Mark Zuckerberg: News
15 Sep 2022
Facebook MessengerMeta starts testing Discord-like Community Chats in Messenger, Facebook Groups
Messenger and Facebook Groups will soon get Discord-like 'Community Chats,' announced Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
30 Aug 2022
WhatsAppHow to order groceries from JioMart using WhatsApp?
It is now easy for WhatsApp users to shop for groceries in India. Meta has joined hands with JioMart for an in-app shopping experience.
25 Aug 2022
WhatsAppWhatsApp finally rolls out Communities to select users. What's new?
Four months after Mark Zuckerberg announced that WhatsApp users will get Communities, the popular instant messaging platform has started rolling out the feature to select beta users.
28 Jul 2022
FacebookFacebook, WhatsApp's parent company reports revenue decline for first time
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced its Q2 earnings report, and it is not pretty.
19 Jul 2022
InstagramInstagram users can now pay for purchases directly in Chat
Instagram has made shopping a lot easier on the app. The company has announced that users can now pay for products directly within Chat.
12 Jul 2022
WhatsAppNow, you can react to WhatsApp message with any emoji
WhatsApp users who have been bothered by the limited number of emoji reactions on the platform can finally relax. You can now respond to a message with any emoji of your choice.
02 Jun 2022
FacebookMeta's COO Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down after 14 years
Meta's second-in-command Sheryl Sandberg has announced that she will step down from the chief operating officer (COO) position of the company.
15 Apr 2022
WhatsAppWhatsApp Communities and other updates coming this year
WhatsApp is set to launch a new feature called "communities" to improve upon group conversations on its messaging platform.
16 Nov 2021
FacebookZuckerberg responds to viral 'Icelandverse' video: Here's what he said
Recently, the tourism department of Iceland took an audacious dig at Facebook Meta's rebranding video.
31 Oct 2021
FacebookMeta acquires makers of virtual reality fitness app 'Supernatural'
Facebook Meta recently acquired Supernatural—one of the first fitness-centric subscription-based apps to become available on the Oculus Quest.
31 Oct 2021
FacebookFirst image of Meta's rumored smartwatch spotted in the wild
Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook) is rumored to be developing a smartwatch to potentially rival the likes of the Apple Watch.
20 Oct 2021
FacebookIs Facebook planning a name change? Reports suggest so
Social media giant Facebook is likely to announce a name change this month, the Verge reported.
18 Oct 2021
FacebookHere's how Facebook is proceeding to build its metaverse
Despite a whistleblower and a worldwide service outage, Facebook continues its headlong dive into the metaverse and the journey of building it.
05 Oct 2021
FacebookMark Zuckerberg lost $6 billion during Facebook outage: Details here
Late last night, Facebook and its subsidiary services, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger, suffered a worldwide outage that lasted nearly six hours.
23 Sep 2021
FacebookFacebook CTO stepping down after '13 amazing years': Here's why
Facebook Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mike Schroepfer announced on Wednesday that he would be stepping down from his role and transitioning to a part-time position as a Senior Fellow at Facebook next year.
10 Sep 2021
FacebookRay-Ban Stories: Much-awaited smart glasses from Facebook, EssilorLuxottica are here!
Facebook—in collaboration with Ray-Ban's parent company and global eyewear major EssilorLuxottica—has finally unveiled its long-awaited smart glasses, called the Ray-Ban Stories.
09 Sep 2021
FacebookRay-Ban teases launch date of Facebook's smart glasses
Rumors about Facebook's smart glasses have been afloat since January. We finally have reason to believe the rumors are true and Facebook is indeed developing smart glasses, although the AR capability remains questionable.
25 Aug 2021
FacebookFacebook spotted testing voice, video calling using main app again
Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook first created Messenger as a spin-off in 2011 and officially transferred support for voice and video calls from the main Facebook app to it in 2014.
21 Aug 2021
FacebookDoes Facebook's new quarterly report actually list popular content?
Facebook's latest attempt to prove that its algorithms aren't completely opaque is a quarterly report called "Widely Viewed Content Reports," or so it would like us to believe.
29 Jun 2021
FacebookFacebook has become $1 trillion company in just 17 years
Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook now has a market value of over $1 trillion, thanks to a 4.2 percent uptick in its share price on Monday. Remarkably, it has achieved this milestone faster than any other technology firm.
11 May 2021
FacebookWhatsApp issues ultimatum: Accept new policy or lose basic functionality
On May 15, WhatsApp's hotly-debated privacy policy is scheduled to come into force. The company maintains that "No one will have their accounts deleted or lose functionality of WhatsApp on May 15 because of this update."
