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AI, swords, headsets and Indian wedding for Mark Zuckerberg’s Asia tour
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AI, swords, headsets and Indian wedding for Mark Zuckerberg’s Asia tour

[ad_1] Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg was in Japan on Monday on a mini-Asia tour involving sword-making, mixed-reality headsets in Seoul and reportedly also lavish pre-wedding celebrations for an Indian multi-billionaire's son. Zuckerberg posted footage on Sunday on social media of a "special afternoon learning about making katanas" with a sword master, including of him hammering molten metal and swinging a blade.The 39-year-old had been skiing in Japan with his family and was due to meet with Facebook developers in Tokyo on Monday and Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported. Zuckerberg was then expected to travel to South Korea where he is lining up meetings with President Yoon Suk Yeol and leaders of tech titans Samsung and LG, according to South Korean media. "Mark is planning a brief visit to ...
India is leading the world on how people have embraced messaging, says Mark Zuckerberg
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India is leading the world on how people have embraced messaging, says Mark Zuckerberg

[ad_1] Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a virtual address during WhatsApp's Conversations event, held in Mumbai, on September 20. The event was held to launch a line-up of key offerings by WhatsApp Business including multiple payment options, customer experience flows, Meta-verified businesses, and more. During his address, Zuckerberg hailed India as a world leader in how people and businesses have embraced messaging as a better way to get things done.“India is a country that's at the forefront of a lot of what we're going to talk about today. You're leading the world in terms of how people and businesses have embraced messaging as the better way to get things done,” Zuckerberg said. Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp, also took to X to speak about these launches. He said, “For everyone that ...