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Threads rolling out Following feed, Translations & more
"Since the launch of Threads, the Instagram team has been continuing to listen to community feedback and is working as quickly as possible to deliver new features to improve people’s experience," the company said in a statement. "Your feed on Threads allows you to view posts from other profiles, now with two options."
Meta rolling out quests & rewards to all Horizon Worlds users
"Now everyone in Worlds can earn exclusive rewards for their avatar by completing quests," the company said in a blogpost on Tuesday. In the Worlds Menu, users will see the 'quests' icon, which opens up a new panel showing quests and the rewards they unlock.
Meta's Threads fast losing steam, Zuckerberg not worried
Despite Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming that "10s of millions of people come back daily" on Threads, the number of daily active users on Threads dropped for the second week down to 13 million, "a 70 per cent decline from a July 7 high point," reports The Wall Street Journal.
Meta rolls out WhatsApp on Wear OS smartwatches
Now Wear OS users can start new conversations, reply to messages, and take calls from their wrist. Available on watches that run Wear OS 3, users will no longer need their phone with them to stay connected, and can respond to friends and family using their voice, emojis, quick replies or text.
‘Twitter killer’ Meta Threads now under govt lens in US
“Threads raises serious, specific concerns because it has been marketed as a rival of Elon Musk’s Twitter, which has faced political persecution from the Biden Administration following Musk’s commitment to free speech,” Jordan wrote in the letter. Meta executives, however, have made it clear that they don’t want news and politics to dominate the conversation on Threads.
Meta bringing more Reels editing tools on Facebook Feed
"Whether posting a video for friends and family to see, or trying to reach people who share similar interests, our video editing tools will make it possible for people to express themselves in new ways via Reels or long-form videos," the company said in a blogpost on Monday.
Daily use on Meta Threads drops by 50% amid new sign-up surge
According to Sensor Tower data, Threads platform’s number of daily active users were down about 20 per cent since its debut on July 5. Data from Similarweb showed a drop of more than 25 per cent in daily active users on Android phones globally. The usage time also decreased by more than 50 per cent, it showed.
Zuckerberg doesn’t seem to care about Threads: Elon Musk
After a user tweeted a screenshot of the last Zuckerberg’s post on Threads and wrote, “It has now been 6 days since the CEO of that other app has made a post. Did he give up on it already?”
Indian-origin techie accuses Meta of anti-Asian bias, files lawsuit
Vaishnavi Jayakumar, 36, who joined Meta in January 2020 after stints at Disney, Google and Twitter, said she was punished for asking how to move up the ranks at Meta, left out of opportunities, and layered under less experienced colleagues.
Metaverse hype is dead, admits Meta’s Indian-origin executive Vishal Shah
He said that the metaverse was part of a "hype cycle" that attracted many investors, reports Fortune. Further, the report said that there are many exciting new developments in store for Meta's Metaverse.
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