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Instagram unveils Threads app, a serious threat to Elon Musk's Twitter

The app will let users port over their existing follower lists and account names from Instagram, Meta's photo and video-sharing app that counts major creators among its more than 2 bn users

Meta set to take on Musk's Twitter with a rival app called 'Threads'

Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. A listing for the app, called Threads, appeared on Apple's App Store, indicating it would debut as early as Thursday. It is billed as a text-based conversation app" that is linked to Instagram, with the listing teasing a Twitter-like microblogging experience. Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what'll be trending tomorrow, it said. Instagram users will be able to keep their user names and follow the same accounts on the new app, according to screenshots displayed on the App Store listing. Meta declined to comment on the app. Musk replied yeah to a tweet from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey saying, All your Threads are belong to us, along with a screenshot from the App Store's privacy section showing what personal information might be collected by the new Meta app. Threads could be

Musk, Zuckerberg lead a $852 billion surge among world's richest people

Each member of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index made an average of $14 million per day over the past six months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

Here's how to transfer WhatsApp chats on a new device without cloud backup

While transferring chats using the cloud has been the norm, this new, quicker method is sure to be handy for users

Why a 'cage match' between Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg may be no joke

Talks over a matchup between the two have progressed and the parameters of an event are taking shape

Mark Zuckerberg vs Elon Musk 'cage fight': What the two billionaires said

"I've always thought that Twitter should have a billion people using it," Zuckerberg said during a recent podcast interview with Lex Fridman

Good for industry: Zuckerberg hails Musk for making Twitter 'a lot leaner'

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has praised Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for making Twitter "a lot leaner" which has been "good for the industry" overall

Zuckerberg plans to integrate AI into 'into every single' Meta platform

With the soaring success of ChatGPT and other AI platforms, Meta is also planning to enter the domain

Tech titans Zuckerberg, Musk cast a critical eye on Apple's Vision Pro

Meta's Quest is priced at $499, much cheaper than Apple's Vision Pro. According to reports the Quest 3 is expected to be priced at $500, which means Meta may manage to garner market share

What does Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg think of Apple and its new Vision Pro?

In a meeting at the company's Menlo Park office, Zuckerberg said that Meta's upcoming Quest 3 headset will be priced at a much lower $499 as compared to Apple Vision Pro's $3,499

Mark Zuckerberg announces WhatsApp Channels: What is it, how does it work

WhatsApp Channels will first be available in Colombia and Singapore. It will gradually be available in more countries, including India, over the coming months

Zuckerberg introduces Meta Quest 3 ahead of Apple's rumoured VR headset

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has introduced the next generation virtual and mixed reality headset 'Quest 3' which will be launched later this year

Now, you can edit sent messages on WhatsApp: How it works and other details

WhatsApp rivals like Telegram and Signal already have the 'edit' feature. On the other hand, Twitter rolled out this feature for select users last year

WhatsApp's new feature lets users edit messages with 15-minute time limit

Edited messages will display 'edited' alongside them, so those you're messaging are aware of the correction without showing edit history, said WhatsApp

Zuckerberg launches 'Chat Lock' on WhatsApp to protect conversations

Zuckerberg's announcement read, "We're excited to bring to you a new feature we're calling Chat Lock, which lets you protect your most intimate conversations behind one more layer of security"

Mark Zuckerberg announces 'Chat Lock' on WhatsApp to protect conversations

The feature will let users protect their most intimate conversations with a password and secures them in a separate folder

Jiu-jitsu, which Zuckerberg won a gold in, has a following in India too

The martial art form that the Meta Founder won is slowly emerging out of the shadows of karate, kung fu, judo and taekwondo

WhatsApp tests 'edit button' for sent messages in beta: Here's how it works

It appears that there will be no upper limit on how many times a message can be edited. However, the option to edit a message may not be available after 15 minutes of a message being sent

Receiving dubious calls, messages on WhatsApp? Here's what you should know

Users receive both audio and video calls from these phone numbers which mostly carry country codes belonging to Ethiopia, Morocco, and Swaziland, among others

WhatsApp to do away with Google Drive dependence for backups, see details

Most WhatsApp users find it complex to transfer their data from their old phone to a new device since it involves backing up chat data to a Google Drive