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Facebook is shutting down its podcasts & Soundbites initiativesFacebook is giving up on podcasts after just a year, with the social network warning podcasters that it will be shuttering the audio content from Jun…
... June 3, reports Bloomberg. A Meta spokesperson told the report "We ... -
Facebook freezes hiring, blames iOS changes for reduced revenue growthMeta, Facebook's parent company, has told staff it is freezing recruitment as its revenues grew less than predicted, in part because of Apple's <a hr…
... Business Insider, Facebook parent company Meta is looking to cut costs ... support our most strategic priorities," Meta CFO David Wehner said in ... short- and medium-term plans. Meta is "still going through ... moved into different areas as Meta will now be "reviewing ... -
UK says its Big Tech regulator will have powers - some dayIn response to news that it was abandoning its plans for a Big Tech regulator, the UK government insists it will clamp down on firms such as Apple --…
... firms, such as Apple, Google, Meta and so on. "The dominance ... -
Format wars enter the AR era as Safari lacks support for competing WebXR standardIndustry insiders claim Apple's lack of support for WebXR is holding <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/arkit" title="ARKit">Augmented Reality<…
... coalition of companies that included Meta, Google, Samsung, Mozilla, and Magic ... -
Popular interest in technology is declining, but tech giants aren't going anywhereOverall interest in Apple products and the technology industry at large have been on a downturn for years. While there is no obvious short-term impac…
... issues and macroeconomic conditions. Alphabet, Meta, Netflix, and Amazon all have ... -
Apple's anti-tracking tech is mostly working, but it can't block everythingA new study from the University of Oxford reports that App Tracking Transparency is largely living up to Apple's privacy promises -- but motivated ad…
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New legislation aimed at online advertising exchanges will hit most of big tech - includin...US senators are proposing legislation that would break up the advertising side of big tech firms such as Google, and will also affect Apple's growing…
... , Google, or Facebook parent company Meta. None of these companies have ... -
Apple's headset faced numerous snags early, Jony Ive still involved with projectA new report details more of the hurdles that Apple has faced in developing its mixed-reality headset, including one stemming from a decision by form…
... AR experience beyond rivals like Meta, with virtually no latency and ... -
Silicon Valley is likely to emerge from the economic downturn even strongerApple and other tech giants have lost more than $2 trillion in value in 2022, but the big players are well-positioned to emerge from the economic dow…
... Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta. For example, market analysts are ... -
Tim Sweeney says App Store is a 'disservice to developers,' wants to protect MetaverseEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney believes that the Metaverse is already here, and that his company is the one to protect developers and consumers from Appl…
... for the Metaverse plans of Meta, Facebook's parent company, but ... their actual existing business practices..." "[Meta's] revenue share is very ... a lot of work if Meta is really to bridge the ... . For all that Sweeney and Meta insist the Metaverse is already ... -
When retail is folded in, Apple pays employees less than Google or MicrosoftA new examination of salaries across the Standard and Poor (S&P) measure of 500 large US firms, says Apple pays less than its rivals -- but only when…
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Apple ad business could reach $6B by 2025, with $4.1B from Search AdsApple's nascent advertising business is in a good place to take advantage of the booming mobile advertising market, though the opportunity is limited…
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Apple looking at January 2023 for AR headset release, Kuo saysThe rumored Apple mixed-reality headset is "likely" to make its debut in January 2023 and will accelerate the growth of the entire headset market, ac…
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Epic's 'Support a creator' program pays out only 5% of game content makers' salesAt the same time it rails against Apple's payments through the <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/app-store">App Store</a>, Epic reaps 95% of t…
... value. In April, Apple attacked Meta over a plan to charge ... virtual goods sold through the Meta Quest store, combining a 17 ... -
Apple asks Samsung to develop micro OLED displays for ARSamsung Display has reportedly been asked by Apple and other firms, including Samsung itself, to step up development of micro OLED panels that could …
... low profitability. Now, however, Apple, Meta, and Samsung itself have requested ... -
How the EU's new big tech antitrust laws will hit AppleThe Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act focused on Big Tech will be enforced in the European Union in early 2023. Here's how they will affec…
