New Twitter Insights on Tweet Roles in Broader News

You know what really grinds Twitter’s gears? The fact that its cultural influence extends far beyond its 238 million total mDAU, a figure that puts it well behind most other social apps in terms of direct usage. For years, Twitter has been trying to re-frame the discussion around user counts, arguing that Tweets are actually seen and […]

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TikTok Becomes The New Entertainment HQ

Have you been using Facebook and Instagram less as of late? Sad to say, but it seems that these once trendsetting platforms have lost much of their luster, in large part due to Instagram’s insistence on pumping more content from accounts that you don’t follow. The ‘inspiration’ for this approach is obviously TikTok, which has seen […]

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Elon Musk Continues the Squirm

Elon Musk has certainly proven to be a rather good real-life version of the Roadrunner – elusive and hard to catch. Up until now, he’s been trying his darndest to exit his $44 billion Twitter takeover deal. With his big battle with Twitter scheduled for court on October 17 – just 34 days away. Musk’s legal team has […]

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Twitter Adds WhatsApp and LinkedIn Sharing Buttons

Well, here’s a surprise – it seems Twitter is wanting to better facilitate Tweet sharing beyond just its platform. That’s right, Twitter’s introducing new share buttons for Indian users for both LinkedIn and WhatsApp, complete with dedicated Tweet presentations. Linked What-Tweets Starting things off is the new WhatsApp button – given how WhatsApp is currently […]

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TikTok Announces New Integrations for Fashion Month

Are you all ready to get your catwalk on? As one of the most stylish months of the year rounds the corner, TikTok has just announced that it’s dropping a new series of activations for Fashion Month 2022, including a creator showcase, live stream programming, new digital effects, and more. As TikTok explains: “This season, Fashion Month […]

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Snap Launches First ‘Bitmoji Drop’

While it might have closed the curtains on its Web3-specific team, Snapchat continues to work on related initiatives and has even recently announced a new collaboration with musician J Balvin on its first ever ‘Bitmoji Drop’ of limited edition digital Air Jordan 2 Balvin sneakers. Drop Those Bits!  This new drop will enable Snap users to pick […]

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Google Announces ‘Search on 2022’ Event

With Google making a couple of big changes to its Search algorithms lately, which could have major impacts on your site traffic, it may well be worth tuning into its upcoming ‘Search On 2022’ event, where Google is set to outline the latest advances in Search, and how it’s looking to improve its results. Speaking of Search […]

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Snapchat’s New Voter Registration and Awareness Tools

With the US Midterms fast approaching. Snapchat also detailed some of the steps that it’s taking to encourage users to vote or at least register, in preparation for the upcoming polls. Snapchat has proven itself to be a key connector on this front, with its reach to younger audiences helping to raise awareness around civic participation and improving […]

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Twitter vs. Musk Trial to Proceed as Scheduled

Oh, this was still happening? Sorry, we thought this issue was either resolved prematurely or just faded into obscurity. This week, Musk’s lawyers have once again tried delaying the October Twitter trial to give themselves more time to establish their case for exiting Musk’s original $44 billion takeover bid. Following former Twitter Security Chief Peter Zatko’s recent […]

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Twitter Now Lets You Schedule Up to 10 Spaces at A Time

Twitter Spaces seems to become a more niche offering as time passes – highly valuable to those who use it, but not so much to those who don’t or, at the very least, just casually tune in every so often. So while it seems that Twitter Spaces use is getting more attention, it’s mainly on […]

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