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Meta’s VP of Horizon Vivek Sharma Steps Down
Meta’s VP of Horizon Vivek Sharma Steps Down
August 28, 2022  |  Personnel

Vivek Sharma, the vice president of Meta’s virtual reality (VR) social platform Horizon, is leaving the company for a new opportunity. Get the Full Story...

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Meta Metaverse Weekly: Zuckerberg Shows off Less Terrible Graphics; MTV VMAs Chase Metaverse Concert-goers
Meta Metaverse Weekly: Zuckerberg Shows off Less Terrible Graphics; MTV VMAs Chase Metaverse Concert-goers
August 25, 2022  |  Metaverse

This week in the Meta metaverse has been dedicated largely to damage control from last week, when CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted an in-world “selfie” of...

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Kenya’s GDPR-Style Legislation Threatens US Firms’ X-Border Data Transfer Model
Kenya’s GDPR-Style Legislation Threatens US Firms’ X-Border Data Transfer Model
August 23, 2022  |  Regulation

Around the world, data protection legislation sets the rules for how companies collect and process personal information. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Meta Metaverse Weekly: In Horizon Worlds, Emperor Has No Legs
Meta Metaverse Weekly: In Horizon Worlds, Emperor Has No Legs
August 18, 2022  |  Meta

If you thought analysts and investors have been cruel to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse dreams, wait till you see what the Twitterverse has been saying about...

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PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: The Metaverse
PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: The Metaverse
August 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a confusing business with a language all its own, in part because it is a genuinely new way of doing business and also...

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Judge to Hear FTC Case on Meta Takeover of VR Firm in December
Judge to Hear FTC Case on Meta Takeover of VR Firm in December
August 15, 2022  |  Meta

The Meta proposal to buy virtual reality company Within Unlimited is seeing some speedbumps in court, Bloomberg wrote, with the Federal Trade Commission issuing a...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Seeks a Slice of Restaurant Sales
Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Seeks a Slice of Restaurant Sales
August 15, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Meta hopes to tap into the digital food sale trend with an investment in Singapore’s ordering startup Take App. Get...

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Meta Looks to Gain Share of Restaurant Sales With WhatsApp Ordering
Meta Looks to Gain Share of Restaurant Sales With WhatsApp Ordering
August 15, 2022  |  Meta

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Europeans Spared Summer Facebook Blackout as Decision on Meta’s EU Data Dispute Stalls
Europeans Spared Summer Facebook Blackout as Decision on Meta’s EU Data Dispute Stalls
August 14, 2022  |  Meta

Dealing with European Union bureaucracy remains an uphill battle for U.S. Big Tech firms. And for Meta (formerly Facebook), its clash with Ireland’s privacy watchdog...

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