Many Facebook users in the U.S. are apparently having a hard time getting onto the social online grid. Related stories Facebook has hadoutageshere and there over the last few years. In December, the social networksuffered a DNS issuethat caused some people temporarily being unable to reach the site. It’s unclear what exactly is causing the outage now. We resolved the issue quickly, and the fix should be fully propagated now....
Whether these are anything related to products to come remains to be seen. Some of the prototype concepts could still be years away. Bosworth’s headset, meanwhile, looks more like a glasses-sized pair of VR goggles. It’s a long story. )pic.twitter.com/Yi9xjy5HmG The timing is interesting. HTC has its ownVive product reveal tomorrow, and Facebook’s developer-focusedConnect conferenceis on Oct. 28. We still don’t know for sure whether that conference will announce future VR hardware or not....
Facebookis rolling out new initiatives intended to help get reliable information aboutclimate change onto the platform. Facebook is also adding to its Facts About Climate Change section.
Facebook purchased Giphy for areported $400 millionin May 2020, saying that Giphy’s team would join Instagram. The watchdog said Facebook’s failure to comply was deliberate because it was given multiple warnings.
One post said, “Everyone needs to make a show of FORCE in DC on the 6th.” Ahead of the election, Facebook reportedly established a special Group task force to police politically focused groups.
“The issue identified in the internal report that affected some of those reminders has largely been addressed. it’s possible for you to read the entire report by TheWall Street Journal here(subscription required).
Facebook tried to return to its roots with the 2020 launch of Campus, a nichedesigned for college students. Facebook, which rebranded as Meta last year, was originally created for college students. CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg started the social connection in his dorm room at Harvard University in 2004.
The news that Instagram was working on a dedicated app for kids wasfirst reported by Buzzfeedback in March. “Our intention is not for this version to be the same as Instagram today,” said Mosseri.
Facebookmade strides in both augmented reality andvirtual realitywith itsFacebook Reality Labs. Now the social media platform wants to create virtual spaces and build its ownmetaverse. Andrew Bosworth, the current vice president ofaugmented and virtual reality, will be the CTO starting in October.
All this led to speculation that the IPO date would get pushedback to June. But Facebook’s bankers, lead by Morgan Stanley, are hoping that’s not the case. That would have to happen for the road show to begin on Monday next week. Facebook’s first quarter, which it reported last week, was weak.
Facebook plans to expand testing in the coming months. Shortly after, it added the ability to share locations, handle voice calls and enable peer-to-peer payments. Facebook has also been working to integrate and enhancemultiapp communication among Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. Those who use Messenger and Instagram can already contact each other with the direct messaging feature. The company aims to fold in more messaging functionality within Facebook to make it easier for people to connect....
CEO Mark Zuckerberg signed off on the project last month, the Times reported. “This is a test for an informational unit clearly marked as coming from Facebook,” Osborne tweeted.
Facebooksays it wants to make it easier to showcase your alter ego on social media. Now Facebook is testing a way for users to create up to five profiles linked to one account. Facebook said that switching between the profiles will require only two taps. They could also have a separate profile where they correspond only with certain family members or friends. The profiles can’t be used to misrepresent a user’s identity or impersonate other people....
