The Facebook NPE Team released several updates to Whale, the stand-alone meme-creation application it introduced last November. The new release of the iOS app (U.S. and Canada only) includes private meme groups, support for GIF memes and new templates for top memes. Facebook NPE Team (the NPE stands for New Product Experimentation) product lead Vasu ..
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Facebook Connect, the social network’s annual augmented reality and virtual reality conference, previously known as Oculus Connect, will be held virtually Sept. 16, with attendance open to all, free-of-charge. This marks the seventh year of the event. Facebook also revealed the new name for its AR and VR team, Facebook Reality Labs, which was previously ..
Pinterest is testing the addition of information to Product Pins, and it detailed updates to its Shopping Spotlights curated recommendations under its search tab. New “Popular” and “Best seller” labels are being tested on Product Pins so that Pinners can see which products are trending based on what other Pinners have been buying. Updated sale ..
Reddit is following up on its Up the Vote voter-registration initiative with Voting in America, a series of Ask Me Anything sessions leading up to Election Day in the U.S. Voting in America is aimed at giving Redditors access to information from experts on voting laws and voter rights, as well as clarity on the ..
Travel is starting to pick back up again, albeit slowly, and this is being reflected in search trends on Pinterest. Over 850,000 people passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints Aug. 16, nearly 10 times the numbers being seen in early April, when Covid-19-related lockdown orders began to take effect, Pinterest said in a blog post, ..
Purina is marking National Dog Day Wednesday (Aug. 26) by hosting Pup Up, a livestream on Facebook Live starring adoptable puppies from North Shore Animal League America. The livestream will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET Wednesday on the Purina Facebook page, where visitors can also chat about puppy nutrition and behavior ..
Ogilvy Chicago and the City of Chicago teamed up on a Snapchat augmented reality lens to encourage residents to wear their facemasks during the coronavirus pandemic. Snapchatters can only unlock the lens by putting on a mask, and the agency said the lens uses its Chicago Design System to enable people to choose from different ..
Online fashion retailer Asos kicked off a three-week campaign for the U.K. and U.S. on TikTok Monday. The campaign includes an #AySauce branded hashtag challenge, in-feed ads, a bespoke music track and an interactive augmented reality experience created via TikTok’s branded effects. Asos worked on the campaign with TikTok and marketing technology agency Byte, and ..
Some users began seeing notifications alerting them to the imminent demise of “classic” Facebook, and the social network said on a Help Center page, “If you’re using the new Facebook.com, you can switch back to the classic Facebook temporarily. Starting in September, everyone will have the new design.” CEO Mark Zuckerberg debuted the new look ..
TikTok U.S. head of safety Eric Han shared five ways that the video-creation platform is working to reduce the spread of hate speech. He wrote in a blog post, “As the head of safety, my team and I work to protect our users from the things that could interfere with their ability to express themselves ..
