admin

Artifact co-founder Mike Krieger says there’s a ‘flavor’ of Twitter in app’s latest release

The AI-powered news reading app Artifact, built by Instagram’s co-founders, has been transforming itself into a more social experience over time with recent launches like profiles, commenting, link sharing and more. But yesterday, the app launched one of its most social features yet: the ability for users to post their own content directly on Artifact,…

Read More

YouTube kills cheaper ‘Premium Lite’ tier

YouTube Premium offers quite a bit, but its biggest attraction is ad-free videos. That’s what made YouTube “Premium Lite” attractive, as it brought ad-free viewing for less money. However, the tier is now shutting down in some countries. In mid-2021, Google introduced a more affordable “Premium Lite” plan for YouTube that ditched YouTube Music, offline…

Read More

LinkedIn Adds New Text Accessibility Options for LinkedIn Publisher Posts

LinkedIn’s looking to improve accessibility on the platform, with a new initiative that will see all articles published directly on LinkedIn now processed through Microsoft’s “Immersive Reader” system, which will enable users to use text-to-speech, translations, isolate elements of language, and more. Immersive Reader provides a range of add-on functionalities for text that enable differently-abled…

Read More

Mark Zuckerberg announced a new feature that will bring AI-powered chats to WhatsApp

In the recent Meta Connect 2023 Conference, Mark Zuckerberg just revealed how Meta is bringing mixed reality to life by using foundational technologies to enable the computing platform of the future. Specifically, Meta is experimenting with AI-powered chat systems to revolutionize user interaction and serving as intelligent assistants on WhatsApp and other platforms. WABetaInfo Channel…

Read More

Expanding Meta Verified to Businesses

Earlier this year, we introduced Meta Verified for creators, a subscription bundle to help creators more easily establish their presence on Instagram and Facebook. Today at Meta’s Conversations Conference in Mumbai, Mark Zuckerberg announced we will soon expand Meta Verified to businesses on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp.  We’ll start with a test in the coming…

Read More