Tech/AI Meta hits 3.3b daily users, plans AI expansion to 1b in 2025 Aya Anwar Jan 30, 2025 0 Meta closed 2024 with an impressive 3.3 billion daily active users and is gearing up to expand Meta AI to 1 billion…
Tech/AI WhatsApp launches Channels in Egypt Sama Mousa Jul 26, 2023 0 Meta's WhatsApp announced on Wednesday the launch of Channels in Egypt, a new way for people and organisations to…
Tech news Meta’s platforms down briefly Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jul 11, 2023 0 Meta’s social media platforms, Instagram, Threads and Facebook, and messaging app, WhatsApp, were down briefly and…
Tech/AI Meta introduces Channels on WhatsApp Sama Mousa Jun 8, 2023 0 Meta Platforms announced WhatsApp Channels on Thursday, a feature that the social media giant said would help make…
Tech news WhatsApp allows users to edit texts Sama Mousa May 23, 2023 0 WhatsApp announced on Tuesday that it is currently allows its users to edit their text messages, a long-awaited…
Tech news Whatsapp allows Singapore users to pay businesses on app Sama Mousa May 9, 2023 0 Meta Inc's messaging service Whatsapp is launching it online payment ability for businesses on the app in…
Tech news Meta launches paid verification system fot $12 monthly Nada Ali Feb 20, 2023 0 Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, announced on Sunday that the…
News Facebook owner Meta to lay off 11,000 employees in Q1 2023 Nada Ali Nov 10, 2022 0 Meta the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is laying off 13 percent of its staff, or more than 11,000…
Featured WhatsApp to launches new features Esraa Ibrahim Aug 14, 2022 0 WhatsApp is launching many new features on Wednesday, that may prevent the users from being embarrassing.
Tech/AI Facebook invests $5.7bn in Reliance unit to reach small grocers in India Amwal Al Ghad English Apr 22, 2020 0 Facebook will spend $5.7 billion for 10 percent of Reliance Industries’s digital business, as the social media firm…
Featured Egypt launches WhatsApp chat box to respond to coronavirus inquires Amwal Al Ghad English Apr 12, 2020 0 Egypt’s Health Ministry launched a dedicated messaging service on WhatsApp to respond to inquiries about the…
Tech/AI WhatsApp negotiates to launch mobile payments in Indonesia: sources Amwal Al Ghad English Aug 20, 2019 0 Facebook Inc’s messaging service WhatsApp is in talks with multiple Indonesian digital payment companies to offer…
News Iran blames ‘Israeli mischief’ for tanker attacks off UAE coast Amwal Al Ghad English May 14, 2019 0 Facebook’s WhatsApp urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report…
Tech/AI Facebook’s WhatsApp urges users to upgrade app after spyware attack report Amwal Al Ghad English May 14, 2019 0 Facebook’s WhatsApp on Tuesday urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following…
Tech news WhatsApp back online in Egypt after one hour outage Yomna Yasser Jan 2, 2018 0 Many users in Egypt and neighboring countries experienced on Sunday an outage of the popular messaging…
Tech news Indonesia threatens to block WhatsApp over inappropriate content Yomna Yasser Nov 7, 2017 0 Indonesian authorities said that they would block access to the popular WhatsApp instant messaging app if it…
Tech news EU privacy regulators raise pressure on WhatsApp over data sharing Yomna Yasser Oct 26, 2017 0 Privacy regulators in the European Union rapped WhatsApp on the knuckles for not resolving their fears over the…
Tech news WhatsApp is blocked in China as the Communist Party Congress begins Yomna Yasser Oct 18, 2017 0 WhatsApp has been blocked in China while other communication platforms like WeChat have been disrupted, as the…
Tech news UK says WhatsApp lets gangsters operate beyond the law Yomna Yasser Oct 4, 2017 0 Britain said WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption communication services allowed paedophiles and organised crime groups…
Tech news Facebook is putting ads everywhere in hopes of finding the next News Feed Yomna Yasser Jul 16, 2017 0 Facebook has a cash cow. It's called News Feed, and for the past five years, it has been the company's core money…
