| 1 hour ago Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg outlined several steps Facebook is taking to support the Black community and diversity, financial and otherwise. Sandberg said in a Newsroom post that Facebook will invest $100 million: $75 million in cash grants and ad credits to support Black-owned businesses and nonprofits serving the Black community, and ..
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| 3 hours ago Facebook Gaming unveiled two new updates that will help video content creators monetize their content on the social network. First, Level Up creators who have reached at least 250 “returning weekly viewers” will now be able to access Fan Subscriptions, a feature that allows fans to pledge a monthly donation to ..
| 4 hours ago Nonprofit Women in Immersive Technologies Europe said Tuesday that Facebook became its first strategic partner, and the social network will help support its work to push diversity matters and spotlight female talent working in the virtual reality and augmented reality sectors in Europe. Financial support from Facebook will help WiiT Europe ..
| 36 mins ago The 2020 edition of LGBTQ Pride Month comes without many of its typical large parades and festivals due to Covid-19, but Pinterest is not lacking for related activity on its platform. Pinterest said in a blog post that it compared searches from April 20 through May 17 with the exact same time ..
| 58 mins ago Pinterest teamed up with market research company Numerator to analyze the surge in online grocery shopping spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. Although grocery stores were classified as essential businesses and remained open, the two companies found that the number of Pinners shopping for groceries online was up 70% in March compared with ..
| 1 hour ago The first countrywide rollout of WhatsApp’s new Payments feature kicked off Monday in Brazil. People can send money securely or make purchases from local businesses without leaving their chats in the Facebook-owned messaging application. A special six-digit PIN or fingerprint will be required in order to prevent unauthorized transactions. Payments are enabled ..
| 2 hours ago Snapchat Monday introduced Snap Focus, a new learning portal aimed at teaching agencies and marketers how to best take advantage of the application’s suite of ad products, designs and feature sets. Snap Focus covers topics including: audience and communications planning; brand strategy; creative development; and media buying. It debuts with six ..
| 3 hours ago Did you know that Instagram Stories has a Challenge sticker that you can place on photos and videos related to social media challenges like the “Stay at Home Challenge?” When you use this sticker, you can also nominate other Instagram users that you would like to see participate in the challenge. ..
| 12 hours ago Spotify teamed up with cosmetics brand Nars and Dentsu Aegis Network agencies The Story Lab and Vizeum on a voice-activated ad campaign. The test is a response to the changes in how people shopped for beauty products during the coronavirus pandemic, and it enables shoppers in the U.K. to get blush, lipstick or ..
| 14 hours ago YouTube created a multiyear $100 million fund to go toward amplifying and developing the voices of Black creators and artists. CEO Susan Wojcicki revealed the news in her latest update on YouTube’s priorities for creators and users. She provided an example of the type of content the new fund is aimed at ..
