Twitter Launches New Test of Promotion Tools

Despite internal pressure from Elon Musk’s attempt to buy out, Twitter is holding out and works to maintain its operations, including mending bridges with a number of development partners via a new integration that’ll promote third-party tools in the app when users do specific actions. Clean Up Twitter has launched a new initiative that’ll see it promote […]

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Snapchat Adds New Assistive Device Animations

Snapchat is taking additional steps to up the inclusivity factor of its Bitmoji avatars. On that note, Snapchat is adding new types of assistive devices for their Bitmoji characters. As Snapchat explains: “Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve expanded our representation options by adding the top three most requested assistive devices to Bitmoji and Snapchat: hearing […]

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Google Adds New Publisher Verification Badges

There are a ton of Google Chrome extensions that you can install and enable. While some can put a lot of load on your machine and guzzle up a lot of resources, the right ones can revolutionize your workflow. Google’s looking to make it easier for people to find the best, most trusted Chrome extensions […]

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Elon Musk Mulls Tender Offer for Twitter

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover campaign rages on. Will his offer ultimately succeed? Market analysts have thus far been pessimistic about Musk’s chances of succeeding and about the seriousness of his offer. It’s only recently that Musk decided to explore alternatives should his $54.20 billion offer be rejected by Twitter’s board. Mulling Over Multiple Millions The latest reports indicate that […]

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More on Twitter’s Coming Edit Options

Tweet editing is coming and it’s about darn time that it did! Over the last few days, we’ve gained some more insight into just how Twitter’s edit option will work, as well as how users will be able to track Tweet changes to ensure transparency in the process, which is an essential element. So, Chirping? The […]

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LinkedIn Loses Latest Appeal in Data-Scraping Case

LinkedIn’s ongoing battle with data scraping rages on, with a new appeals court ruling once again going against the company. The Court of Appeals has essentially ruled that scraping of publicly available data is legal and that LinkedIn has no grounds to block access to third-party providers who scan its user profiles for their own use. […]

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TikTok Launches ‘Interactive Add-Ons’

TikTok is adding a number of new ways to improve engagement with your in-stream ads, including new ‘Interactive Add-Ons’ which incorporate various interactive elements in your video promotions, as you can view here. From the example above, you can see that TikTok’s new Interactive Add-Ons provide a range of engagement features that prompt users to take […]

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TikTok Expands Tests on Downvotes

After years of experimenting and internal testing, we’re now seeing more platforms try out the downvote option, though not in the way that many would have assumed. Of the many platforms that have already given downvotes a whirl, TikTok is the latest one, with some users now seeing downvote prompts that enable them to mark video […]

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Twitter Adds 12 Million More Users

Twitter just uploaded its latest performance report. With Elon Musk’s takeover still cued behind a mountain of paperwork and documentation, Twitter’s report is much more transactional this time, compared to its previous quarterly updates. According to Twitter: “In light of the proposed transaction with Mr. Musk, as is customary during the pendency of an acquisition, Twitter will not […]

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Elon Musk Launches Offensive on Twitter

Not that it wasn’t evident from the get-go, but Elon Musk just dropped the bomb by showing the world just how serious he was about better aligning Twitter with free speech principles. The billionaire Tesla CEO offered a full $43 billion hostile takeover bid for the app. Elon’s note to the SEC reads: “I invested in Twitter as I believe […]

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