Tech news EU fines Facebook $122 mln for ‘misleading information’ about its takeover of… Yomna Yasser May 18, 2017 0 Facebook has been fined 110 million euros ($122 million) by European regulators for providing "misleading…
Tech news WhatsApp mulls foray into digital payments with India launch Yomna Yasser Apr 4, 2017 0 Instant messaging app WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, is mulling a foray into digital payment services in India, its…
Tech news WhatsApp tests business chat tools in search for revenue Yomna Yasser Mar 9, 2017 0 WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service used by more than one billion people worldwide, is testing a system…
Tech news Confident Snap brushes off concerns on second day of IPO roadshow Yomna Yasser Feb 22, 2017 0 Snap Inc, owner of popular messaging app Snapchat, fended off investor skepticism on the second day of its IPO…
Tech news Facebook accused over WhatsApp acquisition Ghada Ismail Dec 21, 2016 0 Facebook has been accused by the European Commission of misleading it during its investigation of the company's…
Tech news Skype, WhatsApp set to come under new EU security rules: Draft Yomna Yasser Dec 13, 2016 0 Messaging services such as Microsoft's Skype and Facebook's WhatsApp face stricter rules on how they handle…
Tech news Social media effective business tool for SMEs in Arab world: Orient planet Ghada Ismail Sep 7, 2016 0 A report issued by Orient Planet Research about social media as a business tool for small and medium-sized…
Tech news WhatsApp relaxes privacy stance shares some data with Facebook Ghada Ismail Aug 25, 2016 0 Popular messaging service WhatsApp said it would start sharing users' phone numbers with parent Facebook Inc,…
Tech news EU plans to extend some telecom rules to web-based providers Ghada Ismail Aug 16, 2016 0 The European Union is planning to extend telecom rules covering security and confidentiality of communications to…
Tech news Brazil hinders Facebook funds in WhatsApp row Ghada Ismail Jul 2, 2016 0 A court in Brazil has frozen 19.5 million reais (£4.5m, $6.07m) of Facebook's funds in a dispute with secure…
Tech news Line seeks $3 bln IPO in Tokyo and New York Yomna Yasser Jun 4, 2016 0 Line is aiming to raise about $3 billion in a dual Tokyo-New York listing, as the Japanese messaging application…
Tech news WhatsApp releases desktop version for Mac, Windows Ghada Ismail May 11, 2016 0 WhatsApp, the massively popular smartphone messaging app owned by Facebook Inc. is now available in a familiar…
Tech news Brazil lawmakers propose bill to back WhatsApp Ghada Ismail May 5, 2016 0 A Brazilian congressional commission on Wednesday recommended a bill that forbids authorities from blocking popular…
Tech news WhatsApp shutdown in Brazil affects over 100 million users Ghada Ismail May 3, 2016 0 A Brazilian judge ordered wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp for 72 hours…
Tech news WhatsApp completes end-to-end encryption in wake of iPhone case Ghada Ismail Apr 6, 2016 0 Facebook on Tuesday announced it had bolstered the default encryption settings for the more than one billion users…
Tech news Facebook to withdraw support for BlackBerry App Ghada Ismail Mar 24, 2016 0 Blackberry doesn’t get a lot of good news these days, and the latest announcement from Facebook appears to be…
Tech news Facebook executive released from jail in Brazil Noha Gad Mar 3, 2016 0 A senior Facebook Inc executive was released after nearly 24 hours in a Brazilian jail due to a disputed court…
International News Brazil arrests Facebook executive in row over police access to data aya salah Mar 2, 2016 0 Brazilian police arrested the vice president of Facebook for Latin America on Tuesday after the social media giant…
Tech news WhatsApp drops $1 subscription, studies making businesses pay aya salah Jan 19, 2016 0 The world's most popular messaging service, WhatsApp, is dropping its token $1 fee still levied on some users as…
Tech news Facebook profit downs 9 % as Costs soar Noha Gad Jul 30, 2015 0 Facebook Inc reported quarterly revenue that beat forecasts but its profit fell 9 percent as the social media…