Social Media

TikTok, which recently hit 41 million daily active users outside of China, may soon have some real competition on its hands. YouTube is currently working on a new feature called Shorts, which aims to rival TikTok, according to The…
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Facebook-owned Instagram is also working on a feature similar to Snapchat's Stories where users can let their posts disappear in some time. First spotted by reverse engineering specialist Jane Manchun Wong, who found code in Instagram's…
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Facebook's growth may be slowing down, but WhatsApp is more dominant than ever. The messaging app now counts more than 2 billion monthly users, Facebook announced on Wednesday. WhatsApp is the second Facebook-owned service to reach the 2…
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UAE’s national airline has achieved the highest uplift in Ad Awareness in January YouGov BrandIndex data shows that Etihad Airways has achieved the greatest increase in Ad Awareness amongst brands tracked in the UAE in January 2020.…
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People are spending a lot of money in the YouTube app. The Google-owned platform has taken in more than $563 million in 2019, bringing the app's lifetime revenue to more than $1 billion, according to new analysis from app analytics firm…
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Instagram can be a weird, scary and sometimes downright invasive place. Take @thawracrushesofficial, for example. The account, translating to "Revolution Crushes," encourages people to take pictures of protesters in Lebanon, post them to…
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Social media firm TikTok has announced that it is "in the process" of removing harmful content from its app, particularly videos of a challenge that went viral among UAE youth, which requires participants to strangle themselves or their…
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The rumors surfaced a few days ago, and it turns out they were true: Google is buying Fitbit for $2.1 billion in cash. The two companies just announced the deal today. Fitbit will be folded into Google, and that means it will be making a…
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Facebook plans to launch a dedicated "news" tab that will offer its users access to news stories from hundreds of news organizations, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The move returns Facebook to the news-delivery business, putting…
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In case it wasn't clear already, Mark Zuckerberg really isn't a fan of TikTok. During a speech at Georgetown University, the Facebook CEO had some forceful criticism for rival app TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance.…
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