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November 19, 2018
Instagram is fighting back against automated apps people use to leave spammy comments or follow then unfollow others in hopes of growing their audience. Today Instagram is removing…
Read articleNovember 16, 2018
Netflix and chill from afar? Facebook Messenger is now internally testing simultaneous co-viewing of videos. That means you and your favorite people could watch a synchronized video over…
Read articleNovember 14, 2018
Facebook secretly retracted messages sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, TechCrunch reported seven months ago. Now for the first time, Facebook Messenger users will get the power to unsend…
Read articleNovember 13, 2018
Facebook Lasso has a steep uphill climb ahead as it hopes to chase the musical video app it cloned, China’s TikTok (which merged with Musically). Lasso lets you…
Read articleNovember 9, 2018
The idea that social media can be harmful to our mental and emotional well-being is not a new one, but little has been done by researchers to directly…
Read articleNovember 3, 2018
Facebook is again looking to whip Oculus into shape for its 10-year journey towards making virtual reality mainstream. According to two sources, Facebook reorganized its AR and VR…
Read articleNovember 1, 2018
Instagram hopes dollars from the long-tail of small businesses and social media stars can help it pull its weight in the Facebook family. A new ad type called…
Read articleOctober 30, 2018
The News Feed won’t sustain Facebook forever, and that’s scaring investors. Today on Facebook’s earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg stressed that sharing is shifting to private chat, where people…
Read articleOctober 25, 2018
Google Maps has been steadily rolling out new features to make its app more than just a way to find places and navigate to them. In recent months,…
Read articleOctober 24, 2018
Facebook wants to make YouTube-style monologue videos the new way for politicians to talk straight with their constituency. Today, Facebook launches Candidate Info, featuring thousands of direct-to-camera vertical…
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