This could be a big addition for WhatsApp, considering the engagement that music drives on other apps. Over the last few months, WhatsApp has been working on an updated music sharing process, which will enable an improved, custom display of songs within WhatsApp status. And according to the latest reports from WABetaInfo and Android Police,…
Considering that Meta has been so definitive in its stance that Community Notes is an all-round better approach to content moderation within social apps, it’s interesting to read its latest overview of how it’s preparing for the upcoming Australian election, and how it’s planning to combat misinfo in a nation not governed by Donald Trump….
Oh, Elon is not going to like this. According to a new discovery by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, Meta’s Twitter clone Threads is currently working on a new update that would make it somewhat easier for Threads users to follow all of the same profiles in the app that they currently follow on X. As…
I’m not sure exactly what value investors see in X, nor why they believe in its future potential. But clearly, many are still willing to invest in Elon Musk, and his grand visions of what’s to come, with the platform reportedly raising an additional $1 billion in new equity, which values the company at around…
Yet another update on the TikTok U.S. situation, which is now becoming a daily occurrence. According to reports, Oracle is indeed firming as the favorite to become TikTok’s U.S. partner, with the company now weighing a proposal that would see it partner with TikTok, and parent company ByteDance, on security and operational elements, while the…
With Meta launching the first stage of its roll-out of Community Notes, which will replace third-party fact-checkers, and put the onus of slowing the spread of misinformation into the hands of its users, a new report has once again highlighted the flaws of the Community Notes system that’s currently in place on X, which Meta…
Hey, do you really dislike end screens on YouTube clips? You know the displays that I mean, those promotional thumbnails and product listings that pop-up on screen in, like, the last 10 seconds of a YouTube video, which most commonly direct you to the creators’ other content? Well, evidently, some people really hate them, because…
YouTube’s testing out a handy new option for Shorts editing, which will highlight where any elements that you add to a clip, like captions and stickers, are placed relative to the actual Shorts UI, and what may interfere with your content on-screen. As you can see in this example, this new process will show you…
YouTube has announced its participation in a new Youth Digital Wellbeing Initiative, which will see the platform partner with a range of child education partners from around the world to implement a unified approach to the development of high-quality, age-appropriate content that can have a positive impact on young people’s lives. The new program aims…
In this episode of The AI Hat Podcast, it’s the first of a 4-part series designed to help you quickly get up to speed on key concepts and ideas as it relates to AI in marketing and your professional career. Episode 1: Getting Started with AI in Marketing (you are here) Episode 2: How AI…
