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Elon Musk Shares Vision For “Twitter 2.0”
Twitter CEO Elon Musk reveals six ways he plans to turn Twitter into an “everything app,” including longform tweets, encrypted DMs, user-to-user payments, and more.
Twitter Rolls Out 3 New Ways To Advertise
Twitter is launching three new advertising options designed to get people to visit and take action on businesses’ websites.
Elon Musk Hires Prolific Hacker George Hotz To Fix Twitter Search
Twitter CEO Elon Musk sets his sights on improving the website’s search functionality, enlisting the help of prolific hacker and long-time critic George Hotz.
YouTube Brings Photo Editing & Quizzes To Community Posts
YouTube is giving creators new tools to work with when publishing community posts, with the addition of photo editing features and interactive quizzes.
TikTok’s New Tool Gives Businesses Helpful Audience Insights
A new business tool from TikTok uncovers audience insights that can assist with planning paid and organic content strategies.
Users Lose Confidence That Twitter Will Survive
Millions of tweets signal perception that Twitter is ending soon as mass resignations inspire users to lose confidence that it will stay online
Evidence of New Twitter Features Leaked By Security Researcher
Security researcher leaks evidence of new Twitter features under development, including end-to-end DM encryption and an anti-cyberstalking measure
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: A Timeline Of Events
A continuously updated timeline of Elon Musk becoming the owner and CEO of Twitter, and the events that occur under his leadership.
Meta Launches Campaign To Support Small Business Shopping
Meta is kicking off a campaign to encourage users to support small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) during the holiday shopping season.
Twitter Fires Senior Engineers for Opinions Shared in Private Slack Channel
Senior engineers with over ten years experience fired from Twitter for privately sharing their opinions. Elon Musk mock-apologizes for firing “these geniuses”
YouTube Testing In-App Shopping In Shorts
YouTube is adding new shopping features to its short-form video platform that will now allow users to make purchases as they scroll through their feed.
TikTok Offers New Resources & Ad Credits For Small Businesses
TikTok is launching several initiatives to support small businesses, including tips from successful creators and $100 in ad credits.
Experts Predict Twitter Outage & Advise Downloading Your Data
Multiple experts warn of a possible Twitter outage and encourage users to download their data now while they still can
LinkedIn + GitHub Launch 40+ Free Courses
LinkedIn is teaming up with GitHub to launch over 40 software development courses through LinkedIn Learning, all of which are free until March 2023.
Twitter Fires 80% of Contractor Employees With No Formal Notice
Elon Musk fires nearly all Twitter contract employees, with one fired working parent tweeting how the timing couldn’t be worse
Meta Announces Instagram Explore Home Ads Placement Via Marketing API
Meta announced a new way to place ads by using the ‘Instagram Explore home’ ads placement option through the Instagram Marketing API
Senior Twitter Execs Resign – Bankruptcy Reportedly Isn’t Out Of The Question
Musk reportedly says bankruptcy not out of the question as senior execs core to Twitter’s functioning resign
Most Of You Aren’t Leaving Twitter, Poll Results Show
As SEOs and marketers discuss leaving Twitter for other platforms, we asked what your plans are. You told us you’re not leaving.
Instagram Lets Users Schedule Posts & Reels In The App
Instagram users with professional accounts can now schedule posts and reels up to 75 days in advance directly from the mobile app.
YouTube Shorts Now Available On TV
YouTube Shorts are now available in a television-optimized format for connected TVs.
YouTube Updates: More Search Insights, New Channel Page Layout
YouTube rolled out several updates this week, including the expansion of search insights to more languages and a new layout for channel pages.
Substack Sets Its Sights On Twitter With New Chat Feature
Substack has launched a discussion feature that will allow authors to communicate with their audiences directly via mobile app.
Instagram Launches New Ways For Creators To Earn Revenue
Meta is rolling out new ways for creators to earn revenue directly from their Instagram audience.
TikTok Should Be Banned, Says US FCC Commissioner
TikTok could be facing a ban in the United States after a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) raised concerns over national security.
Facebook Expands Professional Profiles To All Users
Facebook’s professional profile mode is now available to users worldwide, giving everyone an opportunity to showcase their skills and abilities in new ways.
Instagram Fixes Bug Causing Service Outages
Instagram fixed a bug causing a service outage that impacted users to varying degrees, as people reported disabled accounts and repeated app crashes.
Elon Musk Finally Owns Twitter – Fires CEO & CFO
Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter and promises to make the platform a place for all sides to come together in a “healthy manner”
Meta’s Metaverse Division Loses $3.7 Billion In Q3
Meta’s Reality Labs division, overseeing augmented and virtual reality operations, lost $3.7 billion in Q3. Here are all the details from the latest earnings report.
Twitter’s Most Active Users Have Reportedly Stopped Tweeting
Twitter’s heavy tweeters aren’t as active as they used to be, and people who use the site regularly have different interests than in years past.
Twitter Expands Campaign Planner To 15 More Countries
Twitter is expanding its Campaign Planner forecasting tool for advertisers to 15 additional countries and adding support for the video views objective.