Infosys layoffs escalate; Nvidia’s profit soarsThe union labour ministry has urged Karnataka’s state labour commissioner to investigate the controversial Infosys layoffs. This and more i...
27 Feb, 2025, 07.28 PM IST
Threads turns one with 175 million users. What’s driving the growth?Meta’s Threads, launched July 5, 2023, by Mark Zuckerberg, hits 175 million monthly users, challenging Elon Musk’s X. Despite X's growth, T...
05 Jul, 2024, 07.07 AM IST
Threads hits 175 million users on first anniversaryThreads, Meta's alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has hit 175 million monthly users a year after its out-of-the-blue launch. Threads, wh...
04 Jul, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Instagram and Threads are limiting political content: This is terrible for democracyThis change not only signals Meta's retreat from politics and news more broadly, but also challenges any sense of these platforms being goo...
29 Mar, 2024, 10.38 AM IST
Threads API is in the works, says Instagram head Adam MosseriInstagram head Adam Mosseri on Saturday said that the company is working on a Threads application programming interface (API) to help devel...
28 Oct, 2023, 03.53 PM IST
Threads fizzles, Twitter sizzles: Meta's rivial to Elon Musk's social media giant wanes after strong start, engagement down by 75 perc entThreads, which was anticipated to rival Twitter, has seen its daily usage time decline by over 75 per cent since its launch, following an i...
24 Jul, 2023, 10.47 AM IST
Meta's Twitter rival Threads overtakes ChatGPT as fastest-growing platformThreads has been setting records for user growth since its launch on Wednesday, with celebrities, politicians and other newsmakers joining ...
10 Jul, 2023, 08.30 PM IST
The long-shot US presidential hopefuls making their pitches on ThreadsWhile the front-runners in the 2024 presidential race have yet to show up on Threads, the new Instagram app aimed at rivaling Twitter, many...
08 Jul, 2023, 08.12 PM IST
Big Tech to face higher scrutiny as they may be tagged as publishersGlobal scrutiny of 'Big Tech' firms is likely to increase as countries including India and Australia look to classify social media firms as...
11 Dec, 2021, 07.40 AM IST
Instagram to bring back chronological feed after facing scrutiny over its impact on mental health of young usersThe photo-sharing app has paused plans for a kids' version of the app.
09 Dec, 2021, 11.39 AM IST
Instagram aims to launch chronological feed option in 2022In his testimony, Instagram's Adam Mosseri called for the creation of an industry body to determine best practices to help keep young peopl...
09 Dec, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
Facebook lets users create and watch Reels on its platformIndia is the first market where this feature is being piloted with select creators
09 Mar, 2021, 11.27 AM IST
TikTok ban not good for rivals, sets a precedent: Adam MosseriThe head of the Facebook unit also said that governments should have a role in regulating content on the platforms while rejecting the cont...
17 Dec, 2020, 01.20 PM IST
No politics, please! Instagram refuses to fund celeb videos based on elections, social issuesThe clause has alarmed some of the influencers and creators.
11 Nov, 2019, 06.25 PM IST
Instagram back up after global outage sees users having a meltdown on TwitterMany users turned to Twitter to post their angst.
03 Oct, 2018, 02.41 PM IST
India growing faster than US for us: FacebookAdam Mosseri, VP of Product at Facebook, said the Indian market saw a 22 per cent growth last year, while the same in the US was "much slow...
20 Oct, 2016, 09.41 PM IST
The science behind Facebook's new emojiThey did not take the task lightly. To help choose the right emoji to join “like,“ Mosseri said Facebook consulted with several academic so...
12 Oct, 2015, 10.52 AM IST