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Make Google a ‘trusted source’ in US election: Sundar Pichai to employees  As the White House race entered the crucial counting stage, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees to make sure that “the products we build” are “a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief.”  In a memo to employees, Pichai said whomever the voters entrust, “let’s remember the role we play at work, through the products we build and as a business: to be a trusted source of information to people of ever...
Make Google a ‘trusted source’ in US election: Sundar Pichai to employees
Make Google a ‘trusted source’ in US election: Sundar Pichai to employees
Source: IANS
2024-11-06 12:57:20 pm
Facebook India`s net profit up 43 pc to Rs 505 crore in FY24 Facebook India saw its profit surge by 43 per cent in the last fiscal (FY24), riding on digital advertising and support services offered to its parent company Meta in the US.  The company’s India unit saw its net profit reach Rs 505 crore last fiscal. Its revenue from operations increase by 9.3 per cent to Rs 3,034.8 crore in FY24, up from Rs 2,775.7 crore in FY23, as per data from the Registrar of Companies (RoC). Facebook India’s overall expenses grew 2.4 per cent to ...
Facebook India`s net profit up 43 pc to Rs 505 crore in FY24
Facebook India`s net profit up 43 pc to Rs 505 crore in FY24
Source: IANS
2024-11-02 11:07:30 am
Asia markets start momentous month on cautious side, US payrolls awaited Asian markets started a likely momentous month on the cautious side, with shares mostly lower and Treasury yields near three-month highs on Friday, while investors wait for U.S. payrolls data, although a rate cut next week is largely baked in. Investors are awaiting Friday's nonfarm payrolls report, ahead of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election and Federal Reserve's policy meeting a day later. Oil extended its rally, with Brent prices up almost 2% to $74.13 a barrel, on repo...
Asia markets start momentous month on cautious side, US payrolls awaited
Asia markets start momentous month on cautious side, US payrolls awaited
Source: Reuters
2024-11-01 08:56:28 am
Asian stocks slip as tech drags, yen near 3-month low before BOJ decision Asian stocks slid on Thursday as chip-sector stocks tracked overnight declines by Wall Street peers and Facebook owner Meta Platforms warned of accelerating costs for artificial intelligence. More megacap tech earnings are due later in the day from Apple and Amazon. The yen hovered close to a three-month low against the dollar, weighed down by political instability after a drubbing for Japan's ruling coalition in parliamentary elections last weekend, which could delay a normalisatio...
Asian stocks slip as tech drags, yen near 3-month low before BOJ decision
Asian stocks slip as tech drags, yen near 3-month low before BOJ decision
Source: Reuters
2024-10-31 08:53:33 am
This is best time to invest in India for entrepreneurs worldwide: Zoho`s Sridhar Vembu Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO of leading cloud software provider Zoho, said on Monday that this is the best time to invest in India for young entrepreneurs from all across the world. The sense of optimism is real and India is the most dynamic large economy in the world, "poised for decades of solid growth", Vembu posted on X (formerly Twitter). “I have been speaking at industry bodies, large company meets, colleges and various other forums in many parts of India,”...
This is best time to invest in India for entrepreneurs worldwide: Zoho`s Sridhar Vembu
This is best time to invest in India for entrepreneurs worldwide: Zoho`s Sridhar Vembu
Source: IANS
2024-04-01 10:37:31 am
Mark Zuckerberg likely to meet South Korean tech leaders, discuss AI Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will likely meet with business officials from leading South Korean tech companies and startups, including Samsung, during his visit to Seoul, industry sources said on Wednesday. The CEO of Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, arrived in South Korea on Tuesday night following his visit to Japan. This marks Zuckerberg's first visit to South Korea in more than 10 years, reports Yonhap news agency. Sources said Zuckerberg is likely t...
Mark Zuckerberg likely to meet South Korean tech leaders, discuss AI
Mark Zuckerberg likely to meet South Korean tech leaders, discuss AI
Source: IANS
2024-02-28 10:34:51 am
Meta to form `Operations Centre` to combat spread of deceptive AI in EU polls Meta (formerly Facebook) on Monday said that it will be activating an Elections Operations Centre to combat the spread of misleading artificial intelligence (AI) content in the European Union's (EU) 2024 Parliament elections. The tech giant will bring together experts from across the company from their intelligence, data science, engineering, research, operations, content policy and legal teams to identify potential threats and put specific mitigations in place across their apps and te...
Meta to form `Operations Centre` to combat spread of deceptive AI in EU polls
Meta to form `Operations Centre` to combat spread of deceptive AI in EU polls
Source: IANS
2024-02-26 12:31:51 pm
Meta testing cross-posting feature from FB to Threads Meta has started testing a cross-posting feature that would allow users to post from Facebook to Threads. It's a same feature that users have been using for a long time to post Stories and Reels on both Facebook and Instagram at the same time. The tech giant confirmed about the test to TechCrunch, saying that it is limited to iOS and does not include the European Union (EU). The feature will let users share both text and link posts from Facebook to Threads. The addition of this f...
Meta testing cross-posting feature from FB to Threads
Meta testing cross-posting feature from FB to Threads
Source: IANS
2024-02-22 11:41:23 am
Mark Zuckerberg overtakes Bill Gates, becomes fourth richest person in the world Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the fourth richest person in the world following a surge in Meta’s share price that has increased his net worth more than any other individual this year, a report said. In 2024 so far, Zuckerberg’s fortune has climbed by $42.4 billion, which has vaulted him to the fourth place on Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. He has now overtaken Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates, who dropped to the fifth position, MarketWatch reported. Zuckerbe...
