Instagram quickly outgrew its first impression as a fun app for kids and has become a serious content marketing, networking and audience building tool for individuals and brands. It’s one of the most popular social networking sites on the planet, with over 200 million active monthly members sharing 60 million images and 1.6 billion likes per day. Just how awesome is it? ... Read More »
The ‘I Voted’ Sticker Is Just One Big Psychological Hack How Instagram Completely Reshaped The Modeling Industry Social Media Deepens The Political Divide. Unfriending Makes It Worse The FDA Wants To Know About Your Nutella-Eating Habits Go on any social media platform on Election Day and you’re likely to see plenty of photos of “I Voted” stickers. But even though ... Read More »
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, and Amazon Announce ‘Partnership on AI’ HIGHLIGHTS Companies will discuss advancements and conduct research in AI AI-powered bots will become the next interface Nadella said AI-powered chatbots will revolutionise computing experience In a major boost to artificial intelligence (AI) research, five top-notch tech companies – Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft – have joined hands to ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook At Work will also offer Groups as well as Messenger The exact pricing for Facebook At Work have not been announced The product has been in the making since 2014 Facebook is set to launch its enterprise communication and collaboration network ‘Facebook At Work’ globally in a few weeks on a per seat pricing model for businesses to ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Twitter may be considering sale; Google, Salesforce are among suitors Walt Disney may also bid for the company Twitter is reported to be seeking about $30 billion for its sale The Walt Disney Company is evaluating a potential bid for Twitter, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Unconfirmed reports that Twitter is interested in selling ... Read More »
Snapchat Spectacles Launched; Company Name Changed to Snap Inc. HIGHLIGHTS Snapchat, the app, will remain Snapchat The snaps from Spectacles can transfer to your Snapchat memories They will cost $129.99 when they go on sale later this fall Snapchat announced overnight Friday that it is going to start selling sunglasses with cameras in them – they’re called Spectacles – and ... Read More »
Facebook’s Messenger Day Is an Attempt to Take on Snapchat Stories In an another attempt to take on photo sharing mobile service Snapchat, Facebook has rolled out a new feature called Messenger Day which lets users post illustrated photos and videos that disappear after a day. TechCrunch reported Messenger Day – which reportedly tries to clone Snapchat’s Stories feature – ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The new service is available in limited countries It’s currently only available on the iPhone and Android app A desktop version will be launched soon Facebook on Monday launched a new online Marketplace allowing members of the huge social network to buy and sell with each other. The new feature puts Facebook squarely in competition with local online selling ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Encryption needs to be enabled for each new conversation Old conversations cannot be encrypted Secret Conversations were first introduced in August After the popular mobile messaging platform WhatsApp, parent company Facebook has rolled out end-to-end encryption for Messenger users. People can toggle the Secret Conversations feature on in settings to enable end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger. To recall, the ... Read More »
Twitter has told potential acquirers it is seeking to conclude negotiations about selling itself by the time it reports third-quarter earnings on October 27, according to people familiar with the matter. The timeline is hugely ambitious in the context of most mergers and acquisitions, given that Twitter began mulling a sale only last month. It is the clearest sign yet ... Read More »
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