Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline. A selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock plummeting around 5% on Monday, adding to a drop of about...
Day: <span>4 October 2021</span>
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Facebook Apologises for WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram Outage as Users Unable to Access the Platforms
Facebook Group has issued an apology following global reports of people having problems accessing its platforms, including, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. This comes after users across the world reported that those two services and Facebook itself have all reportedly crashed, with users saying they are unable to send or receive messages, and their feeds are...
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Nigerian President says Twitter ban can be Lifted if the Company set up a Local Office and Pays Taxes
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the current twitter ban can be lifted however they must meet certain conditions. While the president speaking to the nation during the country’s 61st Independence Day anniversary. President Buhari, acknowledged the fact that Twitter is used to disseminate information. Still, he warned about bad actors who misuse the platform to “organise,...
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Clubhouse Introduces new Soundbite features Clips, Replays and Universal Search
Clubhouse unveiled four new features on their platform, those features include Clips, Replay, Universal Search and spatial audio. All those new features are currently available on both Android and iOS. All of these features are launched, except for Replay, which roll out in this month October. The audio social media company reports, these additions will...
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South Korean SK Broadband Lay a Charge against Netflix for Bandwidth Usage Fees
The South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband has filed a counterclaim against the streaming giant Netflix to demand payment for the bandwidth the streaming platform has used for the last three years. Netflix responded about the claims raised against them, the company’s spokesperson said “We will review the claim that SK Broadband has filed...
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Voodoo, French Mobile Gaming firm Acquired Beach Bum, Israeli Game Studio
French company Voodoo bought Beach Bum, a game studio based in Israel. The company specialised in card games and tabletop. The details of the deal are not clear as they’re in both cash, shares and some retention bonuses. A reliable souce told TechCrunch, “Voodoo could be paying a few hundred million dollars in total. Beach...