11 May 2021
XFacebook tests 'Read First' prompts to check misinformation
Amidst the overflow of information being disseminated across the social media platforms, stopping the spread of false information and fake news has become more important than ever.
09 May 2021
FacebookMark Zuckerberg acquires more land in Hawaii for $53 million
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan recently acquired 600 acres of land on the North Shore of Hawaii's Kauai island. This deal brings the couple's total landholdings on Kauai island to over 1,300 acres.
05 May 2021
AppleNewsBytes Briefing: Twitter finally opens up Spaces, and more
After beta testing Spaces on minorities and marginalized netizens for a while, Twitter has finally opened up its Clubhouse clone to common folks, provided you happen to have at least 600 followers.
28 Apr 2021
FacebookInstagram is developing Creator Shops, tools targeting 'creator middle class'
In a recent Instagram Live session with Instagram boss Adam Mosseri, Mark Zuckerberg announced a suite of new tools which would help Instagram influencers monetize their online presence.
20 Apr 2021
FacebookFacebook unveils its upcoming Clubhouse-style audio-based social media offering
When Big Tech social media platforms such as Twitter and Spotify unveiled their Clubhouse clones, it was speculated that Facebook would also join in with a similar platform.
12 Apr 2021
FacebookAnother database of leaked Facebook users' phone numbers found online
Barely a week has passed since Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook sprang a data leak that put the personal data of around 533 million users out in the open.
09 Apr 2021
FacebookFacebook has no plans to notify users about data leak
The personal information of more than 530 million Facebook users was leaked and the data has been posted on a hacking forum for free.
06 Apr 2021
FacebookFacebook-leaked phone number reveals that Mark Zuckerberg uses Signal
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's phone number is among the personal data of 533 million Facebook users that was leaked recently. Dave Walker, a security researcher on Twitter revealed that Zuckerberg has an account on the Signal app.
31 Mar 2021
FacebookParler warned FBI over 50 times before Capitol Hill protests
Free speech platform Parler reportedly informed the FBI of violent content on its platform in the days leading up to the Capitol Hill riots.
26 Mar 2021
Sundar PichaiCongress' five-hour questioning of Big Tech didn't yield actionable answers
In the first appearance before Congress since the US Capitol Hill riots, Big Tech faced criticism for around five hours about its handling of extremism and misinformation during the pandemic and the protests.
07 Mar 2021
FacebookFacebook undergoing investigation for systemic racial bias in hiring, promotions
A US agency investigating Facebook Inc. for racially biased hiring and promotions has classified its probe as "systemic." This means it suspects the company policies may be a cause of widespread discrimination.
26 Feb 2021
FacebookFacebook-Apple spat escalates: Facebook launches PR campaign defending targeted advertising
On Thursday, social media giant Facebook launched a campaign called "Good Ideas Deserve To Be Found" attempting to explain to users how small businesses rely on targeted advertising. Facebook will air commercials on radio and on TV, including during the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
16 Feb 2021
FacebookNewsBytes Briefing: Zuckerberg goes full Sopranos on Apple, and more
Last month, we had predicted how Apple's new-found love for privacy was an act of war and that it would lead to the Silicon Valley equivalent of a gang war.
16 Feb 2021
FacebookZuckerberg tells Facebook employees "to inflict pain" on Apple
This weekend, a Wall Street Journal report elaborated upon the ongoing rift between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg.
12 Feb 2021
XFacebook might be in the process of cloning Clubhouse
It's tough even for the all-powerful Big Tech cabal to dispatch every new competitor like Parler, so sometimes they have to improvise. Facebook has instead chosen to copy the emerging new audio-based social media phenomenon Clubhouse.
09 Jan 2021
FacebookFacebook's smart glasses coming in 2021, but without Augmented Reality
Facebook's much-vaunted smart glasses will be launching soon. The glasses are coming "sooner than later" in 2021, but without the graphical overlays promised through Augmented Reality (AR) technology.
08 Jan 2021
FacebookAfter Capitol violence, Facebook and Instagram suspend Trump's accounts indefinitely
Outgoing United States President Donald Trump has been slapped with an indefinite ban by Facebook and Instagram. He was initially barred from posting anything on these platforms for 24 hours, in wake of the deadly violence at the Capitol.
07 Jan 2021
FacebookFacebook redesigns Pages; Like button removed, new admin controls
Facebook has announced a major redesign of Pages, that are mainly used by artists, public figures, and brands.
05 Jan 2021
AmazonJeff Bezos donates $10 billion to fight climate change
The world's richest person made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of top donations, a $10 billion gift that is intended to help fight climate change.
