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Judge to Hear FTC Case on Meta Takeover of VR Firm in December
Judge to Hear FTC Case on Meta Takeover of VR Firm in December
August 15, 2022  |  Meta

The Meta proposal to buy virtual reality company Within Unlimited is seeing some speedbumps in court, Bloomberg wrote, with the Federal Trade Commission issuing a...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Seeks a Slice of Restaurant Sales
Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Seeks a Slice of Restaurant Sales
August 15, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Meta hopes to tap into the digital food sale trend with an investment in Singapore’s ordering startup Take App. Get...

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Meta Looks to Gain Share of Restaurant Sales With WhatsApp Ordering
Meta Looks to Gain Share of Restaurant Sales With WhatsApp Ordering
August 15, 2022  |  Meta

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Europeans Spared Summer Facebook Blackout as Decision on Meta’s EU Data Dispute Stalls
Europeans Spared Summer Facebook Blackout as Decision on Meta’s EU Data Dispute Stalls
August 14, 2022  |  Meta

Dealing with European Union bureaucracy remains an uphill battle for U.S. Big Tech firms. And for Meta (formerly Facebook), its clash with Ireland’s privacy watchdog...

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Meta Metaverse Weekly: Issuing Bonds for First Time While ‘Land Bubble’ Pops
Meta Metaverse Weekly: Issuing Bonds for First Time While ‘Land Bubble’ Pops
August 11, 2022  |  Metaverse

Meta has been spending so much money on the virtual reality (VR) worlds it is now named after, that it’s cut into not just profits...

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Meta Launches Automation Tools for Business Ad Campaigns
Meta Launches Automation Tools for Business Ad Campaigns
August 10, 2022  |  Meta

Meta is rolling out automation tools to help businesses make the most of their ad spending by leveraging automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in the...

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FTC Lawsuit Prompts Meta to Pause Acquisition of VR Firm Within 
FTC Lawsuit Prompts Meta to Pause Acquisition of VR Firm Within 
August 05, 2022  |  Meta

With a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hanging over its head, Facebook’s parent company Meta is pausing its planned acquisition of the virtual...

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Meta Metaverse Weekly: Are Mark Zuckerberg’s Ambitions Missing the Mark?
Meta Metaverse Weekly: Are Mark Zuckerberg’s Ambitions Missing the Mark?
August 04, 2022  |  Metaverse

With his metaverse dreams some seven to 10 years off, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to know that shareholders were in for a long, bumpy...

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Shopify’s New Text-to-Buy Option Marks Rise of ‘Anywhere Commerce’
Shopify’s New Text-to-Buy Option Marks Rise of ‘Anywhere Commerce’
August 04, 2022  |  Omnicommerce

We’ve learned more about how to sell anywhere under any conditions in the past two years than in the prior 20, and more of that...

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