the owner of facebook gears up to launch its rival platform to twitter as the social media giant battles its latest controversy. plus, china sees its car exports jump in the first five months of this year and it s partly because of the war in ukraine. happy mid week. welcome to asia business report with me, marika oi. it s been described as twitter s biggest threat yet. meta s new app is called threads and it ll be launched on thursday but it is already available for preorder on apple s app store. screen grabs show a dashboard that looks very, very similar to that of twitter s.
we want to build infrastructure, we want to build the building, get thejob done, work in the rain and snow, tough it out and suck it up. and there is a stigma in the industry that admitting mental health problem might affect theirjob. momentum is building towards a change in the industry that many feel has been quiet on mental health for too long. v0|ce 0ver: for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. hey, i am zoff with the catch up. tonight, a rival to twitter, rental nightmares, and a trip down memory lane. we start with another new social media app, if you have any space left on your phone. this is threads, due to go live on thursday, described as a textbased conversation app. these screenshots show a dashboard that looks a bit similar to another huge
the owner of facebook gears up to launch its rival platform to twitter, as the social media giant battles its latest controversy. plus china sees its auto exports jump in the first five months of this year! and it s partly due to the war in ukraine. hello and welcome to asia business report. i m mariko oi. it s being described as twitter s biggest threat. meta s new app called threads will launch on thursday. it s already available for pre order on apple s app store. screengrabs show a dashboard that looks very similar to twitter s. meta, which owns facebook, say threads will be part of its instagram platform, so it will be connected to hundreds
let s speak to rebecca crook, from the digital marketing company, ci&t. lovely to see you again. is meta being more sensible now and looking at the finances, as opposed to the metaverse? interesting question. i think the year of efficiency, which was quoted, i think it s something we will see all tech companies kind of focusing on this year. they all over in the pandemic, the global economic turndown, so i think we ll definitely see that efficiency, but i think they have this very, very deep focus on the metaverse, and i don t think consumers and businesses see that, and that is where their key challenges of the moment. i wasjust to ask key challenges of the moment. i was just to ask you about that because that is mark zuckerberg s vision, and for investors, they don t know if this is the right step to take.
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