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ShareChat & Moj in multi-year music licensing deal with T-Series
The partnership allows ShareChat and Moj to access an extensive catalogue of Indian music and provide an enhanced experience to its creator communities. With this agreement, ShareChat and Moj become the first and only Indian social media and short video platform to sign a multi-year and multi-nation music licensing deal with T-Series.
Facebook developing AI, new ways to detect users under age 13
Facebook and Instagram weren't designed for people under the age of 13, so the company is now creating new ways to stop those who are underage from signing up. "We're developing AI to find and remove underaged accounts, and new solutions to verify people's ages. We're also building new experiences designed specifically for those under 13," said Pavni Diwanji, VP of Youth Products at Facebook.
Twitter Spaces update makes it easier to share, discover live audio
Now, users will be able to compose a new tweet directly from the Space, which will link to the audio chat and any accompanying hashtags, reports Engadget. While it was previously possible to compose new tweets while listening to a Space, having the composer directly in the Space will allow participants to more easily tweet about the conversation as it's happening.
Snapchat crashes for millions, company says fixed the bug
Snapchat said in a tweet that it had resolved the issue, suggesting that users should update the app from iOS store. "The issue has been resolved. If you're still having trouble, please manually update your app in the App Store," the company posted. The platform experiencing a massive issue as of Thursday evening, with more than 125,000 users reported problems on website outage tracking platform Downdetector.
Twitter reveals 6 key consumer insights in India amid pandemic
According to the 'Twitter Trends Report 2021', the six trends that dominate conversations in India are -- Wellbeing, Creator Culture, Everyday Wonder, One Planet, Tech Life and My Identity. To reach this conclusion, Twitter studied millions of Tweets from January 2020-June 2021 and compared them to Tweets from the previous 18 months to learn more about what conversations people were having on Twitter in India.
Twitter shuts US offices, tech giants in huddle after new CDC rules
The microblogging platform reopened the offices just two weeks ago on July 12. "Twitter has made the decision to close our opened offices in New York and San Francisco as well as pause future office reopenings, effective immediately," a company spokesperson told TechCrunch on Wednesday. "We're continuing to closely monitor local conditions and make necessary changes that prioritise the health and safety of our Tweeps,".
Facebook expects significant growth slowdown for rest of 2021
The social network, which reported $29.08 billion in revenue for the second quarter with daily active users (DAUs) at 1.91 billion, said that it expects slower growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2021. "We expect year-over-year total revenue growth rates to decelerate significantly on a sequential basis as we lap periods of increasingly strong growth," the company said in a statement late on Wednesday.
Twitter tests notification banner for suspended, locked accounts
The notices, announced on Tuesday, will show up as a banner at the top of your feed. These are currently in testing across a small percentage of Twitter users on iOS, Android and the web, a Twitter spokesperson was quoted as saying by The Verge. "The company is testing this feature after getting feedback from users that they realised they were suspended or locked and in read-only mode only after trying to tweet or follow new accounts," the spokesperson added.
Instagram makes accounts for users under 16 private by default
Instagram said it is rolling out these changes in the US, Australia, France, the UK and Japan to start and will look to expand to more countries soon. Starting this week, everyone who is under 16 years old (or under 18 in certain countries) will be defaulted into a private account when they join Instagram. Instagram will show users a notification highlighting the benefits of a private account.
WhatsApp to empower 100 Indian NGOs via 'Chat For Impact Bootcamp'
The virtual �Chat for Impact Bootcamp' on August 10-11, curated by WhatsApp in partnership with Praekelt.org and hosted by Turn.io, is aimed at supporting and accelerating the work NGOs are doing to provide vulnerable, disempowered and minority communities with easy and secure access to vital information and support via WhatsApp.
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