| 15 hours ago Pinterest is taking its second shot at the vaunted stories format with a new test of Story Pins with some creators in the U.S. Unlike stories on platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook, Pinterest’s Story Pins are not ephemeral. A spokesperson said, “We want good ideas to stick around. Story ..
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| 16 hours ago Twitter released details on 32,242 accounts that were deleted from its platform and added to its archive of state-linked information operations, saying those accounts were part of three distinct operations based in China, Russia and Turkey. The social network said in a blog post that all accounts and content associated with those ..
| 8 hours ago Snap Inc. revealed several details about content for its Discover platform at its virtual Snap Partner Summit Thursday. The company reached multiyear extensions of commitments with partners including Disney, ESPN, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, NBCUniversal and ViacomCBS, covering new Shows and Snap Originals, as well as returns of ..
| 12 hours ago The Facebook NPE Team is best-known for its experimental stand-alone applications—the NPE stands for New Product Experimentation—but it is also quietly running a multimillion-dollar fund to invest in startups. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the existence of the fund, saying, “Just as the NPE group experiments with products, the team is also experimenting ..
| 10 hours ago Twitter is testing a new prompt in its Android application that will appear when users retweet articles that they haven’t opened via Twitter. The social network said in a Twitter Support tweet, “Sharing an article can spark conversation, so you may want to read it before you tweet it.” The test ..
| 1 hour ago Juneteenth (June 19) is now an official company holiday in the U.S. at Twitter and Square, the two companies run by Jack Dorsey. The holiday—also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Cel-Liberation Day—marks the day in 1865 when the Emancipation Proclamation was read to enslaved African Americans in Texas, the ..
| 2 hours ago Twitter shared details on three new hires for its engineering team, as well as one employee who shifted roles. Nick Caldwell will join the company June 15 as consumer engineering lead. Caldwell had been chief product and engineering officer at Looker until its acquisition by Google last June, after which he ..
| 4 hours ago TikTok said it plans to hire 100 security, data and privacy protection experts in the U.S. by year-end. Chief information security officer Roland Cloutier said in a blog post that the company will expand its security teams in its offices in Mountain View, Calif., and Washington, D.C., adding, “We are creating a ..
| 6 hours ago LinkedIn appears to be testing a temporary status feature for its profiles. Developer and blogger Jane Manchun Wong shared a screenshot via tweet that depicts an “add status” option on her profile on the professional network, and she said the status looks to be temporary. A LinkedIn spokesperson said, “We’re always exploring ..
| 6 hours ago Facebook News, which the social network began testing in the U.S. last October as a standalone tab on its flagship mobile applications, is now available to all U.S. users as a bookmark in the apps. The social network said Facebook News will appear as a tab for people who frequently visit ..
