With the economic impacts of COVID-19 worsening day by day, LinkedIn has added a range of tools to assist people in finding new roles, and keeping themselves going during the pandemic. That extends to mental health and resilience resources, with the platform making a range of its LinkedIn Learning courses available for free during the crisis. And this…
Facebook has today launched the first video in a new series that will provide insights into its video products – how they were built, what they were built for, how the features work and what’s coming next. The first video in the series, hosted by Jeff Birkeland from the Facebook product team, is an interview with Jen…
How much is TikTok actually worth? Some estimates have put the app at close to $50 billion, given its meteoric growth and large user base. Official predictions suggest that Microsoft, or any other suitor, will need to pony up between $10b and $30b to purchase the short-form video app – and for comparison, Instagram is reportedly worth around $100 billion….
President Trump’s Executive Order for a review of Section 230 laws, which provide a level of legal exemption for digital platforms with respect to liability for what users post to them, has now moved to the next stage, with the FCC to decide on the fate of the proposal, and the case for any such…
After coming into the role back in May, new, US-based TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has today issued his first public statement, in which he takes an aggressive stance in facing up to the challenges posed by regulators and competitors, whom, he says, are seeking to shut the app down. TikTok is currently under investigation in the…
The CEOs of Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple all fronted the House Judiciary Committee in the US today as part of a five-hour hearing which intended to establish whether the tech giants have been operating in an anti-competitive manner. The subsequent rulings based on the hearings could, eventually, result in new regulations restricting, or even reducing, the…
While TikTok continues to argue for its survival amid various challenges related to its Chinese roots, the platform is also looking to new, innovative event options to boost awareness and usage, and further ingratiate the app with its US audience. This week, TikTok has announced an upcoming digital concert event with US rapper The Weeknd, which promises…
Even amid these varied distractions and impacts, Facebook has once again reported steady growth in its latest earnings report, with the platform now exceeding 3 billion users worldwide across its ‘family of apps’. Despite COVID-19, an advertiser boycott, and an appearance before US officials over possible antitrust violations. First off, on users – Facebook added another…
Amid the various questions around the app’s future due to how it may or may not share data with the Chinese Government, many businesses are still looking to use TikTok to connect with younger audiences, with the platform providing significant reach and exposure potential for those that are able to tap into its nuances. But…
The suggestion alone that the US could be close to putting that level of pressure on ByteDance is significant – but then, just over an hour later, Bloomberg followed up with a report that Microsoft is now considering an acquisition of TikTok’s operations in the U.S. Now, this would be something. Earlier today, Bloomberg reported that the US…