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Meta Platforms stock jumps 19% as Facebook returns to user growth

The company reports slowest rise in revenue in a decade

Meta Platforms say experiencing good ad impression growth in India

David Wehner, Chief Financial Officer of Meta, said during the earnings call that the Asia-Pacific region benefited from strong demand in products like Click-to-Messaging ads

Facebook has no idea how to manage personal user data, say reports

According to the tech website Engadget, privacy engineers on Facebook's Ad and Business Product team wrote a report last year, intending it to be read by the company's leadership

Instagram launches Enhanced Tags on Reels to boost creator recognition

Enhanced tags allow a creator's self-designated profile on his professional accounts to be displayed in People Tag, so that people can share and view his specific contribution to a photo or video post

Govt blocks 16 YouTube channels for spreading disinformation; six from Pak

The blocked YouTube channels and the Facebook account had a cumulative viewership of over 68 crore

Meta calls UK tech watchdog's Giphy decision 'irrational', 'inconsistent'

The tech giant is attempting to overturn the CMA's order to unwind the $315-million deal. Nobody apart from Meta was prepared to pay an acceptable price for Giphy, the lawyers said in court documents

At 33.2 cr users, Snapchat growing faster than Facebook, Twitter

Social media platform Snapchat is growing faster than Facebook and Twitter and in its latest quarterly report, the platform said it grew its daily active users (DAUs) 18 per cent to 332 crores.

The battle between Bezos and Ambani continues, this time for cricket

Both Amazon Chairman Jeff Bezos, the second-richest person in the world, and Ambani, No 9, want to dominate India's large - and still highly informal - retail industry

YouTube takes down Hong Kong leader candidate's channel

The move, which has no bearing on his chances of winning office, follows the imposition of US sanctions on Lee and other Hong Kong and Chinese officials in 2020

Facebook reportedly losing interest in podcasting plans, shifts focus

Facebook is said to be pulling back from its foray into podcasting and is looking to prioritise other initiatives in collaboration with its podcast partners, citing reports, TechCrunch reported

Apple criticises Meta for up to 47.5% commission on VR purchases

On Monday, Meta announced it would take an additional 17.5 per cent cut from goods sold in "Horizon Worlds" after taking a 30 per cent platform fee for being on the Meta Quest Store.

WhatsApp to bring emojis in chats, allow 32 people in group voice call

WhatsApp will first allow users to react with six key emoji but will add more going forward, so that people can quickly share their opinion without flooding chats with new messages.

WhatsApp to allow 32 people in group voice call, larger file sharing

At present, only eight people can be added in a group voice call using the mobile app, and the size of each file to be exchanged among the users should not exceed 1 GB

WhatsApp building new feature to organise groups for businesses, school

Admins will be able to remove errant or problematic messages from everyone's chats

Apple's privacy features to cost Facebook $12.8 bn in 2022

According to AppleInsider, the tech giant released its feature in iOS 14 on April 26, last year, and it immediately had an impact on companies relying on advertising revenue

WhatsApp wins nod to expand Indian payments service to 100 mn users: Report

WhatsApp has over the years told NPCI that there should be no cap on users of its payments service in India, its biggest market

Keeping Mark Zuckerberg safe cost Meta nearly $27 million last year

Meta Platforms spent more than $15.2 million in 2021 for expenses related to protecting its chief executive officer at his homes and during personal travel, according to a recent regulatory filing

Meta to let creators sell virtual items in social VR app Horizon Worlds

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that creator monetisation and metaverse economy is really important.

Meta to stop people from sharing private residential info of other users

Meta (formerly Facebook) is ending an exception to its existing rules that allowed users to post private residential information of people on its platforms if it was "publicly available" elsewhere.

Facebook worried as TikTok set to eclipse Twitter, Snapchat ad share

TikTok is predicted to catch up with Google-owned YouTube by clocking $23.6 billion in ad revenue by 2024