In an ongoing effort to boost Stories, Facebook has been testing a new feature to share Instagram Stories directly to Facebook. Instant Instagram on your Facebook Facebook’s me-too version of Snapchat’s Stories has yet to find its stride in comparison, so it seems adding a direct to Facebook share option is more than a natural […]
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In partnership with a group of small publishers, Facebook is testing support around new subscription models for Instant Articles. Efficient access to news As a result of Facebook’s achievement through the Facebook Journalism Project, the company is working with publishers around the globe to better comprehend the necessities in collaborating to develop new products. Publishers
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Following a recent update to Twitter’s terms of service, US users were left outraged by wording many didn't realise had been in effect all along. The writing is on the wall and has been for some time Following an announcement of new terms coming into effect October 2nd, American tweeters are unimpressed with the update,
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Facebook IQ has rounded out its article series of trending fashion across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the US to inform fashion retailers and boost campaigns. Facebook gets spiffy After sifting through Facebook conversations, Instagram posts, and trending hashtags, Facebook is using AI to analyse posts across six countries to single out key
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Twitch has announced it's rolling out new extensiond that will enable streamers to add more flare to their channels, and sell gear through Amazon. New flare and more revenue The popular gamer streaming service is introducing Twitch Extensions, a new suite of tools to customise channels with polls, leaderboards, tickers, and colourful overlays, just to name
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Google is bringing a ‘Community Updates’ feature to News, giving an AI-driven hyperlocal edge to the feed experience. Personalised to the postcode, or more As Google’s feed gets more and more personalised, it will surprise no-one to hear that they’re now also looking to provide content that is geo-targeted to a super-detailed degree. The objective,
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Microsoft is going after mobile game stream, as Mixer Create comes out of beta. From Beam to mobile In mid-2016, Microsoft bought Beam—a live streaming video platform for gamers. They rebranded it as ‘Mixer’ and integrated with both Xbox and Windows 10. Now, the new Mixer new mobile app—Mixer Create—is extending its reach to Android
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Dropbox has unveiled a security checkup tool to help ensure your account remains safe and tamper-free. Is it secret? Is it safe? With everchanging digital workspaces, the protection of sensitive material and proprietary documents is always top priority. In a continuing effort to keep your content safe, Dropbox recently announced the launch of their new
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Facebook is beginning to use third-party fact-checkers to flag advertisers running ads linking to fake news. Fake news no more Facebook has been taking enormous steps to curtail the amount of ads leading to questionable news sources via Pages. Their latest step consists of removing any links being shared via their site that have already
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Google is testing video on their popular Maps app. Test screening As of now, only a select crew (of around 30 million users) can upload video to Google Maps. But the moving pictures they put online as portraits of map-worthy places will be visible to everyone. Google has made their Google Maps ‘Local Guides’ the
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