Chroma, a startup building a new type of audiovisual entertainment for mobile devices, has been sold. The company, which had financial backing from Twitter and Medium co-founder Biz Stone as well as Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp, is headed to London-based audio technology company Bronze, an AI music startup. Founded by record producer Lex Dromgoole, who’s…
One of the more popular end-of-year items is Spotify Wrapped, where the music service puts together a roundup of everything you listened to that year in various statistical formats, wrapped up (well, that’s what it’s called, right?) in bright, fun graphics. You can see what music categories you followed, get a playlist of your top…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday he is opening an investigation into the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to determine whether the trade group’s members conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms.” While the press release doesn’t name social media platforms by name, one of them is likely Elon Musk’s X, which filed…
At the Meta Marketing Summit in our Mumbai office yesterday, we shared insights for this festive season, based on a study by YouGov commissioned by us. Among others, insights show how personalized content through ads on social channels is becoming more important for shoppers, how they seek online content in their local language and how…
WhatsApp has just submitted a new update through the TestFlight beta Program, bringing the version up to 24.1.10.76. The version marked within WhatsApp Settings is 2.24.1.76 and the TestFlight build is 24.1.10 (555067882). What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is rolling out a feature to share polls in channels, and it’s available to some beta…
Meta’s moving to the next stage of its paid verification testing, with a new experiment that will see some Instagram users able to filter their main and Reels feeds to posts from “Meta Verifed” users only. As you can see in this example, some users are now able to access a new, dedicated stream of…
Recent breakthroughs in generative AI have triggered many conversations on the role of these technologies in fostering innovation and coming up with solutions for the real-world. Advancing its efforts towards an open approach for AI, Meta signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the ‘India AI’, an independent business unit (IBD) under Digital India Corporation (DIC),…
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How to Paint a Chain Link Fence A chain link fence is a practical and durable addition to any property, offering security and a clear boundary. However, it is not always the most aesthetically pleasing choice. If your fence has seen better days or you simply want to give it a fresh new look, painting…
TL;DR: Stream the 2024 Grand National for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. For lovers of horse racing, it doesn’t get any bigger than the Grand National. Time seems to stand still for this annual event, with the eyes of a whole country (and beyond) focused…
Meta’s Native Assurance team regularly performs manual code reviews as part of our ongoing commitment to improve the security posture of Meta’s products. In 2021, we discovered a vulnerability in the Meta Quest 2’s Android-based OS that never made it to production but helped us find new ways to improve the security of Meta Quest…
“The year is 1994,” writes Crystal Lim-Lange, CEO of Forest Wolf, in a recent LinkedIn post. “Friends is just becoming a TV hit. You get a dial-up modem that makes an awful racket and hogs the phone line.” She adds that Amazon had just been founded, the internet was starting to become popular, and people…
Digital technologies have transformed education over the last two decades. I’m only in my 50s, but when I went to school the most technologically advanced thing in class was a pocket calculator. Now, iPads and other tablets are commonplace. Museums and galleries the world over have integrated touch screens and interactive elements to their exhibits….
X, formerly known as Twitter, has gone through a lot of changes since its ownership changed hands in November 2022. One of the most notable ones is its paid tier, which has seen name and design changes and many (many) additions to its list of features. So much has happened with this paid tier known…