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12 Aug

TikTok is finally rolling out group chats for up to 32 people

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is some direct message updates, including "highly requested" group chats. Owner ByteDance notes that group chats just yet, but those who do have access to the feature will be able to chat in groups of up to 32 people.You can start a group chat in a couple of ways. From your inbox, you can tap the Chat button at the top of the screen or a name in the messages list and then the "More options..." button. You can then choose which friends you want to include and then tap "Start group chat."The other method to start a group chat…

09 Aug

TikTok will make it easier to identify movies and TV shows that users are clipping

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One of the more annoying aspects of (and Instagram and X) culture is when a user shares a contextless but captivating clip from a movie or a TV show. Oftentimes, they won't state or upfront, prompting viewers to ask in the comments in an engagement-boosting trick. TikTok is stepping in to with a new feature called TikTok Spotlight.When the platform's tech detects an applicable clip, it will add an anchor link to a landing page with more details about the show or movie. The page will include a synopsis, cast info and official accounts, as well as other TikToks linked…

09 Aug

How a Traditional Toymaker Is Going Big on Digital Games

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Listen to Odd Lots on Apple PodcastsListen to Odd Lots on SpotifySubscribe to the newsletterHasbro has been making toys for decades, including many classic favorites like G.I. Joe and My Little Pony. But in recent years, it's also been going big on digital games. An app version of the classic board game Monopoly — called Monopoly GO! — has become one of the top mobile games of all time and grossed billions in revenue since it launched last year. Hasbro also owns Wizards of the Coast, the publisher of Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and the best-selling video game…

08 Aug

Amazon Deals Let Shoppers Buy Products on TikTok, Pinterest

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Amazon.com Inc. has inked partnerships with TikTok and Pinterest Inc. that lets users buy products from the e-commerce company without leaving the social media apps.Users can link their profiles from TikTok and Pinterest to their Amazon accounts and then buy products directly from ads. The initiative is designed to make it more convenient for customers to shop on social media, an Amazon spokesperson said Thursday in a statement. Source link lol

07 Aug

Adanis Rejig Digital Strategy as SuperApp Struggles for Traction

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Adani Group is reworking its digital strategy that includes bolstering online payment through partnerships as Gautam Adani’s conglomerate looks to make its superapp an essential part of Indians’ lives.Adani One, with a user base of 30 million as of March 31, will widen its offerings to be more than just a travel app, Jeet Adani, the younger son of the billionaire-patriarch who is overseeing the group’s digital plans, told Bloomberg Television as part of a special package, Inside Adani. The platform was rolled out in December 2022, mostly for booking flights, hotels and services at the 7 airports operated by…

07 Aug

UK Regulator Tells Online Services to ‘Act Now’ to Stop Riots

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The UK telecommunications regulator urgedBloomberg Terminal online service providers to take action to stop customers from using their platforms to incite violence, even though Ofcom’s new rules with stronger requirements to police online content aren’t yet in effect. “In a few months, new safety duties under the Online Safety Act will be in place, but you can act now – there is no need to wait to make your sites and apps safer for users,” said Gill Whitehead, Ofcom’s director for online safety, in a letter posted to the regulator’s website on Wednesday. Source link lol

31 Jul

Belgian researchers found a huge privacy hole in six dating apps

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TechCrunch reported that a group of researchers from the university KU Leuven in Belgium identified six popular dating apps that malicious users can use to pinpoint the near-exact location of other users. Dating apps including Hinge, Happn, Bumble, Grindr, Badoo and Hily all exhibited some form of “trilateration” that could expose users’ approximate locations, which prompted some of the apps to take action and tighten their security, according to the published paper.The term “trilateration” refers to a three-point measurement used in GPS to determine the relative distance to a target. The six named apps fell into one of three categories…

31 Jul

‘Date Like Goblins’ Thinks Playing Games Can Fix Dating Apps

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Meanwhile, Match Group, which owns Tinder, Hinge, and other dating apps, has seen mixed results on its apps. Together with Bumble, which offended many with a disastrous ad campaign earlier this year (the company apologized), the big apps have lost $40 billion in market value since 2021. Bumble reported 10 percent growth in revenue year over year, and also refreshed its app, while Tinder grew 1 percent in revenue and Hinge by nearly 50 percent year over year, according to Match. But if Hinge, Bumble, and Tinder are the packed, noisy singles bars of online dating, these smaller apps are…

23 Jul

TikTok Lite Leaves up to 1 Billion Users With Fewer Protections

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In May, TikTok announced that it would automatically label AI-generated content on its platform. That's not true, though, of all versions of the app. A new report from the Mozilla Foundation and AI Forensics finds that TikTok’s Lite-Save Data version, aimed at users in poorer markets, not only leaves AI-generated content unlabeled, but also lacks other, similar safeguards.“Labeling is a very important tactic that platforms use to deliver some form of trust and safety,” says Odanga Madung, a Mozilla fellow and coauthor of the report.Users of the full version of TikTok, for example, will see labels indicating that content is…

25 Jun

Microsoft Faces EU Charges Over ‘Abusive’ Bundling

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Brussels has accused Microsoft of illegally abusing its dominance in the business-software market at the expense of smaller rivals, following a complaint at the height of the pandemic by US competitor Slack.The European Commission said on Tuesday it found that Microsoft was restricting competition by selling its video-conferencing software Teams together in bundles with the company’s other popular office tools such as Office 365 and Microsoft 365 since at least 2019.“We are concerned that Microsoft may be giving its own communication product Teams an undue advantage over competitors, by tying it to its popular productivity suites for businesses,” the EU’s…