Mark Zuckerberg overtakes Bill Gates, becomes fourth richest person in the world
Mark Zuckerberg overtakes Bill Gates, becomes fourth richest person in the world
Source: IANS
2024-02-06 11:31:05 am
Zuckerberg fifth richest person in the world following surge in Meta share price  Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the fifth richest person in the world following a surge in Meta’s share price that has seen his net worth increase more than any other individual this year, MarketWatch reported. In 2024 so far, Zuckerberg has already seen his net worth increase by $14.3 billion, in movements that have put him in fifth place on Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, ahead of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and behind Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates. ...
Zuckerberg fifth richest person in the world following surge in Meta share price
Zuckerberg fifth richest person in the world following surge in Meta share price
Source: IANS
2024-02-03 09:58:57 am
Meta purged over 26mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in India in December 2023  Meta said that it took down over 19.8 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 6.2 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in December 2023. Between December 1-31, Facebook received 44,332 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and said that it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 33,072 cases. These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where ...
Meta purged over 26mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in India in December 2023
Meta purged over 26mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in India in December 2023
Source: IANS
2024-02-01 06:01:17 pm
Meta purged over 23 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in India in Nov 2023 Meta said that it took down over 18.3 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 4.7 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in November 2023. Between November 1-30 Facebook received 21,149 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and said that it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 10,710 cases. These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they ca...
Meta purged over 23 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in India in Nov 2023
Meta purged over 23 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in India in Nov 2023
Source: IANS
2024-01-01 06:15:43 pm
Meta begins testing Threads integration with Mastodon, ActivityPub Meta has started testing a feature to show Threads posts on Mastodon and other ActivityPub networks, as the company finally makes Threads part of the decentralised social network system. ActivityPub is an open, decentralised social networking protocol that provides a client/server API for creating, updating, and deleting content. “Starting a test where posts from Threads accounts will be available on Mastodon and other services that use the ActivityPub protocol,” Meta Founde...
Meta begins testing Threads integration with Mastodon, ActivityPub
Meta begins testing Threads integration with Mastodon, ActivityPub
Source: IANS
2023-12-14 10:26:06 am
Meta launches default end-to-end encryption on Messenger Meta has finally rolled out default end-to-end encryption for personal messages and calls on Messenger and Facebook along with a host of new features. The end-to-end encrypted conversations also offer additional functionality including the ability to edit messages, higher media quality and disappearing messages. “Since 2016, Messenger has had the option for people to turn on end-to-end encryption, but we’re now changing private chats and calls across Messenger to be end-to-e...
Meta launches default end-to-end encryption on Messenger
Meta launches default end-to-end encryption on Messenger
Source: IANS
2023-12-07 10:52:37 am
Meta to discontinue cross-messaging between Instagram, Facebook Meta has announced to discontinue cross-app communication chats between Instagram and Facebook Messenger. The company gave no reason for the move but it may be related to Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) that requires big tech companies to offer interoperability between messaging platforms. Beginning in mid-December 2023, the users will no longer be able to chat with Facebook accounts on Instagram. “Once cross-app communication isn’t available, you won’t be ...
Meta to discontinue cross-messaging between Instagram, Facebook
Meta to discontinue cross-messaging between Instagram, Facebook
Source: IANS
2023-12-06 11:49:01 am
Meta now lets creators publish Instant Games directly on Facebook Meta has announced a new distribution model for Instant Games (IG), allowing developers to publish their games directly to people on Facebook, even if the game is in the early stages of development. "We are announcing that we will be creating a path for developers of Instant Games on Facebook to launch their games directly to people on Facebook, even if the game is in the early stages of development and historically would have been blocked by the Quality Guidelines," Meta said in...
Meta now lets creators publish Instant Games directly on Facebook
Meta now lets creators publish Instant Games directly on Facebook
Source: PR Agency
2023-11-04 05:59:29 pm
Meta launches paid ad-free subscription for FB, Instagram in EU Meta on Monday introduced a new paid subscription option in the EU, EEA (European Economic Area) and Switzerland that will remove ads from Facebook and Instagram. The service will be offered next month for around 9.99 euros per month on the web or 12.99 euros a month on iOS and Android. To comply with evolving European regulations, Meta will offer people who use Facebook or Instagram and reside in these regions the choice to continue using these personalised services for free with ads, ...
Meta launches paid ad-free subscription for FB, Instagram in EU
Meta launches paid ad-free subscription for FB, Instagram in EU
Source: IANS
2023-10-31 09:18:09 am
Asian shares hit 11-month lows; focus on US economic data Asian equities slipped to their lowest in more than 11 months on Tuesday, while the dollar wobbled in cautious trading ahead of a slew of economic data that will provide clues to the next steps from the U.S. Federal Reserve.Oil prices recovered some of the previous day's losses in early Asia trade as nervousness prevailed in the market amid worries that the Israel-Hamas war could escalate into a wider conflict in the oil-exporting region.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Ja...
Asian shares hit 11-month lows; focus on US economic data
Asian shares hit 11-month lows; focus on US economic data
Source: Reuters
2023-10-24 09:04:40 am
Meta introduces Telegram-like broadcast channels to FB, Messenger Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced to bring the Telegram-like ?broadcast channels? feature to Facebook and Messenger after rolling it out to Instagram and WhatsApp earlier this year.The feature will be available in the coming weeks, the company said."Broadcast Channels are coming to Facebook and Messenger in the coming weeks. Pages will be able to share voice notes, text, photos/videos, and GIFs with anyone who joins their channels," Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Wedne...
Meta introduces Telegram-like broadcast channels to FB, Messenger
Meta introduces Telegram-like broadcast channels to FB, Messenger
Source: IANS
2023-10-19 10:54:22 am