LinkedIn experiments with short TikTok-like video feed in mobile app
LinkedIn is testing a feed of short videos in its mobile app, Microsoft's business social media platform confirms to TechCrunch. The new feed should give LinkedIn the same video functionality as TikTok or Instagram.
Austin Null, a media strategy specialist, discovered LinkedIn's new video functi... Read more
X increasingly attractive to business audiences, but will they return?
X competes with WordPress, adding a feature to write and share blogs on the social media platform. It is another addition to the platform that may be of interest to business users. At the same time, the question remains whether X can convince those business users to return to the social media platf... Read more
X now lets all users make audio and video calls
X now offers audio and video calling functionality to all users. Previously, this was only available to Premium subscribers. With this, the social media platform aims to compete with apps like WhatsApp or Apple's FaceTime.
The audio and video message features were limited to only X Premium users... Read more
Threads, Meta’s competitor to X, now also available in Europe
Meta Platforms has also made its social media platform Threads available in Europe since Thursday. Whether the platform will become an X-killer in this region, remains to be seen.
Threads was previously launched by Meta in the U.S. as a potential competitor to Elon Musk's X and founded by Meta t... Read more
EU wants patronizing rules against endless scrolling on smartphones
The EU will create a set of rules that will ensure we all spend less time on apps and social media. Since it's hard to prohibit using cell phones for more than 60 minutes a day, the design of these digital products will have to change. The rules come across as disparaging, but does the EU have soli... Read more
Meta to bring ailing Threads to Europe in December
Meta plans to launch Threads in Europe in December. The service, mostly seen as the alternative to X (formerly Twitter), could use a new boost.
In the middle of this year, Threads launched as Meta's intended competitor to X, which has had a tumultuous existence since its acquisition by Elon Musk... Read more
X adds two paid subscriptions: those who pay are seen
The social media platform X adds subscriptions of three and sixteen euros per month. Those who pay the most get not only an ad-free platform but also more attention from other X users.
Premium+ is the most extensive subscription with a price tag of sixteen euros per month. This buys you a blue ... Read more
X attracts ten times more daily active users than rival Threads
The social media site Threads can only draw interest from a small group of users on a daily basis. The number of accounts used daily has already dropped by 80 percent. Moreover, the platform retains far fewer users than its biggest rival, X. The figures apply to Android users.
A month after the... Read more
X lets ‘conservative’ advertisers pay more to stay away from spam
X allows advertisers to have more say in an ad's position. The more advertisers pay, the more neutral the surrounding content.
In a new pricing plan, advertisers from X, the former Twitter, can choose from three pricing tiers. Companies that want to see their advertising around safe content can ... Read more
Zuckerberg expects billion users for Threads, but how many are active?
Threads experienced meteoric growth just after the launch of the platform. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta of which Threads is part, assures investors that there will eventually be at least 1 billion users. Although the question is what that guarantee is worth, now that it appears that currently only ... Read more