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Former Meta official's 'explosive' memoir about the social media giant to be published next week
March 5, 2025 at 12:29:35 PM EST * - permalink -An insider account being billed as an “explosive” memoir about “seven critical years” at Facebook/Meta will be published next week.
- https://apnews.com/article/meta-insider-account-zuckerberg-sandberg-3280059cd7c3c3022afe171c2188f557
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Sad state of democracy where we pass laws and then don’t enforce them. Not a strong position.
January 17, 2025 at 8:52:09 AM EST * - permalink -President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office, a U.S. official says.
- https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-executive-order-1e95d9836bf6f8c0c245ed1c3234d968
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Digital ad market on mend as Meta, Alphabet, Snap show faster growth - CNBC
April 28, 2024 at 11:16:04 AM EDT * - permalink -Earnings reports this week from Meta, Alphabet and Snap showed a solid recovery in the online ad market.
- https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/27/digital-ad-market-on-mend-as-meta-alphabet-snap-show-faster-growth-.html
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Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit - GizModo
January 3, 2024 at 7:03:56 PM EST * - permalink -Facebook introduces a confusing new setting as the walls close in on Zuckerberg’s data machine.
- https://gizmodo.com/meet-link-history-facebook-s-new-way-to-track-the-we-1851134018
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After a hot start, Meta's Threads platform is cooling off, active users down 80% - Tubefilter
August 21, 2023 at 10:18:38 AM EDT * - permalink -After a hot start, Meta’s Threads platform is cooling off
- https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/08/18/meta-threads-daily-active-users-down-from-peak-twitter-killer/
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Metaverse off to ominous start after VR headset sales shrank in 2022 - CNBC
December 28, 2022 at 1:31:00 PM EST * - permalink -Meta is betting big on virtual reality as an anchor technology for its metaverse, but VR isn't catching on yet within the mainstream.
- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/28/metaverse-off-to-ominous-start-after-vr-headset-sales-shrank-in-2022.html
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Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week - WSJ
November 7, 2022 at 2:28:54 AM UTC * - permalink -The social-media giant’s planned cuts are expected to affect many thousands of its workforce, which exceeded 87,000 as of September.
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-is-preparing-to-notify-employees-of-large-scale-layoffs-this-week-11667767794
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Facebook is losing its grip as a ‘Top 10’ app as BeReal and TikTok grow – TechCrunch
August 19, 2022 at 5:35:29 AM EDT * - permalink -Facebook this year has been struggling to maintain its position among the Top 10 apps on the U.S. App Store, according to an analysis of iPhone App Store data. As younger consumers shift to newer social networking experiences like TikTok and now BeReal, the tech giant’s big blue app has lost traction in the App […]
- https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/18/facebook-is-losing-its-grip-as-a-top-10-app-as-bereal-and-tiktok-grow/?tpcc=tcplusfacebook&fbclid=IwAR2x8Ud51SBK6beEOk5RzwwAOWg3oPgZfJIfBiGhKBk-Euki0wG8G16wju8&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL20uZmFjZWJvb2suY29t&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMOFxi1g_xT9kyhSZ3ZKV2WqWwPyzPhCM9-yxSMUgUcV1PekKngBjApVnw0EE4sl2F28pA8HMuSXh2SNHsnioJtQkVGPMXjOlYaSJ9iKkU7jZa5k1Ic504aMWpfg2stHe9guosXq3RhQFRBaO2dc9IWODPVacJQo5d8Ykbqq1f9M&fs=e&s=cl
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Facebook parent Meta raises price of its Quest 2 VR headset by $100 - CNBC
July 27, 2022 at 8:44:25 AM EDT * - permalink -Meta is asking consumers to pay more for its headsets as the company pushes its business towards the metaverse.
- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/26/facebook-parent-meta-raises-price-of-its-quest-2-vr-headset-by-100.html