Pinterest Trends tracks search term usage among its more than 320 million monthly users
VB Live
Event marketing tech reveals what attendees actually care about (VB Live)
Facebook sues Hong Kong’s ILikeAd over alleged ad fraud
You don’t have to share your phone number for Facebook logins anymore
Uber Eats’ new group ordering tool could boost its appeal for business lunches
Opinion
Android’s Focus mode could be a game-changer for anyone struggling with constant distractions
Podcorn uses algorithms to match podcasters with relevant advertisers
Twitter will make global privacy changes to comply with CCPA in 2020
Facebook lets users transfer images directly to Google Photos as part of data portability program
Opinion
Facebook’s Beat Games acquisition is a stepping-stone toward Horizon
Starting in 2020, China will require videos created using AI or VR to be clearly marked
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’s 2.0 update gives it big social media boost
Opinion
10 years in, WhatsApp still needs true multi-device support
Workers at Israeli surveillance firm NSO sue Facebook for blocking their personal accounts
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The actionable insights AI can unlock from consumer conversation (VB Live)
Verizon and Snap team up for Snapchat 5G augmented reality features
Ctrl-labs CEO: We’ll have neural interfaces in less than 5 years
Analysis
Twitter election stunt shows how political groups are brazenly weaponizing social media
Mythical Games raises $19 million for blockchain-based games with ‘player-owned economies’
Bunch raises $3.85 million for social mobile party app for gamers
Microsoft Teams passes 20 million daily users, up more than half in 4 months
HackNotice Premium taps machine learning to tell you exactly what was exposed for $50 per year
Aira, Microsoft, and Moovit make public transport more accessible for the visually impaired
Facebook now detects 80% of hate speech proactively
Freshworks nabs $150 million to bring cloud and automation tools to customer engagement teams
Facebook Pay unites payment service across Facebook’s apps
Twitter proposes flagging deepfakes, but would only remove content that threatens harm
Lenovo pilots VR as an alternative to general anesthesia for kids
Lawmakers call for pause on false micro-targeted political ads
WhatsApp Business launches Catalogs to let small businesses share products
Facebook cut off developer access to user data to squash potential rivals
Avaaz: Facebook will see a ‘tidal wave’ of fake news ahead of the 2020 elections
WhatsApp now lets everyone control who can add them to a group
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