News & Reviews: Facebook
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Jan 21, 2022
If you've been following various news, you might have heard of the term NFT (Non-Fungible Token). We won't go into the details today, but NFTs are essentially pieces of data that represent digital items of value. Now, Meta could be looking to join this bandwagon.
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Jan 20, 2022
Today, Instagram just announced a new monetisation feature which is simply known as Instagram Subscriptions. Since the company is under Meta, the subscription model is very similar to Facebook's for content creators to engage with their followers with exclusive content and benefits.
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Jan 08, 2022
Privacy is a topic that many are concerned with. It's important enough that the US government made Mark Zuckerberg attend a congress session to explain Facebook's policies regarding data collection. That's probably why Meta is launching a new Privacy Center.
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Nov 22, 2021
Sadly, Meta has announced that the rollout of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Messenger and Instagram will get postponed to 2023. Therefore, it looks like there's still a long time to go before we get the highly demanded feature for the messaging services.
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Nov 14, 2021
For most WhatsApp users, the Multi-device feature was the one that's worth noting in 2021. But business users are all hoping for a way to monetise the platform, and the company has been working on that for months. Now, we have some hints on ad creation for the platform.
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Nov 03, 2021
Sometimes once in a while, you would get tagged by Facebook from another person's photo because the system recognises your face. Whether you find it helpful or annoying, it seems that Meta will be shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook. The reason being is because the company is looking to limit the technology in their products.
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Nov 03, 2021
Remember Facebook's decision to rebrand last week? CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will be known as 'Meta' going forward, but things might not be as easy as he hoped. Moreover, it might end up being more expensive than expected.
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Nov 02, 2021
While Facebook has renamed itself to Meta, most of its apps and products have avoided that awkward name change. That doesn't mean that nothing will change for apps like Facebook Messenger. In fact, sources have found new features for the platform.
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Nov 01, 2021
Since the instalment of the App Tracking Transparency in April 2021, Apple introduced an anti-privacy policy that gives you the option to allow third-party apps to track your data or not. It's been a year since then, so is there any impact from that?
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Oct 29, 2021
While technology is getting more convenient for us, our online privacy is also something that we should be concerned about. According to security researchers, iPhone users who take this seriously should just delete Facebook because of how the company collects your data.
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