Category: Social & Online Media
Twitter wants your help developing new privacy features
Twitter has shared concepts for four features that could give users more control over who can see, read and find their accounts, and it wants feedback from the public on what it showed off. The first of those features would make it easier for those with protected accounts to make…
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Twitter considers letting you tweet to ‘trusted friends’ only
Twitter is thinking about new ways to share tweets with specific groups of people. The company showed off two concepts for new features that would allow users to target tweets toward specific audiences without having to switch accounts or change privacy settings. The first would enable people to designate “trusted…
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Facebook’s standalone newsletter platform ‘Bulletin’ launches today
Facebook has revealed its long-rumored standalone newsletter platform: Bulletin. Mark Zuckerberg announced the new project during a live audio room, saying that the project was a “response to what’s happening in the media ecosystem.” Bulletin will host a mix of free and paid content. Some articles will be freely available,…
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Google’s new support website will help you locate local US food banks
Google has launched a new website called Find Food Support, which puts important resources on how to locate free and affordable food in the US in one place. Perhaps the most useful feature the website can offer is a new Google Maps tool that can point you to the nearest…
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YouTube Theater will be a new 6,000-seat live entertainment arena in California
Like the rest of the tech industry, YouTube was forced to transition from live to virtual events earlier this year when it shuttered its studio spaces for creators and musicians. Just four months later, with the pandemic subsiding, the Google-owned video platform is now embracing live entertainment like never before.…
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