| 18 hours ago Twitter began adding labels and warning messages Monday to tweets containing disputed or misleading information related to the coronavirus pandemic. The social network said Monday’s move marked the next step, following its update in March requiring the removal of tweets that increase the chance of someone contracting or transmitting the virus, including: denial ..
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| 14 hours ago Department store chain Kohl’s teamed up with Snapchat on an augmented reality virtual closet earlier this spring, enabling Snapchatters to browse clothes from home via the messaging application. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the inventory in that virtual closet pivoted to athleisure items for the many people working from home. Snapchat’s AR Portal ..
| 15 hours ago “Born in Quarantine,” the latest spot from Facebook, debuted on Facebook’s platform channels Friday, just in time for Mother’s Day, and it will be extended to off-Facebook digital platforms and television Wednesday, May 13. Facebook said nearly 500,000 babies have been born during quarantine in the U.S., and the spot is aimed ..
| 18 hours ago ESPN has a question for the sports community during this prolonged absence from, well, sports: “If you could talk to sports, what would you say?” The network debuted its dedicated #DearSports site, encouraging fans via a tweet to share their sports stories. And its first #DearSports spot debuted during SportsCenter earlier this week. [embedded ..
| 8 hours ago Facebook continues to take steps to help local news publishers during the coronavirus pandemic, naming over 200 recipients of Covid-19 Relief Fund grants in the U.S., totaling nearly $16 million, and releasing a report by the Facebook Journalism Project and CrowdTangle on local news industry trends during the Covid-19 crisis. The grants come ..
| 13 hours ago Creators can show off their socially distanced cribs MTV/TikTok TikTok recently partnered with MTV to launch the #MyCrib challenge on the video sharing social network. As part of this challenge, TikTok users can add two different “Cribs” stickers to their videos before sharing them. Our guide will show you how to ..
| 13 hours ago Pinterest teamed up with Shopify to create an application via the Shopify platform that enables merchants to upload their catalogs to Pinterest and turn products from those catalogs into shoppable product Pins. Pinterest/Shopify The app provides merchants with easy setup and access to distribution across Pinterest, with or without ads, and ..
| 3 hours ago Users will start seeing a new layout for replies Another conversation-enhancing feature Twitter had been testing via its twttr application was released to the masses this week. Twitter users on iOS and the web will start seeing a new layout for replies to tweets, which includes lines and indentations, making it more ..
| 6 hours ago Facebook Connectivity is testing an extension of its Free Basics initiative to provide people with free internet access with its debut of stand-alone mobile web and Android application Discover in Peru. Wireless carriers Bitel, Claro, Entel and Movistar are partners in the test, and product manager Yoav Zeevi said in a blog ..
| 6 hours ago Google’s charitable arm, Google.org, said Wednesday that it is doubling up on the $50 million in grants that it earmarked for the global response to Covid-19, bringing its total contribution up to $100 million. Google.org vice president Jacquelline Fuller outlined where the funds have gone and will go in a blog ..
