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2022-05-05 20:19:02 Instagram is testing a TikTok-like full-screen feed

A new Instagram test would make the app look even more like TikTok. According to TechCrunch, Instagram is experimenting with full-screen vertical home feeds. Upon opening the Instagram app, users immediately see vertical content meant to “bring video more front and center.”

An image shared by Instagram shows a home feed taken up by a full-screen post with comments, captions, likes, and other features placed on top of the post instead of below. Though the Stories bar isn’t present at the top of the screen in the image, Seine Kim, a Meta spokesperson, says that view shows the home feed once users start scrolling.

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2022-05-04 11:37:02 Elon Musk plans to appoint a new Twitter CEO to succeed Parag Agrawal

Elon Musk has lined up a new chief executive officer for Twitter, a week after making a $44 billion bid to buy the social media giant, news agencies citing unnamed sources reported.On numerous occasions, Musk has expressed his dissatisfaction with Twitter's management, including in a securities filing on April 14th.

Agrawal, who was designated Twitter's CEO in November, is anticipated to continue in his position until the firm is sold. Other top executives may be laid off after the acquisition is completed, according to rumours.On the other hand, Agrawal looks optimistic about his prospects in the organisation. On April 28, in response to a Twitter user's question about whether Agrawal had been dismissed, the CEO replied, "nope! We're still here."

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2022-05-03 15:39:02 Russia’s trolling on Ukraine gets ‘incredible traction’ on TikTok

Russia’s online trolling operation is becoming increasingly decentralised and is gaining “incredible traction” on TikTok with misinformation aimed at sowing doubt over events in Ukraine, a US social media researcher has warned.

Darren Linvill, professor at Clemson University, South Carolina, who has been studying the Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency (IRA) troll farm operation since 2017, said it was succeeding in creating more authentic-seeming posts.On Sunday, the UK government claimed it has identified a former factory in St Petersburg as a new base for trolling operations where “cyber soldiers are ruthlessly targeting politicians.

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2022-05-02 19:17:21 55,225 ETH was burned during the mint of Otherside lands

The price of gas reached 14,000 gwei (against the norm last month at 50-60 gwei). A lot of people burned thousands of dollars in air, but never minted the earth. But the developers promised to compensate the ether for an unsuccessful transaction.

Lands were sold at 305 APE (~ $6500). The floor is currently 7.7 ETH (~ $21,600).

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2022-05-02 15:41:02 Experts predict tough times for Twitter under Musk

Billionaire Elon Musk may well be on his way to finalise Twitter acquisition but industry experts are sceptical about future of the social media giant under the mercurial entrepreneur. So far Musk has not elaborated detailed plans about the platform. He also has not shared is vision fully other than saying that he is a free speech absolutist.

Musk has also voiced his enthusiasm for dialing back content moderation to a legal minimum and making money from subscriptions"Other than advocating free speech, Musk hasn't articulated a vision of what the platform can be," Creative Strategies analyst Carolina Milanesi told AFP."He hasn't said if Twitter has an age issue, a geographic skew, who is the biggest competitor -- what else he is thinking."

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2022-05-01 16:29:02 Twitter employees grill CEO Parag Agrawal over fears of post-Musk exodus

Twitter’s chief executive, Parag Agrawal, sought to quell employee anger on Friday during a company-wide meeting where employees demanded answers to how managers planned to handle an anticipated mass exodus prompted by Elon Musk.

The meeting comes after Musk, the Tesla chief executive who sealed a $44bn deal to buy the social media company, repeatedly criticized Twitter’s content moderation practices and a top executive responsible for setting speech and safety policies.At the internal town hall meeting, executives said the company would monitor staff attrition daily, but it was too soon to tell how the buyout deal with Musk would affect staff retention.

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2022-04-30 16:18:02 TikTok was the top app by worldwide downloads in Q1 2022

TikTok is one of the world’s fastest-growing social media platforms. Sensor Tower recently released its “Q1 2022: Store Intelligence Data Digest” report in which TikTok was the top app by worldwide downloads in Q1 2022. The app surpassed 3.5 billion all-time downloads in the first quarter of 2021.

Since the start of 2022, TikTok has been downloaded more than 175 million times. TikTok has surpassed 10 million downloads for the past nine quarters now, while YouTube has surpassed the same threshold for eight consecutive quarters. No app has had more downloads than TikTok since the beginning of 2018 when WhatsApp had 250 million worldwide downloads, per the report.

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2022-04-29 15:31:02 WhatsApp new update set to bring in time-saving Instagram feature

As spotted by WeBetaInfo, the US messaging platform is now confirmed that Quick Reactions is now under development and will roll out in a future new update. This will allow users to swiftly send an emoji when viewing a message on WhatsApp instead of having to send a full message to reply. It has proven popular across many social media platforms for its time-saving use.

It's expected that eight new emojis will be available to use as reactions, including: Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes, Face with Tears of Joy, Face with Open Mouth, Crying Face, Folded Hands, Clapping Hands, Party Popper, and Hundred Points.Note: WhatsApp and Instagram are both owned by Meta (Facebook). The name was introduced in October 2021 to group all of the company's apps and tech under one roof.

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2022-04-28 13:14:02 Instagram Reels Working on Template Feature Similar to TikTok

Instagram Reels Template Feature: The TikTok-like feature has been rolled out for certain beta testers.Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app currently owned by Meta, is trying out a new feature that will bring templates for Reels.

The brand new feature will allow creators to make reels in the preset format as other videos. It is to be noted that the "Templates" tool feature is being rolled out only for a few beta testers for now. It is later expected to be rolled out for other Instagram creators as well.It is believed that the brand new Templates feature on Instagram will be similar to the Templates feature in the TikTok app.It will allow Instagram users to plug their own photos or videos in a preset format.

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2022-04-27 21:12:46 Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion

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