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Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), the parent company of WhatsApp, launched a new app for Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows desktop, allowing users to make bigger video and audio calls.  What Happened: Meta’s new WhatsApp app for Windows can host group video calls with...

If you're an avid user of social media, you may have noticed a disturbing trend in recent months: the rise of subscription-based platforms.  The era of free and easy social media access seems to be coming to an end. Some of the biggest players in the game, including Twitter and Facebook, are...

Sarah McAllister founded Go Clean Co in 2018. Like many entrepreneurs, she saw a market gap and offered a solution. In her case, the gap was for deep house cleaning, which clients might buy every couple of months as opposed to the typical every-two-weeks cleaning.  When the pandemic started,...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) has launched its Meta Verified subscription service on Instagram and Facebook in the U.S. The verified service gives users a blue badge after they verify their accounts using a government ID, and costs $11.99 per month on the web or $14.99 a...

Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ: META) announcement that it is "winding down" its work with non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, on Facebook and Instagram has left many NFT collectors and artists feeling disappointed and frustrated. What Happened: The decision means Meta will...

A newly revealed court filing has brought to light that Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg was warned about the issue of social media addiction among teenagers.  What Happened: According to the court filing, Meta and TikTok‘s parent company, ByteDance employees, were...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META), formerly known as Facebook, announced Monday that it will stop working on digital collectibles, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), in order to focus on other ways to support creators, businesses and people. This decision was made to...

Before OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot, chatGPT, took the world by storm, artificial intelligence was already picking up pace. Now, new AI-powered tools are making their way into this fast-paced ecosystem every day.  What Happened: A free-of-cost fast Caption Generator for Meta Platforms Inc....

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) is reportedly developing a new app focused on text-based content that will support ActivityPub — a decentralized social networking protocol also used by Mastodon and other Twitter competitors. What Happened: Meta is currently in the initial...

A Benzinga survey shows where U.S. TikTok users might shift their time and attention if the app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, is banned. Users were asked, “If TikTok is banned, which platform will you use more?” The results were: Instagram: 38.3% Twitter: 26.3%...

Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ: META) Instagram was down for several hours for thousands across the world, as users from countries like the U.S., the U.K., India and Japan posted angry and sarcastic tweets about the outage on Twitter.   What Happened: According to the outage...

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) reportedly discussed, in December, how to build the next Twitter following the chaotic ride the social media platform has had under new leader Elon Musk. What Happened: In November, Meta employees joined a virtual...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) is reportedly planning to terminate thousands more as early as this week. What Happened: The Mark Zuckerberg-led company is eliminating jobs based on financial targets and separately from its efforts to flatten the organization, reported Bloomberg, citing...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) says it will not stop releasing artificial intelligence tools to researchers even though there are claims on online message boards that its large language model was leaked. What Happened: The Mark Zuckerberg-led company said, “While the model is not...

Are you tired of seeing ordinary posts on your feed? Fear not, a simple trick using Cinematic mode on Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones can help you transform ordinary videos into masterpieces.  What Happened: A handle “iphone_photography_school,” on Meta Platforms Inc....