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Pinterest Expands Inclusion Fund with Shopify Partnership
Pinterest has announced a new expansion of its “Pinterest Inclusion Fund”, which provides support for creators from underrepresented communities in order to help them grow and cultivate their business potential in the app. And now, Pinterest will be able to provide even more support on this front, with Shopify coming on board as a partner for the initiative. As per…
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Hollywood Gossip Up, Referral Traffic Down as Per Facebook’s Trend Content Report
Meta has published its latest “Widely Viewed Content Report” for Facebook, which shows what Facebook users were engaging with in Q4 2023. The report, which Meta first published in August 2021, is designed to dispel the notion that Facebook’s algorithms favor divisive, argumentative, political content, by providing more context around what Facebook users actually see in the app. Which kind…
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YouTube Rolls Out In-App Games to More Users
After testing it out with selected users over the past eight months, YouTube has now launched its new “Playables” in-app games offering to more users in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, with over 75 basic mobile games now available in the app. Yes, you can now play games in the YouTube app, which YouTube’s hoping will be another way…
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Snapchat Shares Data on Ad Campaign Performance
Snapchat has published a new study into the variance in impact of branding and direct response campaigns, and which actually drives more direct sales activity in the app. The study, based on insights from TransUnion and Dentsu, examines how the varying focus of campaigns changes their eventual results, based on over three years of data from 36 advertisers across different…
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US Appeals Court Fast-Tracks Hearing Over TikTok Sell-Off
Another element of TikTok’s pushback against the U.S. sell off push is set to be fast-tracked by the Court of Appeals, with a suit initiated by a group of TikTok creators against the bill to be heard in September, a month ahead of time. That could help TikTok win a critical legal case against what it sees as an effective…
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Meta Verified Users Can Restrict DM Requests To Other Paying Users Only
After testing it out over the last year, Instagram will now enable all Meta Verified subscribers to restrict their DM requests to other verified users only, adding another perk for paying users. As you can see in this screenshot, shared by app researcher Radu Oncescu, verified IG profiles now have the option to restrict their message requests to verified users…
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X Tests Communities Quick Link in Bottom Nav Bar
I remember when Twitter was extremely hesitant to add too many options to the bottom bar in the app, and even flip-flopped on whether to give “Moments” its own quick link because it was potentially too cluttered. Evidently, X is not of the same mind, because it’s now experimenting with another bottom bar shortcut, this time for Communities. As you…
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AI Providers Cutting Deals With Publishers Could Lead to More Accuracy in LLMs
While many have proclaimed the arrival of advanced generative AI as the death of publishing as we know it, over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a new shift which could actually drive significant benefit for publishers as a result of the AI shift. Because while AI tools, and the large language models (LLMs) that power them, can produce astonishingly…
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US Apeals Court Fast-Tracks Hearing Over TikTok Sell Off
Another element of TikTok’s pushback against the U.S. sell off push is set to be fast-tracked by the Court of Appeals, with a suit initiated by a group of TikTok creators against the bill to be heard in September, a month ahead of time. That could help TikTok win a critical legal case against what it sees as an effective…
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AI Providers Cutting Deals with Publishers Could Lead to More Accuracy in LLMs
While many have proclaimed the arrival of advanced generative AI as the death of publishing as we know it, over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a new shift which could actually drive significant benefit for publishers as a result of the AI shift. Because while AI tools, and the large language models (LLMs) that power them, can produce astonishingly…
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