INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
After canceling its F8 developer conference due to the coronavirus outbreak back in February, Facebook has now announced that it will no
longer host local events as an alternative.Instead, the social networking giant is planning to do a series of updates throughout the year
with the first one taking place soon, though the company has yet to provide an exact date.Facebook provided more details on how it will
reach developers and customers with news and product announcements in a statement, saying:"Because we can't come together in person for F8
this year, Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook leaders will do a series of updates throughout the year to share what we're working on to help
people connect, as well as updates to our developer products, where applicable."Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg also announced
that the company will require most of its employees to work from home through at least the end of May.In addition to having its employees
continue to work remotely, the company is also canceling all of the large-scale physical events it had planned with 50 or more people
guidance from health experts is that it won't be advisable to have large groups of people get together for a while
Given this, we're canceling any large physical events we had planned with 50 or more people through June 2021
Some of these we will hold as virtual events instead and we'll share more details on that soon
Microsoft now plan to hold their events virtually and it now looks like Facebook is going to take a similar approach at least for the
foreseeable future.Via CNET
