Meta’s Twitter-inspired paid verification service initially went live in Australia and New Zealand, and starting today it’s also available to Facebook and Instagram users in the US. The service costs $11.99 per month if you sign up on the web, or $14.99 through a mobile app store. The former option only allows you to get […]
Read MoreAvatars are officially coming to WhatsApp. The customizable, expressive characters, which are already available on Facebook and Instagram, can now be used as profile pictures on the messaging service or sent in the form of one of 36 custom stickers. The process of customizing the cartoony virtual characters is similar to Apple’s Memoji, except WhatsApp’s […]
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg introduced Facebook’s rebranding to Meta at the company’s annual Connect event last year to reposition the company for the “new internet,” the metaverse. The metaverse has been around for some time as a kind of urban legend, perhaps aptly described in the 2011 science fantasy book Ready Player One. That was until some […]
Read MoreNearly a year ago to this day we reported on a Meta smartwatch in the works. Тhe wearable (internal code name Milan) was apparently in development for two years before Meta decided to pull the plug earlier this week for reasons that are still unknown. Today, we finally get an actual look at a prototype […]
Read MoreApple has responded to Meta’s plan to take a nearly 50% commission for digital asset purchases made inside the metaverse after complaining about fees in the App Store, calling the decision hypocritical. Yesterday, it was revealed that Meta, more commonly known as Facebook, plans to take a steep 47.5% commission for digital asset purchases made […]
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg wants to make Meta’s forthcoming AR glasses an “iPhone moment” that will cast him and the company in a new light, according to a former employee who worked on the project. The comment was made to The Verge for a report outlining Meta’s roadmap for AR glasses, which includes at least four different […]
Read MoreSource: Windows Central The metaverse is a concept that’s been around for a long while (decades and decades, if not centuries), but its prominence in tech is a recent development. Now it’s a word that’s on the tip of many, many companies’ tongues, companies that had never said “metaverse” before October 2021. The question is: […]
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