Ernie Velasquez

Meta/Facebook Meta is looking to level up their metaverse development and has rolled out two new creator funding options that are designed to incentivize user contributions to its digital worlds. The first is an expansion of its $10 million Horizon Worlds Creator Funding program, which it first launched in

Meta/Facebook Meta’s rolling out a new set of parental supervision and control tools for Instagram and Quest VR, which address key elements of concern with usage and exposure among younger users. The new Parental Control center combines the existing parental control tools into a more centralized dashboard. Safety

Meta/Facebook The conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate and social media has become a key element in raising awareness and connecting Russian and Ukrainian citizens, along with the rest of the world, to real-time updates on the situation. But that just became harder for Russian users, with the Russian

Full digital characters have evolved into social media influencers and online platforms are looking to establish clear markers as to what’s real and what’s not, and how these creations can be used in their apps. Meta is now working to establish ethical boundaries on its application. At first

Meta/Facebook Meta announced that it’s making its “Horizon Worlds” VR creation and interaction platform available to all users in the US and Canada, which will serve as an introduction to VR for many new Meta VR users who got a headset during the Holiday season this year. Amid

Facebook Earlier in November, Facebook announced that it’s shutting down its facial recognition program and that it will also delete all of its facial recognition files, meaning that we’ll no longer be able to identify people in posted images. Facebook hasn’t ruled out future use of face

Facebook From now on, Facebook’s overarching company name will be ‘Meta’. Facebook, the app, will remain the same. All of Facebook’s various projects and businesses will now fall under the ‘Meta’ banner, reflecting its evolving focus on the next generation of digital connections. The timing of the rebrand

Facebook Facebook has apologized for the mass outage that left billions of users unable to access Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger for several hours on Monday, 10/4. The outage was caused by “configuration changes on the backbone routers,” Facebook said in a blog post. The changes caused “issues” that

Facebook As TikTok continues to gain momentum, Facebook seeks new ways to subdue the growth, with its latest pushback coming via Facebook Reels, which will enable users to create and share Instagram Reels within the main Facebook app. The film industry is going through a major upheaval with the pandemic

Facebook Antitrust lawsuits against Facebook were tossed out by a District of Columbia federal court, halting the regulators' efforts to curb Facebook’s growth. Separate lawsuits submitted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and more than 40 state attorneys general last year alleged that Facebook had grown into a social

Facebook Facebook is developing a new smartwatch which, according to reports, could go on sale sometime next year. The new device would add to their growing hardware line, which now includes its Portal video calling device, its Oculus VR range, and will soon include AR glasses. According to The Verge,

Facebook Apple rolled out its new controversial data tracking prompts and Facebook has responded by adding a new element to its own iOS 14.5 prompts, which now includes verbiage that could encourage users not to switch off data tracking. The new FB element encourages people to leave data tracking

Overall Apple's new pop-ups, which directly ask iOS users to opt-in to tracking their activity within apps came into effect on 4/26/21 as part of the iOS 14.5 update. Every social channel will be affected in slightly different ways in various capacities. We will be sharing a