Tag: Meta
How to Buy A Verification Checkmark on Facebook and Instagram
A month ago, and in line with its unoriginal approach that we have seen in the past, Meta copied Twitter Blue by launching paid...
Facebook Fires 21,000 Employees in Less Than 6 Months
Meta, the company that operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus, appears that is not done firing people following the announcement that it will be...
Here’s Who Should Pay for Meta Verified Subscription Plan
Your time on social media platforms was what made these platforms get big and thus earn revenue through advertising but new privacy regulations and...
Now There Is a Price for Your Social Media Addiction
Social credibility in the previous years was brought with a small check button ✔, no one with that was a mere mortal man when...
Meta Now Allows You to Buy the Verified Blue Checkmark for Instagram and Facebook
Keeping with its theme of being unoriginal, Meta has copied Twitter Blue and is rolling paid blue badges which is the Meta Verified subscription...
Meta’s Stock Value Dropped 70 Percent in 2022, the Biggest Plunge Among the Big Five Tech Companies
2022 has been a rough year for the world's largest tech companies.
After a series of disappointing results, the stock prices of Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft,...
Kenyans to Pay More for Facebook, Instagram Ads Thanks to New Tax
The government of Kenya has been trying to explore as many avenues as possible to maximize its tax collections. Over the last couple of...
Facebook Scales Back Experimental Team To Focus on This Feature
Meta is shrinking Facebook’s New Product Experimentation division as its tries to focus on its rival.
The experimental team was set up in late...
Instagram Reels Continue Struggling Against TikTok
Video has become Meta's priority as it competes with Beijing-based ByteDance-owned TikTok. This focus has blinded them to ruining Instagram's interface with changes...
All Instagram Videos Under 15 Minutes To Be Treated as Reels
Tiktok is the leading social media platform right now. No one would have thought that a social media app that was created after the...
Facebook Learns From Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Intros Measures to Combat Misinformation Ahead of Kenya Polls
Meta-owned Facebook does not have a good track record as far as managing misinformation, hate speech and other social media vices is concerned. The...
Facebook Wants A Kenyan Case About Toxic Work Environment Dropped
A few weeks, a case was filed accusing Meta, the parent of Facebook, and its apps/companies, which argued that the American corporation had exploited...
Former Microsoft Kenya Country Director Heads To Meta In New Role
Kendi Ntwiga has been appointed as the Global Head of Misrepresentation for Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
This follows her departure from...
Kenya Decides 2022: Meta’s Efforts to Promote Election Integrity on Its Platforms
Kenya is heading towards its elections set for August 9th this year where its citizens will vote in county-level, legislative and presidential elections.
A civic...
Facebook Paid Republican Firm to Run TikTok Smear Campaign
TikTok has been Facebook's number one rival in the social media space. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's chief executive has even said that TikTok is a...
Facebook to Verify Political Ads Ahead of August Elections
Kenya is heading towards its elections set for August this year where its citizens will vote in county-level, legislative and presidential elections.
To maintain...
All the Instagram Apps That Have Been Discontinued
Instagram is known to launch new apps dedicated to the features the platform boasts of. In recent years, the Meta-owned photo and video sharing...
Tech Companies That Have Suspended Services in Russia
Russia has now passed North Korea and Iran to become the most sanctioned nation in the world following President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
The...
How Tech Companies Are Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
UPDATE: Meta has demoted links to Russian media on Facebook and Instagram. Content shared by Russian state media will stop being recommended on users...
Meta Considering Shutting Down Facebook and Instagram in Europe
The European Union has been looking into Privacy Shield and other agreements that allow for transatlantic data transfers, particularly on how data from European...
Facebook Isn’t Listening On Your Phone. It Doesn’t Have To
Early this week, a video went viral(20 million views) on TikTok about how Facebook is listening on your phone. The woman in the video...
Gainwithxtiandela The Most Used Hashtag in Kenya in 2021
Facebook’s parent company rebranded to Meta, which means that the likes of Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Facebook itself are under the Meta umbrella.
The development...
Meta is the New Company That Owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus
In the last couple of days, there were rumours that Facebook was planning to change its name.
The day has finally come and passed, and...
