Google

Google has Outlined Coming eCommerce Advances, Including Improved AR Product Displays

Google has outlined a range of coming eCommerce tools, as it looks to help facilitate expanded user interest in online shopping, and changing search behaviors around product listings within its products. And these additions could have a big impact. According to Google, over a billion shopping sessions are now conducted across its apps every single day. The…

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Facebook added a New Checkbox: You Can Embed Facebook Videos at a Chosen Time in the Playback

Here’s a small, but helpful update. This week, Facebook has added a new checkbox into its video embed process which enables you to choose a specific time within the video playback at which you want your embed to play from. As you can see here, there’s now a new checkbox option in the embed process which enables…

Clubhouse

Clubhouse Announces New Hires, Creator First Funding Recipients, as it Refines its Focus on Content

With alternative audio social tools rising fast, Clubhouse has found itself in an increasingly uphill battle to maintain audience attention, pitted against far better-resourced opponents who are looking to tap into the trend that it originated, and essentially stunt the app’s growth in order to keep their own users from drifting. Which, of course, makes…

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Twitter Puts Public Requests for Profile Twitter Verification on Hold, Just a Week After Re-Launch

Last week, Twitter announced that it was re-opening public requests for profile Twitter verification, which have been on pause since 2017 due to confusion around the process, and what, exactly, its coveted blue checkmark on profiles represents. I mean, what did they think was going to happen? But now, due to a massive influx of…

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Instagram Shares New Engagement Insights for Reels and Instagram Live Broadcasts

Instagram is looking to help more creators make the most of their opportunities by providing new insights data for both Reels and Instagram Live broadcasts within the app. As explained by Instagram: “Based on feedback from creators and businesses, today we’re launching insights for Reels and Live. We have been inspired by the ways our community has…