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Meta to shutdown Messenger desktop app after December 15, 2025

I just saw this message (image above) on my Messenger desktop app and it appears that META a.k.a. Facebook wants to bring users back to Facebook.com, since users will be redirected back to Facebook.com after Dec. 15. The Messenger app shutdown affects both the Windows and Mac apps of Messenger. And if you are worried about your chat history, Meta encourages users to “enabled secure storage in Messenger should turn on secure storage and setup…

Nepal bans Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and 23 Social Media networks

Nepal has banned 26 major social media and communication platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, and X (formerly Twitter). The ban was enacted after the Social Media networks failed to register with the government within a seven-day period. This action follows a Supreme Court directive that required all online platforms, both domestic and foreign, to register with the authorities and monitor unwanted content. Below are the social media networks that are banned within the boundaries of Nepal;…

Balay Dako, a supposedly pet-friendly restaurant turns away customer with Aspin   

Balay Dako, a purported “pet-friendly” restaurant, is in hot waters after what appears to be a discrimination on the staff’s part for turning away customers with Aspin, a local breed of dogs in the Philippines. a.k.a. Askal. Ms. Lara L. Antonio posted a 1000 words post on her Facebook account regarding her encounter with the Balay Dako staff and how she and her companion where turned away because of her dog ‘Yoda’ is not a…

Meta to launch a web version of Threads

Threads, the twitter-clone of Meta, will soon launch a web version of the service. As of this posting, when you go to Threads.net, you will just get a QR code that when scanned will direct you to your phone’s app store to download the Threads app. The web version is planned to be launch “early this week” but this is not totally final and could still change. Threads’ web version, a much-requested feature that may…

Rich Brian Taxi offers free taxi as way to give back to the commuting public

Here’s something you don’t see everyday, a taxi operator that offers free ride as way to “give back” to commuters. In a facebook post, Jeune San Juan wrote what she said “faith in humanity restored” after getting a free ride from one of Rich Brian taxi. San Juan wrote; Just a while ago in SMX we were deniiiied by the employee shuttle because it was already full (it started raining). We tried to get the…