NFL Selects Mixed Media, Social Initiatives for 2022 NFL Draft The National Football League stepped up to the podium to detail the mixed reality and social media initiatives that are in place for the 2022 NFL Draft, which kicks off in Las Vegas Thursday night. The league teamed up with metaverse artist Gabe Gault, son
Snapchat Reaches 332M Daily Active Users at End of Q1 2022 Snap Inc. outlined its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 last week, reporting revenue of $1.06 billion, up 38% from the same quarter last year. Chief financial officer Derek Andersen explained in his prepared remarks, "The slowdown in the rate of year-over-year
TikTok Testing New Kindness, Safety Options TikTok is now testing a way for people to identify comments that they believe to be irrelevant or inappropriate, with the goal of adding that community feedback to the range of other factors it uses to keep its comment section relevant and ensure that it is a place for
Twitch: How to Turn Off Animated Emotes in Chat By default, when Twitch users send animated emotes in chats, the animation will play for other viewers to see. However, users have the option to turn off animated emotes if they'd prefer. Our guide will show you how to turn off animated emotes in chat from
The NHL Ties Down a Clutch Partnership in Canada The National Hockey League reached a multiyear partnership with Clutch, a vertically integrated online car retailer for pre-owned vehicles in Canada. Under terms of the pact, Clutch becomes the league's official online pre-owned car retailer in Canada, and it will have the opportunity to benefit from
Facebook Introduces Sharing to Reels From Third-Party Apps Last September, Facebook introduced the Reels format that originated on Meta sister application Instagram, and Tuesday, people gained the ability to share videos from third-party apps to Facebook Reels. Once those third-party apps are integrated with the Sharing to Reels feature, a Reels button will appear in
Clubhouse Rolls Out Protected Profile Setting With Russia's invasion of Ukraine in mind, Clubhouse introduced a protected profile setting to help users ensure that their full profile can only be seen by people they approve as followers. Users of the social audio application can access their settings and toggle on protected profile, which enables them
7B Voice Messages Are Being Sent via WhatsApp Every Day Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that an average of 7 billion voice messages are being sent every day via WhatsApp. WhatsApp also introduced a host of new features that can be applied to any of those 7 billion voice messages: Out of Chat Playback:
SMBs Owned By Women, Minorities Continue to Be Hit Harder By the Pandemic Meta released the March 2022 edition of its Global State of Small Business report, examining the effects of the pandemic on small and midsized businesses in the U.S. and worldwide. The latest installment contains insights from a January survey of 23,840 SMB
Twitter Users Can Now Create Their Own GIFs via the App’s Camera Twitter began testing a way for iOS users to create their own GIF files using the application's camera. iOS users globally can click on the app's camera when composing a tweet or reply and choose the GIF option. Twitter The social network said
