Meta’s taking another step forward with its AI tools in Europe, with an expansion of its AI training to posts shared by EU users, beginning this week. Which is especially significant, given the various delays and challenges that Meta has faced in gaining approval for EU data usage, under the region’s more stringent data privacy…
Threads is maintaining its download momentum, while ChatGPT has moved to the top of the table in the latest app download charts from Appfigures for March 2025. As you can see, Threads returned to the top 10 most downloaded listing last month, after dropping out in February, with Meta’s Twitter clone app still seeing strong…
Here’s an interesting question: “Did Meta halt its efforts to stop TikTok’s expansion in the U.S. in order to strengthen its defense against the FTC’s antitrust case?” Because, at one stage at least, Meta was playing a role in seeding concerns about TikTok, as the Chinese-owned app gained traction in the U.S. Back in 2019,…
LinkedIn has become a much bigger focus for many brands over the past year, with the changes at Twitter/X fracturing the professional social media landscape. Indeed, LinkedIn has reported increases in engagement across the board, with video, in particular, getting more attention in the app. And if you’re looking to put more emphasis on LinkedIn,…
Make no mistake, Elon Musk’s X project is a failure, and was on a solidifying path to bankruptcy, before Elon “saved” the platform by utilizing the political clout that he gained through the app to set his broader “X Corp” body of projects up for ongoing success. Though the tactics that he’s used in doing…
Meta has published some new insights into the content consumption habits of Gen Z, and how marketers need to align with these shifts in order to maximize the impact of their promotional and branding efforts. In collaboration with BAMM Global, Meta conducted surveys to glean more insight into the social media habits and motivations of…
This could be handy. Messenger has updated its file size sharing limit to 100 megabytes, which will make it easier to distribute video clips, in particular, via your DMs. As outlined in the above video overview, Messenger has increased its file size limit from 25MB to 100MB. Well, it was 10MB, but Messenger did increase…
Looking to improve your LinkedIn approach in 2025? This could help. LinkedIn has launched a new “Create on LinkedIn” mini-site, which includes a range of posting tips, best practices, examples, and more. And there’s a heap of info to take in, which could make this a valuable site to tag for reference as you go…
It seems that Zuckerberg’s realignment with the Trump Administration hasn’t paid off in the first key test of that relationship. This week, Meta will head to court to defend itself against the FTC’s bid to force the divestiture of both Instagram and WhatsApp, over what the FTC argues is anti-competitive behavior from Zuckerberg’s social behemoth….
With AI chatbots now prompting us in virtually every app and online experience, it’s becoming more common for people to converse with these tools, and even feel a level of friendship with their favorite AI companions over time. But that’s a risky proposition. What happens when people start to rely on AI chatbots for companionship,…
