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YouTube Tests Comment Summaries in Studio
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. YouTube’s expanding its comment summaries to YouTube Studio as well, providing another way for creators to get a quick rundown of what people are saying about their content. YouTube’s been developing its AI-powered comment summaries in the app for over a year,…
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Reddit Launches New WooCommerce Integration
Reddit has announced a new integration with WooCommerce which will enable WooCommerce merchants to connect their product listings to Reddit ads, and provide more data on performance, fed directly into their WooCommerce system. As you can see in this example, the new WooCommerce integration will enable merchants to list products and prices within their Reddit promotions, based on inventory, which…
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Edits Adds Improved Caption Editing, New Effects
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Another week, and another round of updates for Edits, providing more ways to create standout video clips. This week, the Edits team has added still image animation, a Boomerang-style reverse play option, and new sound effects. Though the biggest update may be…
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WhatsApp Plans To Allow Usernames
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. After working on the option for some time, WhatsApp is finally set to give users the option to create a username in the app, as opposed to using your phone number as your key identifier. Which can be a security issue, as…
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LinkedIn Vows To Take More Action Against Engagement Pods
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LinkedIn has provided an update on its evolving efforts to tackle artificial engagement on the app, via fake profiles, AI comments, and engagement pods, which harm the overall user experience. Back in July, we reported on LinkedIn’s approach on this front, based…
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Threads Adds Time Management Options
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Threads has added some new time management options in the app, which will alert you when you’ve spent a certain amount of time scrolling through your feed, and might want to take a break. As you can see in this example, posted…
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Snapchat Brings Perplexity AI to Inboxes
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Snapchat’s buying another ticket for the AI hype train, with the company today announcing a new deal with Perplexity AI that will see Perplexity’s conversational chatbot integrated into Snapchat, adding another way for Snapchatters to engage with AI tools. Perplexity is another…
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Meta Reports Improved App Promotion Performance via AI Targeting
Meta has shared a new overview of some of the latest AI-powered updates that it’s made to its app advertising options, and how they’re driving better response for various developers. Meta says that its improving models are driving better performance in all elements of app promotion aims, while these latest advances also showcase how its AI tools, in general, are…
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Bluesky Reaches 40M Users — So Should Your Brand Be on It?
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. While Threads and X continue to fight it out for supremacy in the post-Twitter race, Bluesky also continues to add more users, albeit it a slower pace. On Friday, Bluesky reported that the app is now up to 40 million users, rising…
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Reddit Posts Another Big Revenue Result in Q3
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Reddit has announced its latest performance update, with the platform that’s become a key inlet for AI chatbots adding more users in Q3, while also boosting its overall revenue intake by a massive 68% year-over-year. First off, on users. Reddit added 5.6…
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