Meta
Meta Platforms, Inc., doing business as Meta, and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services. Meta ranks among the largest American information technology companies, alongside other Big Five corporations Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. The company was ranked #31 on the Forbes Global 2000 ranking in 2023. In 2022, Meta was the company with the third-highest expenditure on research and development worldwide, with R&D expenditure amounting to US$35.3 billion. Wikipedia
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Symbol: NASDAQ:META
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- Feb 12: Happy “podcast” day. Twenty years ago today, Ben Hammersley used the term “podcasting” for the first time in print. We’ve a full history of the word, which was popularised by Dannie J Gregoire. And if you’re wanting to hear some of the history of podcasting, we’ve a special podcast just here - with clips from Hammersley, as well as the first ever podcast to use the word “podcast”. Meta.
- Jul 6, 2023: Threads, a new social media network from Facebook owner Meta, went live today in most countries, apart from Europe (for privacy reasons). You need an Instagram account to use it - so if you already have one, your username is safe. We've no idea what we'll do with our account.
- Jun 19, 2023: Facebook's owner Meta has announced an artificial speech generator, which can clone voices, edit and remove background noise.
- Apr 10, 2023: There's a crisis in the veterinary industry in Australia - a crisis that is killing the people who care for our animals. Sick As A Dog examines the mental health crisis in the vet profession. It shines a spotlight on the many challenges, but also explores the potential solutions that exist. The podcast was part funded through the Meta and the Walkley Foundation’s public interest journalism fund.
- Feb 21, 2023: Simon Cross is to join Soundwide, the owner of plugin company iZotope among others, as Chief Product Officer. He joins from Meta and the BBC.
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