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Earnings Outlook For Meta Platforms

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2022-02-02. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement. Analysts estimate that Meta Platforms will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $3.84.

Benzinga · Feb 1, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg warns against taking screenshots of Facebook Messenger chats

If you're using Messenger's disappearing messages 'Vanish Mode', be careful as they might not disappear completely, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg who issued a warning via his Facebook

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2022

Can you have a meaningful life in the metaverse?

All of our most precious moments may soon happen in virtual reality. But, as reports surface of harassment in VR spaces, Amy Francombe asks whether we’re ready to go fully immersive

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2022

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $43,5K (15,888 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $43,533, which is 3.47x the current floor price of 4.64 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($43,533 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Benzinga · Jan 31, 2022

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $16,146 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $16,146, which is 1.64x the current floor price of 3.65 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga · Jan 31, 2022

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $18,514 (6 ETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $18,514, which is 1.88x the current floor price of 3.65 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga · Jan 31, 2022

How Facebook is morphing into Meta

The Instagram engineer had already packed his bags for a December vacation when his boss pulled him into a virtual meeting to talk about job goals for 2022.

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2022

Apple boss Tim Cook hints at Metaverse technology investment in the future

Apple has over 14,000 Augmented Reality apps in the App Store.

Daily Record · Jan 31, 2022

'Virtual influencers' are here, but should Meta really be setting the ethical ground rules?

Earlier this month, Meta announced it is working on a set of ethical guidelines for “virtual influencers” – animated, typically computer-generated, characters designed to attract attention on social media.

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2022

The metaverse is dystopian – but to big tech it’s a business opportunity

The Facebook chief plans to build a $10bn virtual-reality world. Enter it at your peril

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2022