Facebook Live Shopping is coming to an end in favor of Reels Meta is asking merchants to tout their products on Reels. A. Khalid @askhalid SOPA Images via Getty Images Facebook Live Shopping events appear to be another casualty of Meta’s shift to short-form video. According to an announcement on the company’s website, live … Continue reading TikTok will reportedly bring live shopping to the US this holiday season
By Kaitlyn McInnis September 25, 2022 Looking to enhance your social media presence and grow your following quickly and efficiently? Going live on TikTok–like most social media platforms–is one of the best ways to engage with your followers in real-time while ensuring your face or brand circulates on the platform. When … Continue reading How to go live on TikTok: Everything you need to know to get started
Google Focuses On Making Search More Visual For The TikTok Era by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, September 28, 2022 Google will change the traditional search experience, allowing users to more naturally explore information. The company on Wednesday, at its Search On event, showed how advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) enable its developers to transform its products, … Continue reading Google Focuses On Making Search More Visual For The TikTok Era
Instagram’s next feature might be a copy of BeReal Instagram’s “Candid Challenges” are currently an “internal prototype,” according to the company. K. Bell @karissabe Charles Platiau / Reuters Instagram is testing a new feature called Candid Challenges, which bears a striking resemblance to BeReal, a photo sharing app popular among Gen. Z. The currently … Continue reading TikTok experiment asks you to share BeReal-style daily posts with friends
Microsoft found a severe one-click exploit in TikTok’s Android app Thankfully, TikTok patched the vulnerability. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic NurPhoto via Getty Images A serious vulnerability found by Microsoft in the TikTok Android app could have allowed hackers to hijack millions of accounts. On Wednesday, the company’s 365 Defender Research Team detailed a one-click exploit … Continue reading TikTok denies security breach after hackers claim to have records of more than a billion users
Microsoft Identifies TikTok Vulnerability Allowing One-Click Account Hijacking by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 31, 2022 Microsoft’s security team has found a vulnerability in the TikTok Android app. The 365 Defender Research Team on Wednesday explained in a post how the one-click exploit could have allowed hackers to hijack millions of accounts. “The vulnerability, … Continue reading Microsoft Identifies TikTok Vulnerability Allowing One-Click Account Hijacking
By Danica Lo August 17, 2022 TikTok announced today the launch of video shopping ads, catalog listing ads, and live shopping ads—a trio of moves that show the platform is doubling down on its personalized, algorithm-driven commerce offerings. The ad-driven experience expands on TikTok’s debut last year of a suite of commerce tools … Continue reading TikTok launches new suite of ad tools, including shopping videos, catalog listings, and live shopping
TikTok Teams With Ticketmaster To Deliver In-App Ticket Buying by Colin Kirkland , August 5, 2022 In a push to engage music fans and boost live events offerings, TikTok and Ticketmaster have partnered to launch a feature allowing TikTok users to search for live events and purchase tickets directly in the short-form video app. Eligible … Continue reading TikTok Teams With Ticketmaster To Deliver In-App Ticket Buying
Netflix lays off 300 more employees The company previously cut 150 jobs in May amid business woes. K. Holt @krisholt Justin Sullivan via Getty Images Netflix has laid off around 300 people in its latest round of job cuts. Most of the layoffs were in the US, according to Variety, and a number … Continue reading TikTok is cutting jobs around the world
Recent moves by Facebook and Instagram show a closer embrace of the short form video content that has made TikTok a sensation. Kim Davis on July 22, 2022 Ads on TikTok reach about 18% of adult internet users. That’s 885 million people. They’re spending more time on TikTok too (44 minutes per user per day), … Continue reading TikTok is setting the ground rules for social media
