VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Zuckerberg claims Apple's iOS 14 privacy feature might benefit Facebook:  Mark Zuckerberg , Facebook founder and CEO has said that Apple’s iOS 14 privacy feature could benefit his company. But earlier he opposed to   Apple’s iOS 14 privacy feature   because it limits advertisement tracking.   He said in a Clubhouse room on March 18 that, “It is possible that we may even be in a stronger position if Apple’s changes encourage more businesses to conduct more commerce on our platforms by making it harder for them to use their data in order to find the customers that would want to use their products outside of our platforms.... Read More

Trump banned on Facebook & Instagram for at least next two weeks:  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg   has via his platform made an announcement that   Donald Trump   will be blocked from using both Facebook and Instagram “for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.” The step taken, temporarily on Wednesday was following Trump’s posting of content that incited his followers to violence, but now Zuckerberg says the ban is extended “indefinitely,” extending at least until Biden takes over as President.   Trump’s video post on both Facebook and Instagram were removed yesterday, in which the president called for rioters who laid siege to the Capitol building in Washington to go home - but in which he also said “we love you” to the same violent terrorists. They followed that action with a 24-hour account lock, preventing Trump from posting via his Facebook and Instagram accounts during that period.   Zuckerberg acknowl...

Instagram  is an online photo-sharing and social networking service that lets users take pictures, apply filters to them and share those pictures in several ways. Along with Instagram, other sister socio media apps including  Twitter  and  Facebook were also went down for the fourth time in this year causing major outrage for the online and social media users. The problem has found with, new posts can’t upload in their feeds and they are unable to view their friends’ stories on the app. People are also saying its parent company Facebook is down as well and few reported problems connecting, as well as the issues with Twitter DMs. The reason would be Mark Zuckerberg want to merge WhatApp,facebook Messenger and Instagram to deliver users a easier and simpler messaging experience, this means users won’t need to open and close different apps for texting and reported the social network being down across the globe. People also had problems accessing Facebook an...

WhatsApp’s Co-Founder & CEO Jan Koum has announced through a Facebook post that he would be leaving the company. “It's been almost a decade since Brian and I started WhatsApp, and it's been an amazing journey with some of the best people. But it is time for me to move on. I've been blessed to work with such an incredibly small team and see how a crazy amount of focus can produce an app used by so many people all over the world,” Koum wrote in his post. “I'm leaving at a time when people are using WhatsApp in more ways than I could have imagined. The team is stronger than ever and it'll continue to do amazing things. I'm taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology, such as collecting rare air-cooled Porsches, working on my cars and playing ultimate frisbee. And I'll still be cheering WhatsApp on – just from the outside. Thanks to everyone who has made this journey possible,” he added. On this, Mark Zuckerberg, C...

Mobile Messaging service WhatsApp has now 900 million monthly regular and active users, announced chief executive Jan Koum revealed in a Facebook post. In February Last year, WhatsApp was acquired by social networking site Facebook. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg congratulating him on the milestone. Sheryl Sandberg, COO at facebook also congratulated jan koum in a post saying ” 900 million people who use WhatsApp now every month to stay in touch with family and friends around ... Read more

Facebook has introduced the Internet.org Platform, an open program for developers to easily create services that integrate with Internet.org. It is also giving people more choice over the free basic services they can use. This is a move, according to Facebook, would boost efforts to get people online in low-income and rural areas in emerging markets. The move comes amid growing debate in India, home to the world’s third-largest population of internet users, over free access and net neutrality in the country. “Our goal with Internet.org is to work with as many developers and entrepreneurs as possible to extend the benefits of connectivity to diverse, local communities. To do this, we are going to offer services through Internet.org in a way that is more transparent and inclusive,” commented Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook. At the core of its efforts with Internet.org are non-exclusive partnerships with mobile operators to offer free basic internet services to people through Inte...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO, Facebook , has launched  internet.org  - a global partnership with the goal of making internet access available to the next 5 billion people. The goal of internet.org is to make internet access available to the two-thirds of the world who are not yet connected, and to bring the same opportunities to everyone that the connected third of the world has today. The founding members of internet.org - Facebook,  Ericsson ,  MediaTek , Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and  Samsung  - will develop joint projects, share knowledge, and mobilize industry and governments to bring the world online. These founding companies have a long history of working closely with mobile operators and expect them to play leading roles within the initiative, which over time will also include NGOs, academics and experts as well. Internet.org is influenced by the successful Open Compute Project, an industry-...