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Lock down your Facebook profile security with the social network’s new privacy tool

Worried about your Facebook privacy? Then you need to check out the social network's new profile security guide: Privacy Basics.
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Facebook's latest test brings large, unavoidable ads to Messenger

With Facebook running out of ad space on its flagship platform, it is now intent on bringing sponsored content to its Messenger app.
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires AI-powered science search engine Meta

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is bolstering its scientific credentials with the acquisition of AI-assisted academic search engine, Meta.
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Twitter to live-stream more awards shows red-carpet events

On the back of its successful Golden Globes red carpet live-stream, Twitter is upping its awards show broadcasts.
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Judge rules Snapchat immune from distracted-driver car crash lawsuit

Snapchat cannot be held responsible for causing a high-speed highway accident that left multiple people injured, a judge has ruled.
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President Trump shares first tweet from the official @POTUS Twitter account

Find out how to follow President Donald J. Trump's administration on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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Twitter’s small diversity gains result in cautious outlook for 2017

Twitter mostly met its diversity goals for 2016, but the company is still lacking in terms of overall inclusiveness.
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Don’t you forget about meme: Relive Vine’s glory days on its web archive

Twitter's Vine preservation efforts are well and truly underway with its updated web archive of the video-looping app's best content.
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Snapchat will soon use ‘creepy’ ad targeting on you, but here’s how to opt out

Despite previously denouncing ads as “creepy,” Snapchat is now embracing ad-targeting in the vein of Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Facebook messaging is getting a web makeover to match Messenger

Facebook is rolling out a messaging update on the web version of its platform by officially adopting its Messenger web interface.

Twitter is finally ditching its neglected ‘Buy’ button once and for all

Twitter is killing off its “buy” button, a feature it has gradually been phasing out since May 2016.
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Image-sharing platform Imgur adds social features to mobile apps, desktop

Image-hosting and discovery platform Imgur is introducing an update to its mobile apps and desktop site that’s all about encouraging social connections
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Facebook may shift its focus away from live video and onto original shows

Facebook is reportedly not planning on renewing its Live Video deals with publishers. Instead, the company is chasing premium video content.
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Facebook plans to invest $3 billion in virtual reality over the next decade

Facebook is planning to pour $3 billion into virtual reality in the next decade in an effort to realize the tech’s full potential.
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Facebook’s first startup incubator to open inside massive Station F in Paris

Facebook is putting its stamp on the world’s biggest startup space. Station F in Paris will be home to the company's first startup incubator.
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Vine is officially dead and gone, but there’s still time to save your old uploads

Vine is no more, but you can still salvage your old creations by downloading them from the app (before updating) or from the Vine website.
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Twitter to live-stream Trump's inauguration in partnership with PBS

Twitter is live-streaming President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 in partnership with PBS NewsHour.
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Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau just became the first politician to host a Snapchat Live Story

Canada's PM Justin Trudeau is the first politician to take part in a Snapchat Live Story (a curated set of snaps from a specific event).
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Facebook now lets select publishers curate multiple Instant Articles in one post

Facebook is expanding upon its Instant Articles publishing tool by allowing select publishers to package multiple articles into one post.
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Pinterest is now using artificial intelligence to help you discover more pins

Pinterest is overhauling its related pins feature using artificial intelligence in a bid to make its recommendations more relevant.
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Facebook now lets Pages go Live from desktop, adds more Live Video tools

Facebook is giving Pages the option to live-stream from the web. The feature, which the platform began testing last year, is now rolling out.

Twitter's Dashboard app will soon be no more, but its best features may live on

Twitter Dashboard, the app aimed at business users, is shutting down just over 7 months since it was launched.
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Obama’s farewell address to get the 360 live video treatment

President Barack Obama’s farewell address will be live-streamed in 360 video on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube courtesy of VRScout.
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Medium cuts one-third of its staff as it looks beyond ads at new business model

Medium, the publishing platform created by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, is axing 50 jobs and shutting its offices in New York and Washington D.C.
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Welcome to London: Airbnb is using Twitter live 360 video to showcase travel spots

Airbnb is one of the first brands to jump on Twitter’s recently launched live 360 video feature in order to showcase its global experiences.
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Wikileaks whips up furor after proposing a database of verified Twitter users’ info

Wikileaks tweeted it plans to build an online database populated with the information of verified Twitter users.
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Tinder pranks CES with its multi-user VR headset for couples

Tinder is launching a virtual reality headset. Gotcha! It’s not doing anything of the sort. Instead, the dating app is promoting a fake VR device at CES.
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White House preserves Obama administration’s social media in digital archive

The White House is teaming up with Giphy, MIT, and the Internet Archive to preserve the Obama administration’s social media history.
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Lawsuit alleges Snapchat released false growth numbers to court investors

A lawsuit filed against Snap by a former employee claims the company reported false growth numbers to investors in an effort to inflate its valuation.
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Watch Hollywood’s biggest stars arrive for the Golden Globes live on Twitter

Twitter is partnering with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions to live-stream the Golden Globes red carpet preshow.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s political ambitions under the spotlight after recent activity

Mark Zuckerberg's political ambitions have come to light via a SEC filing by his firm and his own statesman-like Facebook posts.
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Twitter ‘accidentally’ killed usernames in replies, and users weren’t happy

On Thursday, Twitter “accidentally” made an upcoming feature available to everyone on iOS, and the reaction from users was hostile, to say the least.
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Dating app Coffee Meets Bagel taps Yelp, Spotify to help plan your first date

Dating app Coffee Meets Bagel is launching two new web apps powered by Yelp and Spotify that are all about helping you plan the ideal first date.
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Mark Zuckerberg plans to travel to every state for his new year’s resolution

Mark Zuckerberg will be hitting the road to visit every state with his wife Priscilla Chan in tow as part of his latest “personal challenge.”
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Facebook censors 'explicitly sexual' nude statue of Neptune

Facebook is courting controversy following its removal of a photo of an Italian statue of Neptune. The company claims it violates its nudity policy.
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NFL to live-stream Super Bowl, additional games in China on Sina Weibo

The NFL is partnering with Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo to live-stream games on the site, including the Super Bowl.
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Nobody’s perfect: First Facebook, now Twitter has an ad metrics problem

Twitter is adopting one of Facebook's worst traits having revealed it too suffered a video ad metrics blunder for just over a month.

CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter may start letting users edit tweets

Twitter has spoken. After CEO Jack Dorsey asked users for suggestions for new features, one function won the popular vote: the ability to edit tweets.