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Meta Previews AI Chatbots for WhatsApp and Messenger Along With AI Tools for Photos, Emoji Stickers
Meta on Thursday previewed new tools relying on AI that are in development, including ChatGPT-like chatbots for Messenger and WhatsApp that offer different 'personas'. The firm is also working on a feature or Instagram to modify images using text prompts and generate emoji stickers using AI for its chat apps.
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Instagram Crosses 2 Billion Monthly Active Users, Over 2 Billion Using WhatsApp Daily, Meta Says
Instagram has crossed the 2 billion monthly active users mark, the company announced on Wednesday. The company's Facebook service has 2.96 billion users while more than 2 billion people now use WhatsApp. Meta’s total monthly users for its family of apps number 3.71 billion worldwide, according to the company.
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Is India at Risk of Chinese-Style Surveillance Capitalism?: Andy Mukherjee
India’s privacy debate has seen major changes in the last few years. The government has recently scraped the personal data protection bill, and decided to replace it with “a comprehensive legal framework”. This may bring little cheer to Big Tech if the replacement turns out to be even more draconian. Twitter and Meta’s WhatsApp have already...
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On Facebook Outage Day, Signal vs Instagram Snowballs. It Happened On Twitter
Facebook suffered a six-hour outage on Monday that spanned its WhatsApp messenger and photo-sharing platform Instagram, shutting out many of its 2.7 billion users worldwide.
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Facebook Blames 'Faulty Configuration Change' for Nearly Six-Hour Outage
Facebook blamed a "faulty configuration change" for a nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger.
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Facebook Says Cause Of 6-Hour Outage Was Faulty Configuration Changes
Facebook Inc on Monday cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services.
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Telegram Crosses 1 Billion Downloads Globally, With India as the Largest Market: Sensor Tower
Telegram has hit the milestone of one billion downloads, according to Sensor Tower. The new achievement has brought Telegram against apps including WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram that have hit the mark of a billion downloads.
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WhatsApp Adds Vaccines for All Sticker Pack to Encourage Users to Get COVID-19 Jabs
WhatsApp has brought a new sticker pack called Vaccines for All to encourage its users to get COVID-19 vaccine and show their appreciation for healthcare workers around the globe. WhatsApp has also partnered with more than 150 national, state, and local governments, as well as organisations including the WHO and UNICEF to offer authenticated COVID-...
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WhatsApp Voice Calling Finally Comes to Desktop via Windows, Mac Apps
WhatsApp voice calling has been added as a new feature on its desktop app. In December last year, the social messaging platform started rolling out voice and video calls from the desktop app for select users only.
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Facebook Turns 17, Celebrates It With a Custom Animation About Friendship
Facebook has turned 17 today. The social media has marked the occasion with a custom wordmark animation that is representative of friendship and inclusion. Facebook that started as a college platform in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg now has over 2.5 billion users worldwide.
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Facebook Said to Be Questioned on WhatsApp’s Privacy Terms by Parliamentary Panel
Facebook executives will field questions from a parliamentary panel about the changes to WhatsApp's privacy, a source said, days after the messaging platform was asked by the country's technology ministry to withdraw them.
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WhatsApp Gained Most Monthly Active Users in India in 2020, Facebook Led Downloads: App Annie
WhatsApp gained with most monthly active users in India in 2020, according to mobile analytics firm App Annie. Telegram, however, led the chart of top breakout social apps in the country. Apps including YouTube and MX Player also saw an increase in average time spent in the country in 2020.
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WhatsApp Sets Single Day Record With 1.4 Billion Voice, Video Calls on New Year’s Eve
WhatsApp users globally made over 1.4 billion voice and video calls on New Year’s Eve 2020, as per statistics shared by Facebook. This makes it the most ever calls in a single day on WhatsApp, said the company. Facebook’s other services, Instagram and Messenger, also experienced big surges in usage on New Year’s Eve 2020.
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Facebook Q2 Profit Nearly Doubles as Monthly Active Users Top 3 Billion
Facebook reported that its quarterly profit had nearly doubled, and users grew despite a boycott by advertisers and the pandemic-induced economic turmoil. He said that the number of people using Facebook’s overall family of apps each month topped three billion.
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Facebook Hits Record 3 Billion Monthly Users Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Facebook is witnessing a massive surge in its userbase owning to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown placed in several countries. The company today announced that for the first time, more than 3 billion people were actively using the company's platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger each month.
