Social Media
Twitter Circle rolled out globally, add up to 150 people in your group
The company said that Twitter Circle allow users to build closer, deeper connections with their followers without giving up the option of talking to everyone on the Timeline. "Twitter began testing Twitter Circle in May 2022 with a limited number of people on iOS, Android, and web. Now, after a successful test run, the feature is being rolled out to everyone globally," the company said in a statement.
TikTok in-app browser on iOS may monitor your keystrokes, taps
Felix Krause, Founder of Fastlane that was acquired by Google, said that when the user opens any link on the TikTok iOS app, it's opened inside their in-app browser. "While you are interacting with the website, TikTok subscribes to all keyboard inputs (including passwords, credit card information, etc.) and every tap on the screen, like which buttons and links you click," Krause claimed in a blog post on Thursday.
Clubhouse testing new 'Houses' feature for curated interactions
Users can now sign up to create Houses, but the platform stated it will only accept new Houses gradually to gather feedback and make necessary changes to the product. "Think of Houses as private hallways just for your favorite people. You can drop in anytime, hop from room to room, catch up with friends, and meet their friends," the platform said in a blogpost.
Elon Musk says 'media is click-seeking machine'
On Twitter, Musk criticised the media, which came after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported his alleged affair with Google Co-founder Sergey Brin's wife Nicole Shanahan, which the Tesla CEO has vehemently denied. "The media is a click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine," Musk said. Recently, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO expressed his displeasure with the unwanted media attention he is getting these days.
Indian short-video apps to reach 600 million users by 2025
Indians now spend close to 156 minutes per day viewing entertainment content on their smartphones. In fact, on average, an Indian user consumes close to 38 minutes of short-form content each day. According to the report by Bengaluru-based Redseer Strategy Consultants, the next wave of internet growth is likely to come from tier 2 cities and beyond, regions which have a higher propensity to view short form videos.
Now anyone can migrate WhatsApp chats from Android to iOS, vice versa
On the micro-blogging platform, the company also shared a link that tells how to migrate WhatsApp data from Android to iPhone. "A new way to keep the chats that mean the most. Today, you will have the ability to transfer your entire chat history from Android to iOS and vice versa. Now you have the freedom to switch to and from your preferred devices," the company wrote on Twitter.
Instagram faces outage again, users complain on Twitter
Instagram once again faced an outage as several users complained on Twitter about not been able to access the Meta-owned platform. Users of the photo and video sharing app took to Twitter #instagramdown was trending on the platform. "Instagram is down again @Meta and @instagram what's this?? #instagramdown," a user wrote on Twitter.
"Instagram is not working since yesterday night and today... It is totally blank."
Soon request & get product quotes from businesses in Instagram
With this button or Stories sticker, businesses can set up custom questions to ask customers prior to starting a conversation. "By filling out this short questionnaire, people are then able to easily and quickly request a quote from a business," Meta said in a statement. Many businesses are finding Facebook and Instagram ads that open to a WhatsApp chat the best way to get discovered by new customers and have a conversation.
At 332 mn users, Snapchat growing faster than Facebook, Twitter
While Facebook (now Meta) had reported its first loss in the number of DAUs last quarter, Twitter's monetizable DAUs grew only by 2 per cent in the US and 15 per cent globally. Snap (parent company of Snapchat) grew its revenue 38 per cent year-over-year to reach $1.06 billion for the quarter that ended March 31, 2022. "Our first quarter results reflect the underlying momentum in our business through a challenging operating environment," said Evan Spiegel, CEO.
Twitter rolls back users access to chronological timeline by default
Twitter recently made an unnecessary change that made it difficult to see chronological feed by default, leaving millions of users frustrated, but now the firm has announced that it would be reverting things to the way they used to be.
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