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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch.

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Community.com, Artifact and Substack Creating Next-Gen Social Platforms Around Text
Community.com, Artifact and Substack Creating Next-Gen Social Platforms Around Text
April 25, 2023  |  Social Commerce

Rising next-gen social engagement platforms are not on the metaverse or Web3 but rather simplified and streamlined text-based apps that draw together like-minded users and...

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Meta to Slash Jobs Across Its 3 Social Platforms
Meta to Slash Jobs Across Its 3 Social Platforms
April 19, 2023  |  Meta

Meta is reportedly readying layoffs that will impact its flagship social media platforms. The company told managers to be prepared for layoff announcements Wednesday (April...

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Instagram Debuts Gift Offerings for Creators
Instagram Debuts Gift Offerings for Creators
April 16, 2023  |  Meta

Meta is expanding its Instagram gift program to draw more creators to the platform. The social media company launched the gift feature last year to...

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Does Livestream Shopping Have a Future? 
Does Livestream Shopping Have a Future? 
March 28, 2023  |  Retail

HSN and QVC both pioneered the concept of live, televised shopping, enabling customers to witness product demonstrations and make purchases in real time. Traditionally popular...

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How Facebook Turned the Metaverse Into a Buzzword
How Facebook Turned the Metaverse Into a Buzzword
March 27, 2023  |  Metaverse

It all started with a cat and a baby. In 1959, neurophysiologists David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel conducted an experiment on an anesthetized cat to...

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Meta Expands ID Verification Subscription Service to US
Meta Expands ID Verification Subscription Service to US
March 17, 2023  |  Subscriptions

Meta Verified has been expanded to the United States. The subscription service — which was introduced in Australia and New Zealand in February — lets...

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Microsoft’s Metaverse Retrenchment Shows Pitfalls of Predicting Next Big Thing
Microsoft’s Metaverse Retrenchment Shows Pitfalls of Predicting Next Big Thing
February 24, 2023  |  Big Tech

While Meta takes a monthly billion-dollar haircut on its metaverse strategy, Microsoft is also struggling. At least as it relates to the here-by-tomorrow potential of metaverse virtual...

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Meta Follows Twitter Into Subscriptions
Meta Follows Twitter Into Subscriptions
February 19, 2023  |  Meta

Meta will begin testing a paid verification service for creators on Facebook and Instagram. The social media giant announced the launch of Meta Verified on...

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Big Tech Firms Publish Monthly Active Users Data for EU
Big Tech Firms Publish Monthly Active Users Data for EU
February 17, 2023  |  Regulation

Big tech companies have released monthly active users (MAU) numbers to comply with a regulation. Reuters reported Friday (Feb. 17) that the firms released the numbers because...

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