... tech giants like Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon. On July 19 ... major impact on companies like Meta and Google. Companies that violate ... -
Apple & Microsoft agree to 'rubbery' new content law in IndonesiaBig Tech companies, including Apple, have registered for licences in Indonesia, which gives local authorities "flexible" and "rubbery" powers to cens…
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Lawmakers urge the Senate to hold a vote on Big Tech antitrust legislationProgressive members of the U.S. House of Representatives are urging the Senate Majority Leader to take action on a pair of antitrust bills aimed at r…
... tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Google. The bills would ... -
Facebook expecting to fight Apple for metaverse dominanceAs the race to realize the metaverse kicks off, Mark Zuckerberg told employees that Meta would be competing directly with Apple when it comes to crea…
... Zuckerberg told employees that Meta would be competing directly ... influence Meta's ecosystem. Zuckerberg told employees that Meta would ... Apple diametrically opposed to Meta, which already allows side ... prove more beneficial than Meta's open ecosystem. However, ... -
Apple testing new App Store ad placements very soonApple will soon test a pair of new ad placements on the <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/app-store">App Store</a> that will give developers m…
... were "too expensive." Companies like Meta (formerly known as Facebook) have ... -
Facebook is fine when punishing others financially, but cries when others do it to themFacebook claims it's the champion of small businesses, but as soon as Apple's privacy changes affected Mark Zuckerberg's bottom line, it took it out …
... criticisms about app store fees. "Meta has repeatedly taken aim at ... Corporate Communications Fred Sainz. "Now -- Meta seeks to charge those same ... platform," continued Sainz. "[Meta's] announcement lays bare Meta's hypocrisy. It ... -
Instagram tries to please photographers by testing fullscreen imagesInstagram will soon start testing a new format for photographs, allowing users to post 9:16 images to the main feed that matches the full-screen vide…
... app continues to push. The Meta-owned app has gradually pushed ... -
Congress running out of time on its Big Tech antitrust billThe bipartisan antitrust bill that aims to prevent Big Tech firms favoring their own services, faces a setback as Congress heads for its August reces…
... its members include Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet. "We continue to ... -
Apple, Facebook discussed revenue-sharing before privacy battlesBefore Apple's privacy feud with Facebook, the two companies reportedly discussed "revenue-sharing agreements" such as an ad-free, subscription-based…
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Interns at Big Tech companies remain hopeful amid economic downturns<a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/tim-cook" title="Tim Cook" data-kpt="1">Tim Cook</a> has said Apple plans to be more deliberate for hiring w…
... company. Some top interns at Meta have already received return offers ... over four years Interns at Meta have also compiled spreadhsheets ... any permanent job offers from Meta despite taking on extra ... a July session with employees, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said ... -
US DOJ prepping antitrust case against AppleAn anti-trust lawsuit from the Department of Justice is reportedly in the early stages of construction, further amping up the government's efforts to…
... giants such as Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Google. It was revised ... -
Apple has never been against advertising -- it's against invasive data collectionThere's the perception that Apple as a company has a hard-line stance against advertising, and complaints have sprung up that its ad ventures are hyp…
... going to become more like Meta or Google going forward. Apple ... kind of revenue model that Meta, formerly known as Facebook, was ... out mountains of data to Meta, Google, or another company, there ... be suspicious of invasive advertising. Meta's own history with data ... -
Australia orders Apple & others to disclose anti-CSAM measuresAn Australian regulator has told Apple, Meta, and Microsoft to detail their strategies for combating child abuse material, or face fines. <div ali…
... Australian regulator has told Apple, Meta, and Microsoft to detail their ... what detail or form Apple, Meta, and Microsoft are now required ... commented on the issue. A Meta spokesperson said the company was ... -
Meta closing down Facebook Gaming iOS app in OctoberThe <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/iOS">iOS</a> app for Facebook Gaming will stop working on October 28, 2022, although the streaming servi…
The iOS app for Facebook Gaming will stop working on October 28, 2022, although the streaming service will remain live on the web. Facebook Gaming is a game streamer service similar to Twitch, and it was launched in 2018. Near start of the COVID pandemic, ... -
Apple reportedly working on at least three AR, VR headsetsApple's long-rumored VR headset and <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-ar">AR glasses</a> could actually involve more than just two devic…
... that will take on the Meta Quest Pro, with a potential ...
