Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Facebook Messenger SMS feature ending in September 2023

Facebook Messenger SMS feature ending in September 2023

Facebook Messenger’s SMS feature, introduced in 2016, to be discontinued in September 2023. Android users are advised to switch to Google Messages or Samsung Messages. After September 28, Messenger won’t handle SMS from cellular networks. Facebook Messenger, their SMS app feature, is set to disappear next month. Introduced in 2016, the capability to use Messenger … Read more

Instagram added more ads, including in your profile feed

Instagram ads

The advertising agency Meta is giving advertisers more ways to reach people on Instagram and Facebook. The company is experimenting with new methods of promotion in Reels. Are you also sick of seeing ads all over your Facebook and Instagram feeds? Have you seen ads in Instagram reels, on your news feed, and in the … Read more

Facebook co-workers now ‘Metamates’ as image evolves

Meta goodbye the Facebook ticker

SAN FRANCISCO: Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg laid out revamped company values Tuesday, urging workers to be “Metamates” who treat one another with respect and look to the future. Zuckerberg shared his note to employees on his Facebook page, the revamped credo coming on the heels of the internet giant being renamed Meta in October. “As … Read more

EU lawmakers back rules to curb Big Tech

STRASBOURG – The European Parliament on Wednesday approved its proposal for major EU legislation to impose unprecedented restrictions on how tech giants do business. Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of their version of the Digital Markets Act, aimed at slapping far-reaching rules on behemoths like Meta/Facebook, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. The landmark legislation should give … Read more