Twitter CEO Yaccarino is planning to launch full-screen, sound-on video ads.

Meta is also expanding ‘Why Am I Seeing This?’ feature in Instagram and Facebook Reels.

Temporary limits to address “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation”

TweetDeck now supports full composer functionality, spaces, video docking, and polls

New platform garnered over 30 million users after its debut

In less than 24 hours, Threads attracted some 30 million users

Threads has started with some built-in defense mechanisms for harmful content, as its user policies are the same as Instagram’s

At the peak of the outage, lasting over an hour, over 14,000 users reported issues with accessing Instagram, while around 7,000 and 2,700 users faced issues with Facebook and WhatsApp, respectively

Need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else: Elon Musk

WhatsApp channel notification feature is available for both iOS and Android users

YouTube’s long-press 2x speed playback feature will be available till August 13

Twitter sees dramatic new updates that might change its entire character

Elon Musk’s vision for X includes audio, video, messaging, payments, and banking, but rebuilding brand equity and user trust may be challenging

The famous and widely liked ‘blue bird’ logo of Twitter got replaced with ‘X’

X allows videos up to two-hours long

Musk had tested a live video feature on X.

Joins US federal government, majority of states in banning the social media app on security concerns

Elon Musk confirmed that the feature would be available on DMs.

In the same period, YouTube removed over 6.48 million videos globally for violation of the norms

X’s updated privacy policy seeks to collect biometric data, job history of users

Musk says that subscription for all users would make “the effective cost of bots” very high.

Musk didn’t specify how much users will have to pay but described it as a ‘small amount of money’

Short-form videos, Chandrayaan-3 live telecast among Youtube’s top draws of 2023

Reports from Downdetector.com revealed access issues, with X users unable to view posts and encountering a “Welcome to X!” message, while X Pro (previously TweetDeck) experienced loading problems displaying a “Waiting for posts” pop-up.

This comes after the Ministry observed that certain fake and unverified messages are being spread, especially on social media.

The problem, reported around 9 p.m., affected users in India and beyond

A law, signed by Joe Biden on April 24, gives ByteDance until January 19 to sell TikTok or face a ban

This new functionality complements the existing “Delete for Everyone” option, allowing users to undo message deletions within a brief window of five seconds

Modi recently reached 100.1 million followers on X, surpassing other global leaders such as US President Joe Biden and Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 

The family plan, which allows users to share their subscription benefits with up to five members, has witnessed the highest price increase

Data sourced by businessline from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower shows that both downloads and daily active user base of Telegram have stagnated in India

One of the key announcements included the Meta-verified badges on WhatsApp. In a one on one chat with businessline Sandhya Devanathan, VP, Meta in India explained the significance of these propositions for businesses on WhatsApp and consumers alike.

The EV segment needs to deliver good quality products, said Vinkesh Gulati

MPEDA looking to ramp up seafood exports into newer markets

Global decline in their prices aid the trend

Imports rise sharply, trade deficit almost triples

Modi, Hasina sign 7 MoUs in areas such as water sharing, railway infra, judicial officers training, science & tech

The scheme will target development of more than 14,500 schools across the country

India and the US will become the engines of global growth, says Nirmala Sitharaman

‘The modifications will strengthen the semi-conductor scheme and raise capacities within the country’

Except for a few in select sectors, many will reach the pre-Covid revenue mark: Crisil report

Sequential uptick in October 2022 after facing declining trend in past five months; total investment flows however down 75 per cent y-o-y

In August 2022 this year, Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Custom (CBIC) issued a detailed clarification on reporting of information about reversal of ITC as well as ineligible ITC

Insignificant market access, introduction of new issues, a double whammy

Audit needs to verify whether crucial fiscal steps recommended by Finance Commission have been met

FinMin officials say issue raised by the Trade Unions is politically motivated

Several legal experts see this giving untrammelled powers to the ED

IT firms units want WHF for more employees for a longer period, developers are concerned about losing customers for office space

Reflects cooling demand for traded goods; is in line with WTO’s trade growth forecast of 3.5% for 2022, 1% for 2023

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