By now, you’ve probably heard about Elon Musk’s grand plan to turn X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, into an “everything app.” One of the major pillars of Musk’s reimagining of X includes a payment platform much like PayPal or Venmo. New documents obtained by Bloomberg shed new light, not only into…
Meta has finally launched the Threads API to developers, meaning third party businesses will be able to build their own integrations into the app. Announced Tuesday morning in a blog post by Threads director of engineering Jesse Chen, the API (Application Programming Interface) will allow external devs to build their own apps to publish custom…
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced Monday that he believes social media platforms should come with a warning label, in an effort to help protect young people from related mental health risks. “A surgeon general’s warning label, which requires congressional action, would regularly remind parents and adolescents that social media has not been proved…
Between misinformation, comparison, and general fatigue, navigating social media apps in 2024 can be pretty rough. It’s a consensus we all seem to agree on, despite the amount of time we spend scrolling. If you ask developers, the answer to this troubling phenomenon is more social media apps. Each year, dozens of new social media…
According to a new investigative report by Reuters, the Pentagon ran a year-long vaccine disinformation campaign using social media bots — all part of an anti-China political play built on problematic COVID-19 disinformation. One part of a larger, locally-targeted anti-vax campaign around the world, the propaganda efforts sought to discredit the validity of China’s Sinovac…
On May 9, Tiffany Champion, a 28-year-old digital strategist and student astrologer in Brooklyn, and her husband, Harry Champion, a 28-year-old product manager, celebrated their five-year anniversary at home marathoning their favorite film series. They also exchanged five gifts, to signify five years together — an effort that would have made for perfect couples’ content.…
If you use Instagram Notes, there are some new additions coming your way. The social media platform has announced several features rolling out globally for Notes today, including “prompts”, where users can ask followers questions that can be responded to, and “likes”, which allows followers to react to friends’ notes. SEE ALSO: TikTok’s answer to…
One of the oldest, still-running online platforms is finally closing its doors after 27 years. ICQ, a once-popular instant messaging service, announced on Friday via its website that it would be shutting down next month. “ICQ will stop working from June 26,” reads a message on ICQ.com. “You can chat with friends in VK Messenger,…
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is preparing for yet another change under its owner Elon Musk that seemingly no user has asked for. According to X’s Director of Engineering Haofei Wang, Musk’s social media platform is preparing to remove public “likes” from users’ profile page. This means that X users will no longer…
If you’re going to take your kid to a party based on a movie or TV show, please make sure it’s an official event. Remember that viral Willy Wonka experience that looked like a scene cut from Breaking Bad? Well, now there has been a very similar incident for the beloved children’s show Bluey. The…