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Meta Previews AI Chatbots for WhatsApp and Messenger Along With AI Tools for Photos, Emoji Stickers
Meta on Thursday previewed new tools relying on AI that are in development, including ChatGPT-like chatbots for Messenger and WhatsApp that offer different 'personas'. The firm is also working on a feature or Instagram to modify images using text prompts and generate emoji stickers using AI for its chat apps.
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Instagram Crosses 2 Billion Monthly Active Users, Over 2 Billion Using WhatsApp Daily, Meta Says
Instagram has crossed the 2 billion monthly active users mark, the company announced on Wednesday. The company's Facebook service has 2.96 billion users while more than 2 billion people now use WhatsApp. Meta’s total monthly users for its family of apps number 3.71 billion worldwide, according to the company.
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Is India at Risk of Chinese-Style Surveillance Capitalism?: Andy Mukherjee
India’s privacy debate has seen major changes in the last few years. The government has recently scraped the personal data protection bill, and decided to replace it with “a comprehensive legal framework”. This may bring little cheer to Big Tech if the replacement turns out to be even more draconian. Twitter and Meta’s WhatsApp have already...
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On Facebook Outage Day, Signal vs Instagram Snowballs. It Happened On Twitter
Facebook suffered a six-hour outage on Monday that spanned its WhatsApp messenger and photo-sharing platform Instagram, shutting out many of its 2.7 billion users worldwide.
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Facebook Blames 'Faulty Configuration Change' for Nearly Six-Hour Outage
Facebook blamed a "faulty configuration change" for a nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger.
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Facebook Says Cause Of 6-Hour Outage Was Faulty Configuration Changes
Facebook Inc on Monday cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services.
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Telegram Crosses 1 Billion Downloads Globally, With India as the Largest Market: Sensor Tower
Telegram has hit the milestone of one billion downloads, according to Sensor Tower. The new achievement has brought Telegram against apps including WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram that have hit the mark of a billion downloads.
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WhatsApp Adds Vaccines for All Sticker Pack to Encourage Users to Get COVID-19 Jabs
WhatsApp has brought a new sticker pack called Vaccines for All to encourage its users to get COVID-19 vaccine and show their appreciation for healthcare workers around the globe. WhatsApp has also partnered with more than 150 national, state, and local governments, as well as organisations including the WHO and UNICEF to offer authenticated COVID-...
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WhatsApp Voice Calling Finally Comes to Desktop via Windows, Mac Apps
WhatsApp voice calling has been added as a new feature on its desktop app. In December last year, the social messaging platform started rolling out voice and video calls from the desktop app for select users only.
-
Facebook Turns 17, Celebrates It With a Custom Animation About Friendship
Facebook has turned 17 today. The social media has marked the occasion with a custom wordmark animation that is representative of friendship and inclusion. Facebook that started as a college platform in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg now has over 2.5 billion users worldwide.
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Facebook Said to Be Questioned on WhatsApp’s Privacy Terms by Parliamentary Panel
Facebook executives will field questions from a parliamentary panel about the changes to WhatsApp's privacy, a source said, days after the messaging platform was asked by the country's technology ministry to withdraw them.
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WhatsApp Gained Most Monthly Active Users in India in 2020, Facebook Led Downloads: App Annie
WhatsApp gained with most monthly active users in India in 2020, according to mobile analytics firm App Annie. Telegram, however, led the chart of top breakout social apps in the country. Apps including YouTube and MX Player also saw an increase in average time spent in the country in 2020.
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WhatsApp Sets Single Day Record With 1.4 Billion Voice, Video Calls on New Year’s Eve
WhatsApp users globally made over 1.4 billion voice and video calls on New Year’s Eve 2020, as per statistics shared by Facebook. This makes it the most ever calls in a single day on WhatsApp, said the company. Facebook’s other services, Instagram and Messenger, also experienced big surges in usage on New Year’s Eve 2020.
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Facebook Q2 Profit Nearly Doubles as Monthly Active Users Top 3 Billion
Facebook reported that its quarterly profit had nearly doubled, and users grew despite a boycott by advertisers and the pandemic-induced economic turmoil. He said that the number of people using Facebook’s overall family of apps each month topped three billion.
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Facebook Hits Record 3 Billion Monthly Users Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Facebook is witnessing a massive surge in its userbase owning to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown placed in several countries. The company today announced that for the first time, more than 3 billion people were actively using the company's platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger each month.
