May 15, 2017
Facebook cracks down on fake live videos
Facebook is banning misleading uses of its Live video format. The company tells TechCrunch that it’s adding a section to its Live API Facebook Platform Policy that reads…
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May 14, 2017
BikeParking.Club connects a social network to bike locks in a city
Palo Alto has a bike lock problem, and a pair of software developers and a designer took a shot at trying to solve that problem in 24 hours…
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Facebook Groups can now screen new members with a questionnaire
Facebook is making good on Mark Zuckerberg’s promise to build community by improving admin tools for Facebook Groups. Now Group admins can establish up to three questions for…
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Twitter CFO thinks WH press briefings via Twitter are a great idea!
As President Trump continues to degrade our democracy and diminish the freedom of the press, Twitter’s CFO/COO Anthony Noto sees a marketing opportunity. @realDonaldTrump May I suggest questions…
Read articleMay 11, 2017
Truepic fights photo fraud on apps like Tinder and Airbnb
“Is that what they really look like?” “Did they Photoshop the pics of the house we’re renting?” “Is this actually what I’m buying or just a photo ripped…
Read articleMay 10, 2017
Snap is getting absolutely crushed after falling short of Wall Street’s expectations
Snap may have had a successful IPO, but that was pretty much wiped out after it reported its first-quarter earnings — where it completely whiffed on what Wall…
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Snapchat hits a disappointing 166M daily users, growing only slightly faster
Snap’s growth rate increased just a little in Q1 2017 — a bad start to its first quarterly earnings report since going public. Snap hit 166 million daily…
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Facebook downranks News Feed links to crappy sites smothered in ads
Facebook will bury links to low-quality websites and refuse to carry ads pointing to them in a News Feed algorithm change announced today. Facebook defines a “low-quality site”…
Read articleMay 9, 2017
Pinterest adds visual search guides to its Lens and a new CTO
Pinterest today is adding a new feature to its Lens — its live camera search — that will help pick apart what’s in the image and make it…
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Snapchat’s new eraser lets you ‘Photoshop’ stuff out of photos
It’s Snapchat’s turn to copy Instagram while also staying one step ahead of its competitor. Today Snapchat launched a slew of new creative tools, several of which mimic…
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