Facebook is starting the first test of its Live Audio Rooms product, part of an expansion of the company’s audio services that will over time include podcast hosting and creation tools.
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Live audio app Clubhouse will begin introducing a test version of its app to Google’s Android users on Sunday, the company said, in a potentially big expansion of its market.
Facebook’s oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company’s suspension of former US President Donald Trump in a verdict that may signal how the company will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future.
Twitter has given a disappointing revenue forecast, a sign the social media service hasn’t fully capitalised on the digital advertising boom amid the pandemic.
Twitter temporarily suspended an Oracle executive from posting after he used the social network to publicise the e-mail address and Signal phone number of a journalist whose reporting he found objectionable.
Just last year, the world’s most valuable start-up, ByteDance, was being squeezed from all sides. For all the obstacles, the company kept growing. Now its founder, 38-year-old Zhang Yiming, is among the world’s richest people.
Clubhouse, the buzzy, audio-based social network, is in talks to raise funding from investors in a round valuing the business at about US$4-billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Facebook shares hit a record on Monday, with the social media company taking out a peak that has stood since August as fears fade about the impact of new privacy policies from Apple.
Shares of ByteDance, the Chinese parent of hit video app TikTok, are trading at a valuation of more than $250-billion in the secondary market, according to people familiar with the matter.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted his frustration with US lawmakers’ questions on the social media platform during a hearing about misinformation on Thursday.