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Pinterest offers advice on creating effective shopping promotions
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Pinterest shared a new overview of how to best use its shopping promotions, with a four-step guide that provides a basic framework, in alignment with audience trends and interests. Which could be a valuable consideration. Pinterest is now up to 640 million monthly…
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Zuckerberg is one of the least-liked people in the US
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to tout his grand vision for artificial intelligence, the indicators continue to show that Zuckerberg and Meta are going to find it a very hard sell. Zuckerberg’s idea is that all people will eventually be able…
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YouTube updates branded content sourcing and disclosures
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. YouTube is experimenting with locally sourced product alternatives for its affiliate tagging option, while it’s also looking to provide creators with more options to ensure compliance with local disclosure laws when promoting products in their clips. First, YouTube announced that it’s testing…
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WhatsApp adds bill payment in India
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WhatsApp has taken another step towards becoming the WeChat of India, with users in the country now able to pay bills in the app. This integrates another utility function into Meta’s most-used messaging platform. As shown in this example, WhatsApp users in…
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X continues to lose EU users
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. X continues to lose ground in the EU, with the platform reporting fewer users again in its latest DSA disclosure report. Under the EU Digital Services Act, all large online platforms are required to share biannual reports on user counts, as well…
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LinkedIn increases push against inauthentic activity
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LinkedIn grew its active user count in the EU in the first half of 2026, while it also reported a significant jump in its enforcement of inauthentic activity, as the platform works to weed out automated and artificial intelligence-generated comments and profiles.…
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X offers updated NFL Gametime display
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. X introduced an updated NFL Gametime activation designed to provide a centralized score tracking and discussion space for each game, and drive more community engagement during the upcoming season. As shown in this image, X’s NFL Gametime display will include a real-time…
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How will Meta’s settlement impact social media?
Listen to the article 10 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta has announced a range of new measures designed to better protect teen users from the harms of social media overuse. However, questions remain regarding what that might mean for social media engagement more broadly, and how these restrictions could impact usage…
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Instagram launches connected TV promotion
Listen to the article 1 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Instagram has launched a new promotion for its updated connected TV app, which features several creators showcasing the engaging, communal experience of viewing Instagram content on the TV set. As reported by AdAge, this new Instagram promotion highlights a range of use…
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Meta adds new AI subscription packages
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta announced two new subscription tiers for its artificial intelligence tools as the company looks to build a viable path to monetizing its increasingly expensive AI developments. As shown in these images, posted by app researcher Radu Oncescu, Meta recently launched new…
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