Articles for the month January, 2024

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January 31, 2024

3 Meta Introduces Brand Protection Measures

Internet, Social Media

With all the scammers and impersonators online, it's getting harder to protect brand reputation, but now Meta is giving brands new tools to help with the fight. These new tools, which focus on protecting your trademark, curbing counterfeits, ...

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January 30, 2024

5 X Considers Moderation Tactics After AI Snafu

Apps, Social Media, Technology

While Elon has insisted that crowd-sourced input is the way to curb harmful content, it seems there's still a bit of a challenge. Last week, AI-generated images of Taylor Swift being sexually assaulted by NFL fans grabbed the spotlight on X, gaini...

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January 30, 2024

5 ChatGPT Gets an Update to Address Lazy Behavior

Apps, Internet, Technology

Remember when we reported that ChatGPT had the "winter blues" and was getting lazy with its output? There's nothing good about stubborn AI, right? It turns out that all of that laziness wasn't just our imagination. OpenAI just announced it ha...

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January 26, 2024

9 Non-compliant GDPR Consent Banners...

Google, Internet

Hold on to your cookies. Or at least your compliant GDPR Consent Banners. The emphasis is on "compliance." Google has warned websites and app owners they could be subject to account suspension in the European Union (EU) for displaying GDPR...

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January 26, 2024

1 Meta Enhances Safety Measures for Teens

Internet, Social Media

In an age where the risks of online interactions with adolescents loom large, Meta has unveiled updates to Instagram and Facebook Messenger, placing increased emphasis on shielding minors from potential threats. These changes signal a proactive mo...

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January 23, 2024

5 TikTok May Need To Rewind the Clock

Apps, Ecommerce, Social Media

TikTok was the world's top app in 2023 when it came to downloads and consumer spending, but it was a far cry from popularity in 2023 for, you know, actual users. That honor goes to Facebook, holding the number-one spot for monthly users, foll...

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January 19, 2024

3 Instagram Lets You Stop the Presses for Errors

Apps, Social Media

Any social media manager or content creator knows things aren't always perfect. You work hard to get it right, to avoid errors, and to upload the perfect content, only to look at it once it's gone live to find errors, wrong links, misinformation, ...

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January 19, 2024

2 Do We Say TikTok It or Google It?

Apps, Google, Social Media

The days of not taking TikTok seriously are fading like a great pair of blue jeans. The latest word is that TikTok could be giving Google a run for its money as the next big search engine. That sounds a little far-fetched, but we're not joking....

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January 17, 2024

1 Substack Could Be Your New Fashion Statement

Apps, Social Media

Your first question might be, "What the heck is Substack?" Substack is a free email newsletter platform that lets publishers have direct access to their audience. Creators using Substack can grow their portfolios, find new audiences, and earn m...

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January 17, 2024

3 Grab Your Shorts: New YouTube Editing Tools

Apps, Social Media

As we've mentioned in previous reports, video shorts on YouTube are a hot commodity, viewed by 2 billion logged-in users monthly. That's a lot of eyeballs on your video. Now, YouTube makes it easy to tweak your video layouts when you turn you...

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January 15, 2024

14 TikTok Says Forced Ads Could Reduce Engagement

Apps, Content Marketing, Paid Advertising, Social Media

We don't know about you, but nothing excites us more than ads we can't skip. Okay, we're joking. The truth is ads are a part of everything we do. It's all about the money, especially with social media platforms that don't charge for the priv...

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January 15, 2024

19 FedEx Takes on Amazon: They're Introducing FDX

Business and Companies, Ecommerce

In a bold move to redefine the ecommerce landscape, FedEx has just dropped a bombshell announcement — the birth of its own ecommerce platform, FDX. As we see it; it's a strategic move that sets the stage for FedEx to take on giants like Amazon. ...