Mark Zuckerberg
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Mark Zuckerburg says WhatsApp payment will soon make its way to India
Technology | Oct 31, 2019, 12:44 PM ISTData compliance issues and regulations have kept WhatsApp Payment launch in abeyance for quite some time, despite a successful test run of the payments service with one million users in the country.
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WhatsApp Pay coming to India later this year: Global head
Business | Jul 25, 2019, 02:09 PM ISTFacebook-owned WhatsApp is all set to launch its peer-to-peer, UPI-based Pay service for over 300 million users -- especially the small and medium businesses (SMBs) -- in India sometimes later this year, its Global Head Will Cathcart announced here on Thursday.
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US lawmakers ask Facebook to freeze project Libra
Technology | Jul 03, 2019, 01:32 PM ISTUS lawmakers are officially asking social networking site, Facebook to cease all development of its Libra cryptocurrency.
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Mark Zuckerberg's personal security chief faces accusations of sexual misconduct: Report
World | May 31, 2019, 08:06 AM ISTThe security chief, Liam Booth, is a former Secret Service officer, according to his LinkedIn profile, and has been with the family's charitable organization, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, since 2017.
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WhatsApp confirms Status Ads coming in 2020
Business | May 25, 2019, 12:51 PM ISTAt a Facebook Marketing Summit in the Netherlands, Facebook revealed a 2020 launch date for WhatsApp Status ads.
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No benefit in breaking up Facebook: COO Sheryl Sandberg
World | May 18, 2019, 11:26 AM IST"People are concerned about election security, content, privacy and data portability," Sandberg added.
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Mark Zuckerberg rejects co-founder call for breaking up Facebook
World | May 12, 2019, 12:32 PM ISTFacebook's social network has more than 2 billion users. It also owns WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, each used by more than 1 billion people. Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014.
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Facebook spent $20mn on founder Mark Zuckerberg's personal security in 2018
Internet | Apr 13, 2019, 11:02 AM ISTIn a filing with the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, Facebook said it spent $2.6 million on private plane costs -- up from $1.5 million a year before, CNET reported.
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A unified messaging platform for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram won't be happening before 2020
Technology | Jan 31, 2019, 07:24 PM ISTFacebook said that the data encryption would be of bigger concern for the company than the commercial benefits of the chat integration between the apps.
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Facebook lands in trouble again, seven-nation panel to grill social media giant over data breach scandals
World | Nov 24, 2018, 04:49 PM ISTAn unprecedented international grand committee comprising 22 representatives from seven parliaments will meet in London next week to put questions to Facebook about the online fake news crisis.
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Information and Technology Ministry asks Facebook for update on hacking impact
India | Oct 02, 2018, 12:51 PM ISTMark Zuckerberg, during a press call, had said the company's engineering team, on September 25, found an attack affecting up to 50 million accounts on Facebook.
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Facebook executive takes on WhatsApp co-founder calling him 'low-class'
Technology | Sep 27, 2018, 05:08 PM ISTBrian Acton and Jan Koum started WhatsApp that was acquired by Facebook for $22 billion. Brian Acton quit Facebook a year ago, followed with Jan Koum in April.
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Mark Zuckerberg 'Twitter account' pledges $5 mn for Pakistan dam
Technology | Sep 10, 2018, 05:44 PM ISTAfter PM Imran Khan called on overseas Pakistanis to contribute for a fund set up to build Diamer-Bhasha dam, an imposter, claiming to be Mark Zuckerberg, has pledged, on twitter, to contribute $5 million for the dam fund.
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Amid continuous criticisms over election interference, Zuckerberg seeks more time to fix Facebook
Internet | Sep 08, 2018, 11:09 AM ISTIn a post, Zuckerberg said that Facebook started on the platform sanitising project in 2017 and "even this work will extend through 2019, I do expect us to end this year on a significantly better trajectory than when we entered it".
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Facebook, other internet firms in 'arms race' to protect democracy: Mark Zuckerberg
Internet | Sep 05, 2018, 09:56 AM ISTIn his opinion piece for Washington Post, Zuckerberg said firms like his Facebook and others are facing "sophisticated, well-funded adversaries who are getting smarter over time."
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Facebook refutes report 'Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers'
Business | Aug 14, 2018, 10:56 AM IST"Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers but is giving me a lot of leeway and concessions to make these changes" says Facebook's Head of News Partnerships Campbell Brown. He reportedly said that publishers who choose not to work with Facebook will wind up in a dying business.
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Polls in India, Brazil and EU real tests for Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
Jul 26, 2018, 10:31 PM ISTLok Sabha elections 2019: "Over the next 18 months, there are important elections beyond the US in Brazil, India, and the EU, and these will all be real tests for Facebook," Zuckerberg said during a recent investor call.
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Facebook aims to provide internet through its own satellite - Athena in 2019
Internet | Jul 21, 2018, 01:29 PM ISTFacebook, however, is not alone in aiming to increase Internet accessibility through satellites in low Earth orbit. Elon Musk's SpaceX and Softbank-backed OneWeb are two other prominent names who have similar ambitions.
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg faces flak for refusing to ban Holocaust deniers
Technology | Jul 19, 2018, 09:21 AM ISTMark Zuckerberg is facing backlash again on social media for refusing to ban Holocaust deniers on his platform.
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Facebook's stock record at all-time high despite Cambridge Analytica data breaches
Internet | Jul 07, 2018, 04:34 PM ISTInvestors are also happy at the news that Facebook has grabbed its biggest sports streaming deal yet with the Premier League.