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FTC Lawsuit Prompts Meta to Pause Acquisition of VR Firm Within 

FTC Lawsuit Prompts Meta to Pause Acquisition of VR Firm Within 
FTC Lawsuit Prompts Meta to Pause Acquisition of VR Firm Within 
August 05, 2022  |  Meta

With a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hanging over its head, Facebook’s parent company Meta is pausing its planned acquisition of the virtual...

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Meta Metaverse Weekly: Are Mark Zuckerberg’s Ambitions Missing the Mark?
Meta Metaverse Weekly: Are Mark Zuckerberg’s Ambitions Missing the Mark?
August 04, 2022  |  Metaverse

With his metaverse dreams some seven to 10 years off, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to know that shareholders were in for a long, bumpy...

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Shopify’s New Text-to-Buy Option Marks Rise of ‘Anywhere Commerce’
Shopify’s New Text-to-Buy Option Marks Rise of ‘Anywhere Commerce’
August 04, 2022  |  Omnicommerce

We’ve learned more about how to sell anywhere under any conditions in the past two years than in the prior 20, and more of that...

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Social Commerce Unlocks Growth for Brands, FinTechs in Africa
Social Commerce Unlocks Growth for Brands, FinTechs in Africa
August 03, 2022  |  Social Commerce

From a socially oriented online phenomenon, Meta-owned platforms, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, have grown to become a critical medium for doing business in emerging markets...

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Meta’s C-Suite Shuffle Follows Growing Trend Toward More Strategic Role for CFOs
Meta’s C-Suite Shuffle Follows Growing Trend Toward More Strategic Role for CFOs
August 02, 2022  |  Meta

In conjunction with its Q2 earnings report, Meta — the company formerly known as Facebook — announced that as of  Nov. 1, current Chief Financial...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Unveils Same-Day Local Retail Deliveries
Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Unveils Same-Day Local Retail Deliveries
August 01, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Amazon offers Prime members same-day delivery from a slate of local retail stores around the country. Plus, the founder of...

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US Deal-Axing Sees Meta Shift Focus to EU Publishers Amid Intense Regulatory Clampdown
US Deal-Axing Sees Meta Shift Focus to EU Publishers Amid Intense Regulatory Clampdown
August 01, 2022  |  emea

Major news organizations like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post are among the media outlets that will be affected...

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Ethereum’s Founder Says Meta’s Metaverse Vision Is Doomed
Ethereum’s Founder Says Meta’s Metaverse Vision Is Doomed
August 01, 2022  |  Metaverse

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin is more responsible than anyone for turning blockchain and cryptocurrency from an obscure way to make peer-to-peer payments into a technology...

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Brazil Asks WhatsApp to Delay ‘Communities’ Launch
Brazil Asks WhatsApp to Delay ‘Communities’ Launch
July 29, 2022  |  Politics

Citing concerns about the spread of misinformation in their country’s upcoming election, Brazilian prosecutors are asking messaging platform WhatsApp to hold off on the debut...

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