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  1. Jan

    WhatsApp starts testing blocking screenshots on view-once media

    WhatsApp rolling out screenshot blocking WhatsApp is rolling out screenshot and screen recording blocking for view-once images and videos, WABetaInfo reports. The new feature is available to WhatsApp testers on the latest Android beta version of the app, with some users reporting they can't...
  3. Jan

    Zuckerberg announces one-tap call links for WhatsApp

    WhatsApp to add one-tap call link sharing Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that WhatsApp is introducing a new feature that lets users share a direct link to call. He specified that the call linking feature would arrive on WhatsApp this week and said the messaging platform is...
  4. Jan

    WhatsApp testing hiding online status privacy setting

    WhatsApp adding new privacy feature WhatsApp has started rolling out a new privacy feature for users of its Android beta app that allows them to hide their online status. WABetaInfo reports that beta testers running WhatsApp Android beta 2.22.20.9 will find the option available under an...
  5. Jan

    Meta will reveal its new premium VR headset in October

    Meta will reveal its new premium VR headset in October Meta Platforms will reveal its new high-end virtual reality (VR) headset at the Meta Connect event on Tuesday, 11 October 2022. The company says it will also share updates on its progress with its metaverse ambitions and provide a look...
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  6. Jan

    Meta plans to launch new VR headset in October - Mark Zuckerberg

    Zuckerberg says Meta launching new VR headset in October Meta Platforms' next virtual reality (VR) headset will arrive in October, according to the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. The Verge reports that the headset will likely launch around the time of Meta's annual Connect event.
  7. Jan

    Spammers and trolls are having a field day on Facebook today

    Facebook's news feed is broken and showing spam posted to celebrity pages Facebook is experiencing a strange bug allowing users to spam others' news feeds with bizarre content by posting them to celebrity pages and other widely-followed accounts. Multiple MyBroadband readers noticed the issue...
  8. Jan

    WhatsApp rolling out appear offline, leaving groups quietly, and screeshot prevention

    WhatsApp rolling out big privacy changes Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp is rolling out several privacy features, including the ability to send messages while appearing offline and blocking screenshots of view-once messages. The messaging platform will also allow users to leave group chats...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta's new chatbot called Mark Zuckerberg "too creepy and insensitive"

    Meta's new chatbot called Mark Zuckerberg "too creepy and insensitive" Only days after being launched to the public, Meta Platforms Inc.’s new AI chatbot has been claiming that Donald Trump won the 2020 US presidential election, and repeating anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Chatbots —...
  10. Jan

    Facebook and Instagram to push content from people you don't follow - like TikTok

    Facebook and Instagram will push more content to compete with TikTok Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to more than double the amount of recommended content pushed to Facebook and Instagram users by the end of 2023. According to Zuckerberg, recommended content currently makes up around...
    • Jan
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  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta posts first-ever quarterly revenue decline

    Meta posts first-ever quarterly revenue decline Meta Platforms Inc., the social media giant that includes Facebook and Instagram, reported its first-ever quarterly sales decline, citing advertisers’ shrinking budgets. Meta revenue slipped to $28.8 billion in the second quarter, missing the...
  12. Jan

    WhatsApp iOS beta gets Group past participant view

    WhatsApp group chat changes in the works WhatsApp is working on a feature that lets users view a group's past participants. You will be able to view and search for any participants who left the group in the past 60 days by navigating to the Group Info menu, WABetaInfo reported.
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  13. Jan

    Facebook adds tab to help you stay in your echo chamber

    Facebook's new Feeds tab limits posts to friends and pages you follow Facebook has launched a new Feeds tab for its mobile app, allowing users to only see posts from friends, groups, and pages they follow. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new feature in a post on his Facebook page on...
  14. Jan

    WhatsApp brings Android to iOS migration out of beta

    WhatsApp launches Android to iOS migration WhatsApp users on Android can now migrate their data to iPhone, the mobile instant messaging platform has announced. This comes after Mark Zuckerberg announced on 14 June that the feature would soon be available to more devices.
  15. Jan

    WhatsApp voice status and reaction emoji updates

    WhatsApp getting new voice and message reaction features WhatsApp will soon allow users to share a voice note as their status update and has started rolling out more emojis to use in message reactions. According to WABetaInfo, the popular chat app is developing a new voice status feature and...
    • Jan
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  16. Jan

    WhatsApp working on syncing chats across multiple smartphones

    WhatsApp multi-smartphone support on the way WhatsApp is working on adding support for syncing chats across multiple smartphones, WABetaInfo reports. The publication discovered the feature in WhatsApp's Android version 2.22.15.13, available through the Google Play Beta programme.
  17. Jan

    Meta kills Novi crypto wallet

    Facebook kills cryptocurrency wallet Facebook's holding company, Meta, is shutting down its Novi cryptocurrency wallet after it only made it to the piloting phase of the project, Bloomberg reported. Both the Novi app and the wallet on WhatsApp will no longer be available come 1 September 2022...
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  18. Jan

    WhatsApp rolls out interface for reacting with any emoji to iOS beta

    WhatsApp testing updated iOS interface for emoji reactions WhatsApp is working on adding more message reaction emojis to the six currently available for users on iOS devices, according to a WABetaInfo report. The app currently lets users on both Android and iOS choose from six reactions...
  19. Jan

    Mark Zuckerberg announces WhatsApp Android-to-iOS data migration

    WhatsApp gets major smartphone switch feature Meta-owned WhatsApp is adding the ability to transfer chat data from Android to iOS, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. WhatsApp data that can be transferred will include chat history, photos, videos, and voice messages, and Zuckerberg said...
    • Jan
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  20. Jan

    WhatsApp starts rolling out reactions

    WhatsApp reactions rolling out WhatsApp will begin rolling out its message reaction feature on Thursday, 5 May 2022, according to Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The messaging company's reaction feature is somewhat different from that of Facebook — dropping the "care" and "angry" reactions...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta falls out of top 10 most valuable companies

    Meta falls out of top 10 most valuable companies Meta Platforms Inc. has tumbled out of the world’s 10 largest companies by market value, hammered by its worst monthly stock decline ever. Once the world’s sixth largest company with a valuation in excess of $1 trillion, the Facebook parent...
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