Facebook has provided an overview of its latest improvements in accessibility features, which it was able to add to the most recent refresh of its desktop platform due to a change in the back-end structure of the site. As per Facebook: “By taking advantage of the latest advancements in React, we have been able to introduce new…
After announcing its new program for hosting exclusive music video clips earlier this month, Facebook has today unveiled its new ‘Music Video Playlists‘ within Facebook Watch, which will increase the focus on Facebook-exclusive releases, coordinated in partnership with music labels. As explained by Facebook: “Today, we’re adding a new way for people to come together around…
Earlier this month, Twitter posted a job listing for a new position working on a project called ‘Gryphon’ which, the ad explained, would be focused on “building a subscription platform, one that can be reused by other teams in the future.” Subscriptions for tweets? How would that work? Twitter has since confirmed that it is indeed working on…
That’s pretty much what Facebook has created – in order to more accurately test for security vulnerabilities and potentially harmful actions, Facebook has developed a new system called WES (Web-Enabled Simulation) which uses bots modeled on human behavior to replicate usage patterns. This feels… concerning. Robots have their own social network now? As per Facebook: “Bots are trained…
Twitter has released its latest performance update, showing a significant increase in users in Q2, along with a largely anticipated reduction in ad spend. Twitter’s lower revenue results, given the pandemic, are largely in line with expectation, but the growth in users should better place the company moving forward. Here are the key highlights. First off,…
As reports suggest, this year, people are spending more time than ever using their mobile devices, using various popular apps. But how much time, exactly, are people spending on their phones and which apps are seeing the most attention? That’s where the latest report from app analytics firm App Annie comes in. App Annie has this week…
While the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, and it may feel like the end is constantly over the horizon, and beyond our line of sight, at some stage, it will end. Vaccines and treatments will be developed and implemented; cities and sporting venues will re-open. It may take longer than anyone would have hoped, but things…
After rolling out a new way to display a full listing of both ‘Retweets’ and ‘Retweets with Comments’ back in May, Twitter now looks to be testing another new variation, which would list ‘Retweets’ and ‘Quotes’ – or ‘Retweets with Comment’ – in their own separate sections. As you can see in this example, posted by reverse engineering…
Facebook’s experimental NPE team has released its tenth new app, this time with an early-internet inspired collage board tool called E.gg. As you can see here, E.gg enables users to create what it calls ‘canvases’: “Free-form mixed media collages/pages that let you express anything from your favorite films/albums/novels to a collage of succulent pics to, say, an about page for an…
Twitter has updated its policies to now include links to hateful content within its parameters to unacceptable activity. As outlined by Twitter: “At times, Twitter will take action to limit or prevent the spread of URL links to content outside Twitter. This is done by displaying a warning notice when the link is clicked, or by blocking the…