- Wednesday
29 November 2023
Musk vs Zuckerberg: Will Meta's Threads successfully take on Twitter?
Meta's new short messaging platform Threads is aiming to take on Twitter. It saw 10 million sign ups within just seven hours of launch...
Singapore hit by layoffs again as ride hailing and delivery app Grab cuts 1,000 jobs
All the layoffs would not be in Singapore, as Grab has a presence across Southeast Asia, including neighbouring Malaysia. Grab bought Uber...
Meta layoffs: Singapore jobs at risk as Facebook’s parent company begins third round of cuts
Meta eliminated some 11,000 jobs globally in November 2022; of them, an estimated 50 were from Singapore. The second round of layoffs came...
WATCH: Viral video of man struggling to close door in Antarctic storm
A video clip reportedly showing someone trying desperately to close a door during an Antarctic storm has gone viral, with over 24 million...
Meta layoffs in Singapore: Promoted a month ago, laid off this week
Meta, the parent company of the social networks Facebook and Instagram, has started its second round of layoffs in Singapore. It is expected...
A Malay-Indian Muslim woman in Singapore describes how she and her Indian Muslim husband were very rudely driven away from a Ramzan snack...
Facebook parent warns of pulling down news from platform
Facebook parent Meta threatened to remove news from its platform if the US Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news...
Whatsapp, Meta executives in India branches resign
Meta India's country lead for public policy Rajiv Aggarwal has quit today, the social media giant confirmed. WhatsApp's India head Abhijit...
Singapore passes new law to curb 'harmful' social media content
Singapore passs a law against social media platforms Facebook, TikTok, and others to remove “egregious content” such as those promoting...
Facebook parent Meta to fire over 11,000 employees
Facebook's parent company Meta today announced that it would be firing around 13 per cent of its workforce. The broad job cuts follow...
Meta gears up for mass firings this week: Reports
Facebook parent Meta is preparing for large-scale layoffs that are expected to affect many thousands of employees. Meta gears up for mass...
WhatsApp suffers longest ever outage
Global messaging service WhatsApp went down for about two hours today, the longest ever outage in its history.
Nonagenarian Indian goes back to her Pakistan home after 75 years
Ninety-year-old Reena Varma finally went back to the house in Rawalpindi city, Pakistan that she had dreamed about for 75 years.
How can video marketing step up the success of SMEs?
Video marketing is the key for SMEs to step-up their online presence and achieve success in the cut-throat business world.
Russia ups crackdown on media, shuts access to Facebook
Russia's government and tech giants has tension. Russia has fully restricted access to Facebook after the social media platform made it...
Indian Embassy in Ukraine issues evacuation advisory; Air India to run three flights
Russia Ukraine crisis created tensions and uncertainties with respect to the situation in Ukraine, all Indian nationals are advised to leave...
Indian government's tense meeting with tech firms over fake news: Reports
Indian officials reportedly held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described as...
International Sikh news portal alleges censorship by Facebook
An article on the website of the news portal Sikh24 claims that the hashtag #sikh has been blocked by the social media giant.
Facebook to give SGD4.75 million in grants to small businesses in Singapore
Facebook Singapore will be providing SGD 4.75 million in grants to businesses in the country that have experienced challenges due to the...
NTU and Facebook pilot programme to develop data centre talents in Singapore
Tech giant Facebook has partnered Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) to launch a pilot programme aimed at developing local...
Mukesh Ambani moves ahead of Jack Ma as Asia’s richest person after Facebook deal: Bloomberg
In a massive deal, Facebook Inc. will be investing USD 5.7 billion in Ambani’s Jio Platform - the social networking leader’s biggest...
Facebook invests SGD 8.15 billion in India's Jio Platforms
The tech giant said the investment aims to enable new opportunities for businesses of all sizes in India, in particular, the more than 60...
Facebook issues correction notice under Singapore government’s ‘fake news’ law
A post by Facebook user Alex Tan, who runs the States Times Review blog, has been embedded with a correction label, at the request of the...
Facebook’s dating feature goes live in 20 countries, including USA and Singapore
Facebook Dating is the social media giant’s latest feature and is currently restricted to 20 countries.
WhatsApp launches 'tipline' to counter fake news
To counter circulation of fake news in the time of elections in India scheduled to start from April 11, WhatsApp has launched a 'tipline'...