Analysts worldwide are expecting that Facebook can list at a huge premium as the number of shares on offer is minuscule in comparison to the high level of investor interest. They are also expecting a closing price above $50 mark.
Facebook has made investments in introducing new types of schools in Africa, hope to bring them to India too.
Sources say the Mark Zuckerberg-led company wants to ensure there are no issues in its investment in the subsidiary of Reliance Industries and has roped in one of the Big Four consultancy firms to advise it on how the new "beneficial ownership" norms would apply to the proposed investment in Jio.
Mark Zuckerberg said one of his greatest regrets was that Facebook has been slow in identifying the Russian information operations in 2016.
'Enterprises have become more demanding in terms of their productivity expectation from their employees.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's townhall with Mark Zuckerberg at the Facebook Headquarters
The company says hackers exploited the "view as" feature on the service.
"We need to keep this country safe, but we should do that by focusing on people who actually pose a threat ... We should also keep our doors open to refugees and those who need help. That's who we are," said the Facebook founder.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said steps taken by the social media giant have helped protect the integrity of more than 200 different elections around the world, including in India, and have also played an important role in stopping abuse ahead of US elections.
Social media giant Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name next week. As per The Verge, the company is planning to change its name to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company's annual Connect conference on October 28, but could unveil sooner, is meant to signal the tech giant's ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills that entail.
The US on Wednesday announced tariffs on six countries, including India, that have imposed or are considering equalisation levy/digital services tax on e-commerce companies but immediately suspended the taxes for up to six months to provide additional time to complete the ongoing multilateral negotiations on international taxation at the OECD and G20. United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai, in a statement, announced the conclusion of the one-year Section 301 investigations of Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) adopted by Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK. "The final determination in those investigations is to impose additional tariffs on certain goods from these countries, while suspending the tariffs for up to 180 days to provide additional time to complete the ongoing multilateral negotiations on international taxation at the OECD and in the G20 process," the statement said.
Luckie affirmed that there has been repeated interference by the top officials of the Facebook teams including their policy heads at the instance of the political parties upon the content moderation teams.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it will take years for Facebook to fix the problem.
Pitching support for his Digital India initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Facebook headquarters.
From Twitter to Facebook to Spotify, everyone it seems is clambering aboard the social audio bandwagon. Neha Alawadhi reports.
Sandberg also plans to give to anti-poverty efforts and educational groups.
Mark Zuckerberg's Taj Mahal post had received over 450,000 likes, 11,000 comments and 7,700 shares.
'This is the first time there has been an attempt to use market forces to counter disinformation on social media,' notes Devangshu Datta.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tops list of the world's top 25 richest self-made billionaires.
The micro-site on Varanasi was launched on Wednesday.
Representatives of Facebook India have been asked to appear on Friday before the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, chaired by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Meenakshi Lekhi, while Twitter officials are required to appear before the panel on October 28, as per the notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
Manchester United's Axel Tuanzebe, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, Chelsea's Reece James, West Bromwich Albion's Romaine Sawyers and Southampton's Alex Jankewitz have all been victims of online abuse
All for a good cause, the ice bucket challenge has become an internet sensation and raised over $23 million.
Wipro chairman Azim Premji on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
While the users of the three social media platforms remained clueless as they repeatedly received error messages for most part of the day, the stocks of Silicon Valley firm Facebook dropped by nearly five per cent as a result.
Let's take a look at billionaires globally who left their studies incomplete and still managed to make it big.
No algorithm based on terrestrial mathematics can make Facebook's WhatsApp deal compute.
Here are some images of celebrities taking the challenge for the cause. We start with Lady Gaga dressed in here inimitable style.
Here are 10 takeaways from what Modi told the Facebook town hall
A powerhouse line-up mixing Hollywood, diplomacy and corporate America streamed into the White House for President Barack Obama's lavish state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Congress on Friday alleged that Facebook was being used as a weapon by the Bharatiya Janata Party to spread hate and fake news in the country and demanded that a joint parliamentary committee probe be conducted on the issue and laws be enacted to restrict Facebook and WhatsApp.
Sikhs For Justice plans to picket Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters during Narendra Modi's September 27 visit.
I had about eight, nine, dating apps on my phone. But I always felt this pressure of looking good.' 'When it comes to finding romantic love, it just feels very shallow.' 'I felt it was time for something different, something non superficial.'
While Bill Gates tops the billionaire charts, Mark Zuckerberg is this year's biggest gainer.
Zonel Sougaijam, a 22-year-old civil engineer discovered a WhatsApp bug that violated the privacy of a user.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, had called representatives of Facebook to hear their views "on the subject of safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space," according to agenda of the meeting.
Calling WhatsApp as a great fit in its plans to connect the next five billion, Mark Zuckerberg said the buyout is 'worth more than $19 billion.'
It's a twist that is sure to have some telecom bosses in Barcelona gritting their teeth.
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg deserves the position because he dreamed it, planned it and worked it out.
E-mail will follow the destiny of postal letters, which paved the way for e-mails, says Mark Zuckerberg, founder of social networking giant Facebook.
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