The metaverse means many things to many companies. The future as we know is about to change completely. There is no doubt that Meta (formerly Facebook) is hard at work. Earlier in October, CEO and chairman of Meta Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next […]
A decade ago, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, was on Time magazine’s 2010 Person of the Year. He was dubbed “the Connector”. A decade later, the social media company that connected people around the world and was called the industry trendsetter faces a humongous crisis. This month, Time placed Zuckerberg on its cover again, with a […]
Building the Metaverse: The social network isn’t the only one working on the metaverse, and Facebook acknowledged that no single company will own and operate it. In August, Mark Zuckerberg discussed a high-level view behind the ‘metaverse,’ a vision for the future of Facebook Inc in a news announcement. “In the coming years, I expect […]
Facebook recently announced that they will enable users to create and share Instagram Reels within the main Facebook app. In an attempt to halt TikTok’s momentum, Facebook has been testing Reels creation and sharing within Facebook over the past few months, which has also included an experiment with a new Stories/Reels/Rooms feed at the top of user feeds. […]
When Steven Speilberg’s Ready Player One hit theatre screens in 2018, it was a glimpse into how virtual reality might one day transform the way we experience life. Set in a dystopian future, the year 2045, to be precise, the story shows us a world where people seek to escape from reality through the OASIS, […]
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t just want you logging in to his company’s products. He wants you living, working and even exercising inside them. That’s the very high-level idea behind the ‘metaverse,’ a vision for the future of Facebook Inc. and the entire internet that Zuckerberg started pushing aggressively in the past week. “In the coming years, […]
Facebook Inc launched its own Clubhouse-style live audio rooms and a way to find and play podcasts on its platform, marking a push into social audio by the world’s largest social network. Facebook’s rollout of a potential Clubhouse rival follows the explosive early success of the invite-only live audio app, which became a hit as […]
Facebook is planning to add more tools to help Instagram creators earn money from their efforts, included creator shops, new Branded Content promotional deal frameworks, and an improved influencer marketplace to connect users and brands. The new outline was shared by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a live-stream chat with Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, in […]
Facebook now has 2.85 billion monthly active users (MAUs), an increase of 10 per cent (year-over-year) while its daily active user base has reached 1.88 billion on average, an increase of 8 per cent. The social network beat expectations and posted record revenue of $26.1 billion in the first quarter, 48 per cent more than […]
Facebook is deepening its relationship with music company Spotify and will allow users to listen to music hosted on Spotify while browsing through its apps as part of a new initiative called “Project Boombox,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday. Facebook is building an in-line audio player that will allow users to listen to […]
