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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is launching a new broadcast chat feature on Instagram called “Channels.” The feature lets creators share public, one-to-many messages to directly engage with their followers. Channels support text, images, polls, reactions and more. Zuckerberg announced the feature by starting his own broadcast channel, where he plans […] Instagram launches a new broadcast chat feature called ‘Channels’ by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

И пригласил своих подписчиков присоединиться — в Meta* Channel уже 56 тысяч участников.... →

Janky and Guggimon, ‘synthetic’ celebrities conceived in a studio and big on social platforms like TikTok and Instagram, where they exist as influencers with millions of followers, hyping up other brands, music acts and themselves, are soon coming to a streaming screen, and maybe a Whole Foods, near you. Superplastic, the startup that created and […] Superplastic, a creator of ‘synthetic’ influencers, raises $20M led by Amazon in deal to make TV shows and more by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCr... →

As Meta gears up for its “year of efficiency,” the company announced today it’s exiting the livestream shopping business on Instagram, following a similar shutdown on Facebook. Starting on March 16, 2023, Instagram users will no longer be able to tag products while livestreaming — a capability that has been broadly available to U.S. businesses […] Instagram is killing live shopping in March, will focus on ads instead by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

If your marketing plan doesn’t include TikTok, YouTube Shorts, or Instagram Reels, well, can you really call it a marketing plan? TechCrunch+ roundup: Africa investor survey, biz model basics, video marketing tactics by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

Instagram announced today it’s expanding access to a new monetization feature called Gifts to more creators across the U.S. The feature, which first began testing last year, allows fans to provide a favorite creator with direct monetary support in the form of themed virtual gifts. The gifts are purchased in the Instagram app using the […] Instagram expands access to Reels-focused tipping feature, Gifts by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. It’s February, and that means two things: you can stop wishing people happy new year, and Succession is officially back next month. As always, you can find me on Instagram or Twitter when I’m not […] SoftBank’s vibe shift is using silence loudly by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

This Week in Apps offers a way to keep up with this fast-moving industry in one place with the latest from the world of apps, including news, updates, startup fundings, M&As and more. This Week in Apps: Instagram’s founders’ new app, another Twitter rival, Biden admin criticizes app stores by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

All social media companies are in a race to win the short video war and Google is showing some progress against TikTok and Instagram. The search giant said during its latest earnings call that YouTube Shorts has crossed 50 billion daily views. The company previously reported 30 billion daily views as part of its Q1 […] Google says YouTube Shorts has crossed 50 billion daily views by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

New references in Instagram’s code suggest the company could be developing a paid verification feature following the rollout of a similar system at Twitter under Elon Musk. Recently discovered code snippets reference explicitly refer to a “paid blue badge” and a new subscription product, a developer has discovered. The same reference also appears in the […] Is Instagram considering paid verification? Code reveals references to a ‘paid blue badge’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta судиться с компаниями, которые пытались заниматься автоматизированным собором данных о пользователях Facebook и Instagram, на при этом сама платила за такой же сбор информации с чужих сайтов. .... →

Can lightning strike twice? That’s apparently the question being raised today with the public introduction of the next social app built by Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. The duo launched a new venture to explore social apps, according to a report published in The Verge, which includes the debut product Artifact, a personalized […] Instagram’s co-founders introduce a new social app…for news reading by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today that the social network is launching its text update Notes feature across Europe and Japan. Notes are short posts of up to 60 characters that include just text and emojis, and appear above your profile photo. Prior to this expansion, Notes was already accessible everywhere Instagram is available beyond […] Instagram’s text update Notes feature is expanding to Europe and Japan by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

A bug in a new centralized system that Meta created for users to manage their logins for Facebook and Instagram could have allowed malicious hackers to switch off an account’s two-factor protections just by knowing their email address or phone number. Gtm Mänôz, a security researcher from Nepal, realized that Meta did not set up […] Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook 2FA by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch... →

A bug in a new centralized system that Meta created for users to manage their logins for Facebook and Instagram could have allowed hackers to switch off an account’s two-factor protections just by knowing their email address or phone number. Gtm Mänôz, a security researcher from Nepal, realized that Meta did not set up a […] Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook and Instagram 2FA by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ранее его уже восстановил Twitter, чем вызвал недовольство рекламодателей... →

Two years after the company formerly known as Facebook suspended then-President Donald Trump’s accounts indefinitely, it’s bringing him back. Meta made the announcement of its decision to restore former president Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts on Wednesday, saying that it would do so in “the coming weeks.” As a general rule, we don’t want to […] Meta will restore Trump’s Facebook account ‘in the coming weeks’ by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Instagram announced today that it’s introducing a new dynamic profile photo feature that lets users showcase both their profile photo and their avatar. Prior to this update, you had to choose between displaying a profile picture or your avatar on your profile. Now, you can flip between the two. “Now you can add your avatar […] Instagram’s new dynamic profile photo flips between your picture and avatar by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to the latest “State […] This Week in Apps: Twitter kills third-party apps, Instagram adds Quiet Mode, Google’s antitrust trial gets a date by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →