Meta Announces Ad-Free Tiers for Facebook, Instagram in EU

Meta officially announced its ad-free tier to Facebook and Instagram users in the EU, EAA, and Switzerland area starting in November. This is part of Meta’s compliance with European regulations, where the paid tiers aim to give better privacy protection to its users. Meta is imposing a hefty price tag for an ad-free experience on […]

Meta May Offer Paid, Ad-free Facebook In Europe

Meta is reportedly seriously considering a paid, ad-free subscription for both Facebook and Instagram in the EU, a decision likely spurred on by higher data privacy standards in the region according to the New York Times. There’s no word on how much these ad-free subscription tiers would be, though it’s pretty much guaranteed that an […]

Meta to Reintegrate Messenger Back into Facebook App

If you have been using Facebook since the early 2010s, you’d probably remember that you can access Messenger directly through the Facebook app. Then sometime in 2014, Facebook removed the ability to access your message inbox through the main app, then eventually separated them into two different apps in 2016. Fast forward to 2023, it […]

Meta Copies Twitter, to Offer Paid Verification to Facebook, Instagram Accounts

Elon Musk must be laughing at Mark Zuckerberg right now, as the Chairman of Meta announced that it will start rolling out Meta Verified, a service that’s somehow similar to Twitter Blue. Being more expensive than Twitter Blue at $12/month (or around Php 700) for web and $15/month (or around Php 900) for mobil, Meta Verified […]

Meta Testing Community Chats in Facebook Groups: Goodbye Discord?

You might be dropping Discord in the near future, as Meta confirms that they are working on a community chats feature for Facebook groups. In their post about it, Meta is basically bringing Community Chats to Facebook Groups by utilizing Messenger and doing things you’d normally do in Discord: start chats and engage members in […]

Facebook Pay Rebrands to Meta Pay

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just announced that Meta has officially rebranded Facebook Pay to Meta Pay. This is the company’s “first step” in creating a digital wallet for its vision of the metaverse. Despite Facebook Pay’s name change, Zuckerberg assured the public that the rest of its offerings will remain the same. He said that […]

Meta Introduces Facebook Reels with Monetization Options

Meta is bringing short videos on Facebook to compete with TikTok. The new feature is called Facebook Reels and is launching today in more than 150 countries across the globe. Pretty much like TikTok, it allows users to create short videos. This one, however, can be cross-posted on Instagram and vice-versa for a much wider […]

Facebook Rebrands To Meta: What It Means For You

Facebook has officially changed its name to Meta, to fit with Zuckerberg’s idea for his company’s future. All this talk of the Metaverse and El Zuck’s grandiose plan to integrate a vision of the internet that’s present in Snow Crash and Ready Player One (both incidentally, being post-apocalyptic novels) don’t necessarily explain what Facebook rebrand […]

Facebook Rebrands Itself As Meta

From now on, Facebook is one of many subsidiaries under Meta, which is the official rebranding of the social media giant as revealed by founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In his founder’s letter, Zuckerberg explains that the rebranding from Facebook to Meta is part of focusing on the metaverse. “The defining quality of the metaverse […]

Facebook to Possibly Change Its Name to Reflect Metaverse Vision

There’s no stopping Facebook Inc. in their plan to build the metaverse—a virtual reality version of the internet. The Verge leaked Facebook’s plan to change its name next week, so as to make the metaverse reflect on its brand. According to The Verge, CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the Facebook name change at […]

DITO Announces Level-Up Meta Data Promos

Aside from revealing Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera as their latest endorsers for their #DITOSaPusoKo campaign, DITO also revealed their new Level-Up Meta data promos, which cater to those using apps like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Threads. The Level-Up Meta data promos starts as low as Php 20 for 1 day, where you get […]

You Can Now Send 100MB Files on Facebook Messenger

After giving Facebook Messenger users the ability to edit messages (with a few caveats) last December, Meta is giving a new set of updates to the popular messaging app, which include being able to send files of up to 100MB.  READ MORE: You Can Finally Edit Messages on Facebook Messenger Facebook Messenger App Silently Adds […]