Meta is making some updates to its Creator Bonus program, as it works to refine its incentives for rising creative talent. Continue reading
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Instagram Adds New In-Stream Safety Alerts to Help Improve Awareness of Scams
Instagram’s adding some new measures to better protect users from suspicious activity, including new warnings when potentially scammy profiles request to connect, and new alerts if you get tagged or mentioned by an account that you don’t follow in the app. Continue...
Facebook Plans to Shut Down its News Tab in the U.S. and Australia
Meta is trying to distance itself from news media-related regulations and payment complexities as it is planning to remove the news tab on Facebook in the U.S. and Australia. The company said today that it will sunset the product in April 2024. Continue reading
X Expands Audio and Video Calls To Nonpaying Users
Elon Musk and his team believe that facilitating audio and video calls in X is a really big deal. Continue reading
LinkedIn Adds More AI-Powered Options to Its Recruiter Platform
LinkedIn has unveiled some new AI-powered elements for its Recruiter HR platform, including conversational prompts to help build recruiting projects, improved recruitment process tracking, and AI recommendations for titles and skills in job ads. Continue reading
Threads Adds a Bookmarking Feature for Saving Favorite Posts
Threads, the Twitter-like app from Instagram, is shaping up to look more like its competitor X with the recent launches of trending topics. Continue reading
TikTok Launches its ‘Add to Music App’ Feature Available in over 160 Countries
TikTok announced that it is launching its “Add to Music app” feature, which lets users add a song playing on a clip to services like Apple Music and Spotify, in 163 new countries. Continue reading
Instagram Launches its Marketplace to Connect Brands and Creators in 8 New Countries
Instagram said today that it is expanding its marketplace tool to connect brands with creators for paid partnerships or ads in eight new countries. The new markets that will get access to this marketplace include Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom,...
YouTube Rolls Out New Channel Pages for Creators on its TV App
YouTube is changing the design for creators’ channels on the big screen, the company announced today. The changes include more accessible action buttons, like “Subscribe,” a more modern design and other tweaks that were first introduced for artists’ pages last fall....
YouTube Now Lets You Integrate Music Videos into Your Shorts
YouTube is introducing the ability for users to incorporate or “remix” a music video in their short-form videos, called Shorts, as the company continues to challenge TikTok. Continue reading
People Also Viewed is being replaced
From 29 February LinkedIn will replace the People Also Viewed feature with Other Similar Profiles. People Also Viewed is a feature on LinkedIn that helps members build their networks. It was designed to help find relevant members you may consider connecting with. ...
Meta’s Rolling Out a New ‘Meta Verified’ Comment Filtering Option on Facebook and Instagram
After experimenting with it over the past few months, Meta’s now rolling out its new Meta Verified comment filter on Instagram, providing another way to prioritize engagement from celebrities and people who’ve paid for verification in the app. Continue reading