Hey, remember all that talk about TikTok getting banned in the US? Yeah, not so much. In the latest blow to the White House’s efforts to ban the Chinese-owned app, a group of TikTok stars has won an injunction against the Trump administration’s Executive Order, which could have still seen the app banned in the…
After months of testing, and after launching dark mode options on every other one of its apps, Facebook has today confirmed that it’s now launching a full public test of dark mode within its main mobile app. The launch video even features reverse engineering expert and app industry superstar Jane Manchun Wong, who has long been…
After announcing its coming ‘Local Lenses’ at its Partner Summit back in June, Snapchat’s first activation of this type is now live, with Carnaby Street in London the site of Snap’s new ‘City Painter’ collaborative AR project. As you can see in the video, Local Lenses essentially enable users to interact with an AR overlay…
Last September, YouTube announced that it was changing its processes on how creators can apply for a Verification badge, and what the requirements would be moving forward. This week, YouTube has provided an update on this process, including a full overview of how you can go about getting a verification badge for your channel. First off,…
Snapchat has published some new insights into how students feel about education, in light of COVID-19, and the impact that the pandemic has had on the school year. And while it’s impossible to estimate the full ramifications of the lockdowns and associated changes, the data does shine a light on some relevant trends relating to education and…
It certainly seems like a week of re-consideration at Facebook. Following yesterday’s announcement of a ban on Holocaust denial content, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg had infamously said he would allow back in 2018, on the grounds of free speech, today, Facebook has announced a new policy which will prohibit ads that discourage people from getting vaccines. As explained by Facebook: “We already…
With the pandemic forcing more and more of us to work from home, video meeting platform Zoom has come into its own in 2020, going from a niche, enterprise platform to a commonly used verb for connecting digitally. The app surged from 10 million daily active users in December 2019 to 200 million in March, and…
Interest in virtual reality has been rising during the COVID-19 lockdowns, with people seeking alternative sources of entertainment. Catering to this, Facebook announced last month that it would be launching a new Oculus VR headset soon – and today, it’s been released, with the Oculus Quest 2 now available in stores and via oculus.com. The Chemical Brothers’ ‘Galvanize’…
I want to start this post by noting that we do not endorse this activity, and we take no responsibility for people flooding Twitter with ridiculously long tweet threads which would have been better left as blog posts. That said, WordPress has this week added new functionality that will enable users to re-publish entire WordPress blog posts…
Given the simmering tensions within US politics and the ongoing accusations around perceived media bias, it seemed inevitable that there was going to be a significant conflict, of some kind, during the Presidential Election campaign. This week, the New York Post published two articles that detailed accusations against Presidential candidate Joe Biden in regards to international…