Social Media
New Social Cross-Posting Abilities
Openvibe, the cross-posting app that unites various social networks in one feed, has announced support for Threads, Meta’s decentralised Twitter alternative, allowing users to post and interact seamlessly across multiple platforms, including Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr, all from a single app. What is Openvibe? Openvibe is an app based in Prague, Czech Republic, launched in…
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TikTok Launches Handy Holiday and Shop Guides TikTok has released a new guide to holiday marketing, aimed at the European market. The 18-page guide is packed with tips, insights, and data points to help shape your strategy for the season. You can access the pdf guide here. Additionally, TikTok has launched a Shop Guide for…
Read MorePollinger’s Productivity : July 2024
By Jonathan Pollinger : Social Media Trainer WhatsApp Taking on Zoom? As well as the Zoom-like features you can now add your email address to WhatsApp, making it possible to login from any device whether it is internet connected or not. As well as the Zoom-like features, you can now add your email address to…
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By Jonathan Pollinger – Social Media Trainer Meta Ad-Revenue Continues To Rise Meta announced its quarterly results this morning and increased its ad-revenue, once again. Businesses across the globe spent a staggering $38 billion over the past quarter on ads, up from $31 billion in the previous quarter. Mark Zuckerberg said, “We had a strong…
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By Jonathan Pollinger – Social Media Trainer Add Custom Thumbnails To Your TikToks TikTok has introduced the ability to add custom thumbnails to videos. This feature allows users to upload their own custom images as thumbnails. Thumbnails can be created outside the app using design tools like Canva. By selecting a thumbnail that effectively represents…
Read MoreWhatsApp Voice Transcriptions
It’s been reported that WhatsApp may soon be introducing voice-note transcriptions, which should save time, make it easier for users in noisy environments, and improve the efficiency of communications. Voice Notes WhatsApp’s’ Voice notes (introduced in 2013) is a feature whereby users can record audio messages within the chat interface. Users simply press and hold…
Read MoreTikTok Termination?
A recent US congressional vote means that TikTok and its parent company’s alleged ties with the Chinese Communist Party must be severed within six months or the popular TikTok app must be sold, thereby banning it in the US. The Vote The unanimous Energy and Commerce Committee vote (50-0) in favour of forcing TikTok’s…
Read MoreMusk Launches Preview of Grok AI Chatbot
Elon Musk’s ‘xAI’ company has launched the preview of ‘Grok’, a new and rebellious AI chatbot that’s modelled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Grok Grok is Musk’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. Musk was a co-founder ChatGPT’s OpenAI before stepping down from its board in 2018, and his new xAI company…
Read More€345m Children’s Data Privacy Fine For TikTok
Video-focused social media platform TikTok has been fined €345m by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) over the privacy of child users. The Processing of Personal Data The fine, as well as a reprimand (and an order requiring them to bring its data processing into compliance within three months) were issued in relation to how the…
Read MoreTik Top Tops News Source For Young Adults
With the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2023 showing TikTok now being the source of news for 20 per cent of 18–24-year-olds at the expense of news websites and apps, we look at where most people now get their news from and the reasons why. The Report The Reuters Institute report is based on the…
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