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Snapchat Tests New Option Which Enables Users to Opt-Out of Auto-Deleting Messages
Snapchat has announced a significant new update, at least in terms of its long-held design principles, with a new experiment that will enable Snapchatters to keep their messages in the app beyond the current 24 hour auto-delete threshold. As you can see in this example, Snapchat’s testing out a new option that would enable users to select “Never delete” in…
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Meta Launches Expanded Testing of Landmark Insights in Ray Ban Stories
Meta continues to refine its latest “multimodal” elements within its Ray Ban Stories glasses, with an expanded test of information on popular landmarks now available to those in the initial test pool for the new functionality. As you can see in these examples, shared by Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, now, Ray Ban Stories users who’ve signed up for the beta…
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TikTok’s Reportedly Testing a New Instagram-Like ‘TikTok Photos’ App
TikTok could be eyeing a new way to take on Instagram, with a new “TikTok Photos” app reportedly in development. As reported by The SpAndroid, in the back-end code of the current TikTok app, some new references to “TikTok Photos” have appeared within the code strings. The code appears to suggest that TikTok users will soon be prompted to share…
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TikTok Announces Programming for International Women’s Day
TikTok has announced a new slate of activations and programming for International Women’s Day, which is this Friday, March 8. And the events will extend beyond the day itself, with various new initiatives designed to provide ongoing support for female-owned creators and brands. First off, TikTok’s launching a new #WomenOfTikTok Creator Program, which will provide support for female creators that are using…
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X Launches Long-Form Articles Option for Premium+ Subscribers
X is taking the next steps to advance beyond its short-form content roots, with the introduction of X Articles, which is essentially a blogging platform built into the X system. As you can see in this example, X Articles includes all the basic elements of a blogging tool, including a title and header image for your post, and various in-stream…
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Meta Provides Predictions for the Next Stage of Digital Connection
While Meta may not be referring to the metaverse as much as it was a few years back, it remains very much a focus, with the company looking to own the next stage of digital connection via VR, AR and expanded forms of virtual presence. Which is underlined in a new blog post on the Meta Quest Blog, in which…
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US Senators Raise New Push to Ban TikTok
Just when you thought that TikTok was safe, and that the U.S. Government had moved on from the possibility of banning the app, another group of regulators have proposed new action against the company, which could see TikTok face removal from the U.S. once again. As reported by Reuters: “A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is introducing legislation that would…
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Meta Will Stop Paying Australian Publishers for Content as Part of Its Shift Away From News
This is unsurprising given Meta’s broader shift away from news content, but it’s another blow for media organizations, many of which are already struggling to maintain relevance (and revenue) within the changing online media landscape. Today, Meta has announced that it will cease paying Australian news outlets as part of its broader shift away from news content. As per Meta:…
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Threads Launches Live Test of its API, Enabling Content Scheduling in Some Third Party Apps
Good news for social media managers, and a potentially significant update for Threads engagement overall, with Meta’s Twitter-like platform now live testing its API with selected partners, enabling, among other things, post scheduling in the app. As explained by Jesse Chen, an engineer working on Threads, the Threads team has now partnered with a range of third party platforms on…
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Google and Meta Explore New Ways to Moderate AI Responses, and Whether They Should
How much protectionism is too much in generative AI, and what say should big tech providers, or indeed anybody else, actually have in moderating AI system responses? The question has become a new focus in the broader Gen AI discussion after Google’s Gemini AI system was found to be producing both inaccurate and racially biased responses, while also providing confusing…
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