook’s company name is Meta. Like metadata, meta tags, and any other metas that Google Search may have previously ranked. But when the Facebook announcement came out, Google search results quickly adjusted to rank this breaking news. I won’t go […]