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Meta has released digital collectibles support on Facebook with a restricted group of creators, after the launch of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) support on Instagram in May. A select set of American creators have been permitted by Meta to post-digital collectibles on Facebook in a phased rollout. The artwork will be marked as “digital collectibles,” much … Continue reading Facebook to Execute Testing The NFT Integration

Over the years, there have been little pockets of criticism about how Twitter is not doing enough to encourage in-app purchases and e-commerce on its platform. This is a result of comparisons to other big social media outlets like Facebook and Instagram. Twitter has just launched a new partnership with Shopify which allows Shopify store … Continue reading Twitter and Shopify Partner to Boost eCommerce Sales

An ever-popular app these days is TikTok, with millions of users and creators and brands all flocking to the platform to join in on the entertainment and to cash in on the perks of being able to reach people around the world. In an effort to gain more revenue as the app’s parent company falls … Continue reading TikTok Plans to Implement a New Dedicated Shop Feed

On May 28, 2022 AR evangelist Robert Scoble seem to believes that Apple will unveil a new user-centric web search engine similar to Google’s, but is waiting until January 2023 to do so. It’s not as if rumors of Apple creating a Google rival are new, but they aren’t common, either. Now Robert Scoble has … Continue reading Rumor About Apple Launching a New Web Search Engine

In addition to a set of features recently made available in the United States, Facebook parent company Meta is introducing more parental control options for Instagram and its virtual reality headset.The revisions follow a year in which the firm has been the subject of intense public scrutiny, with much of the criticism centered on child … Continue reading Instagram Implements a New Parental Control

Popular world-running social media platforms finally band together in the effort to significantly combat the spread of fake news from around the world.  In this day and age what can be submitted to social media platforms including broadcasted on live news networks is laced with overwhelming amounts of un-reliably sourced and ample amounts of misinformation … Continue reading Social Media Giants Agree to New EU Rules to Fight Disinformation

On June 15, 2022, Google announced that it will release a new live traffic widget in the “coming weeks”. This was confirmed by Google in a blog post. Google Maps is adding a new widget that shows nearby traffic when tapped. This development is coming as an improvement to the present Google maps app which … Continue reading Google Maps Now Display Live Traffic Updates

Pinterest is venturing into advertising with a new Stories-like format. The new “Idea Ads” will allow advertisers to create their advertisements within Pinterest’s Stories-like format which combines photos and videos alongside text for what they are trying to promote or offer customers. This new advertising venture by Pinterest is something that businesses should be keeping … Continue reading Pinterest Joins TikTok to Compete in the Video Advertisement Space

While the name “Facebook” to some may already be nostalgic, to others, it is still the primary way they communicate and connect with loved ones. Facebook, or as of more recent, “Meta,” has been able to withstand some turbulent storms in recent history but their battles are not over. A newer, edgier, and more appealing … Continue reading Facebook Plans to Redisign its Platform to Compete with TikTok