Mobile operators in the southern African kingdom of Eswatini have been told to suspend access to Facebook and its messenger app, the local unit of telecoms group MTN said, after protests against the king flared up.
MTN Eswatini and other mobile network operators have been told to suspend access to Facebook and its messenger app until further notice, the Eswatini unit of MTN Group said in a statement, after anti-monarchy protests flared up in the southern African kingdom.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump will launch his own social media app, TRUTH Social, that he said would "stand up to Big Tech" companies such as Twitter and Facebook that have barred him from their platforms.
Renaming Facebook Inc is unlikely to enable the tech giant to distance itself from regulatory and public scrutiny around the potential harms caused by its social media apps, marketing and branding experts told Reuters.
Technology stocks continued to drift below the flatline ahead of Wednesday's close, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) down 0.4% while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index slipped 0.2%.
(RTTNews) - Social media kingpin Facebook Inc (FB) is planning to change its name to reflect the company ambitions, according to a source acquired by The Verge. The report says that the announcement could be made as early as the company's Connect conference to be held on October
(RTTNews) - Almost three years after filing lawsuit against social media giant Facebook, Inc (FB), the District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine has listed CEO Mark Zuckerberg's name as a defendant of the lawsuit for the first time.
In a Tweet on Wednesday, Racine sa
(Reuters Breakingviews) - Facebook’s new name – to be revealed next week, according to The Verge – is best thought of as a statement of intent. Whether silly or dull, it will give a sense of how co-founder Mark Zuckerberg wants
Zuckerverse. Timesuck. Faceplant. They're just a few of the suggestions being bandied around online following reports that Facebook plans to rebrand itself with a new group name.
Technology stocks were drifting lower Wednesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) down 0.3% while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index slipped less than 0.1%.
WASHINGTON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Facebook may change its name. But will it change anything else? The idea of a new moniker for the $959 billion firm, akin to the invention of Alphabet in place of Google, was reported by the Verge https:
The S&P 500 and the Dow inched closer to record highs on Wednesday after strong forecasts from healthcare companies Anthem and Abbott, while the Nasdaq lagged as technology stocks took a breather.
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund, where 10,850,000 units were destroyed, or a 5.6% decrease week over week. Among the la
Netflix Inc employees are staging a walkout on Wednesday in an unprecedented show of defiance to protest the streaming giant’s decision to release comedian Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special, which they say ridicules transgender people.
Image-based social media company Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) is expected to report third-quarter earnings on Oct. 27. The company has fallen out of favor with the market after reporting a surprising fall in monthly active users (MAU) in its fiscal second quarter.
Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI) stock took flight in 2020 following its creation by merger of digital ad firms The Rubicon Project and Telaria, but returns have moderated this year. Shares are flat in 2021 with just a couple of months left to go in the year.
U.S. stock indexes edged higher on Wednesday, helped by strong quarterly updates from healthcare companies including Anthem and Abbott, while worries remained about the impact of supply chain constraints and inflation on corporate earnings.
U.S. stock index futures struggled for direction on Wednesday as investors weighed the impact of supply chain constraints and inflation on corporate earnings, while Netflix shares remained sluggish after its quarterly report.
U.S. stock index futures were flat on Wednesday as investors weighed the impact of supply chain constraints and inflation on corporate earnings, while Netflix shares remained sluggish after its quarterly report.
Patience has paid off handsomely for growth stock investors since the end of the Great Recession. With interest rates near historic lows and the nation's central bank maintaining a dovish monetary policy for much of the past 12-plus years, the benchmark S&P 500 has gained 561