July 6, 2016
Instagram nixes naughty comments
Comment reels can become cesspools, especially on celebrity social media posts that get replies by the thousands. But now Instagram is letting its new business pages take out…
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July 6, 2016
Facebook will test video downloads for offline viewing
The developing world can’t join the age of social video since streaming sucks up too much costly data and is sluggish on slow connections. But Facebook wants to…
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Facebook’s OpenCellular is a new open-source wireless access platform for remote areas
Facebook is clearly very serious about its mission to connect the world and in the process, it has launched solar-powered drones that use lasers to connect to each other…
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Snapchat Memories is a searchable replacement for your camera roll
Memories fundamentally shifts Snapchat to encompass the past rather than only being about the present. Yet by allowing you to modify previously shot content and add it to…
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Five companies considered buying LinkedIn
A new SEC filing posted Friday gives more clarity about what led up to Microsoft acquiring LinkedIn for over $26 billion. And they prove that Microsoft wasn’t the…
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Facebook simplifies confusing chatbots with buttons, not text commands
“What do I type?” is the big question making chatbots hard to use. So today Facebook Messenger is giving chatbot developers new “Quick Reply” buttons and persistent menu…
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Facebook throws out the news Paper
Facebook Paper could have given publishers the reach they lost yesterday in the News Feed, but no one wanted the standalone news reading app. Facebook has pulled the…
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Google Maps gets multi-stop directions and vacation memories on mobile
Google is bringing long awaited multi-stop directions to mobile with its new summer update. Travelers can now hit as many tourist traps as they want on their cross country…
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Facebook puts friends above publishers in “News Feed Values” and ranking change
Those core values are that friends and family come first, that the feed should inform and entertain, that Facebook is a platform for all ideas, that authentic communication…
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Twitch makes cheering exchange rate clear: one penny per bit for streamers
Twitch announced Monday that users would soon be able to “cheer” their favorite streamers — in the form of expendable emoji purchasable with real-world money. Details were rather…
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