Tag: Social & Online Media
Twitter brings NFTs to profile photos, but only for Twitter Blue subscribers
Twitter is giving NFT enthusiasts a new reason to pay for a Twitter Blue subscription. The company is testing a new feature that allows NFT owners to authenticate NFTs displayed in their profile photos. The feature, which is being offered as an early stage “Labs” feature for Twitter Blue subscribers,…
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LinkedIn will add Clubhouse-style audio events this month
LinkedIn has been working on a Clubhouse-style live audio room feature since at least last March. It's now set to roll that out this month as part of a new events platform. The plan is to let organizers host virtual round tables, fireside chats and other kinds of discussions as…
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The tech industry’s accessibility report card for 2021
In spite of all the advancements we’ve seen in tech, the industry as a whole has consistently neglected people with disabilities. There have been some improvements, including video call apps like FaceTime, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts and more adding better support for sign language interpreters and closed captioning. And,…
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How the pandemic supercharged the creator economy in 2021
The multibillion dollar industry of game streamers, beauty vloggers, podcast producers, fitness influencers, newsletter writers and other social media stars who make up the “creator economy,” began long before 2021. Yet 2021 saw more platforms throw more money and resources at independent content creators than ever before. This year, companies…
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How a VR startup took the money and ran to the metaverse
The tech buzzword of the season is “metaverse.” Facebook kicked the craze into high gear at its Connect conference in late October, featuring an hour-long image-rehabilitation video where Mark Zuckerberg revealed the company’s new name, Meta, and showed off a vague digital-first future called the metaverse. Dedric Reid has been…
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Twitter will overhaul its reporting process for harmful tweets
Twitter is testing a new process for reporting tweets in what it says is a major overhaul intended to make it easier to flag harmful behavior on its platform. With the change, the company is changing how it allows users to flag tweets and significantly expanding the criteria that can…
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