Yesterday, Twitter rolled out its much-anticipated prototype application to the first group of testers. We’ve now gotten our hands on the app and can see how the current version differs from the build Twitter introduced to the world back in January. While the original version and today’s prototype share many of the same features, there […]
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Daily Crunch: Facebook pulls Warren ads criticizing Facebook
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook’s ad team shoots itself in the foot by pulling Elizabeth Warren campaign ads Facebook’s advertising department pulled Elizabeth Warren campaign […]
View More Daily Crunch: Facebook pulls Warren ads criticizing FacebookHarvard-MIT initiative grants $750K to projects looking to keep tech accountable
Artificial intelligence, or what passes for it, can be found in practically every major tech company and, increasingly, in government programs. A joint Harvard-MIT program just unloaded $750,000 on projects looking to keep such AI developments well understood and well reported.
View More Harvard-MIT initiative grants $750K to projects looking to keep tech accountableTwitter launches its first podcast, ‘Character Count,’ focused on its ad business
Twitter today is joining the podcasting arena. This morning, the social network is launching its first-ever podcast series with a new show focused on Twitter’s advertising business, which it’s calling “Character Count.” The company says, for now, it’s testing the waters with five already-produced episodes of around 25 to 30 minutes in length. It plans […]
View More Twitter launches its first podcast, ‘Character Count,’ focused on its ad businessInstagram founders say losing autonomy at Facebook meant “winning”
Rather than be sore about losing independence within Facebook, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom told me it was an inevitable sign of his app’s triumph. Today at South By South West, Systrom and fellow co-founder Mike Krieger sat down for their first on-stage talk together since leaving Facebook in September. They discussed their super hero origin […]
View More Instagram founders say losing autonomy at Facebook meant “winning”Online platforms need a super regulator and public interest tests for mergers, says UK parliament report
The latest policy recommendations for regulating powerful Internet platforms comes from a U.K. House of Lord committee that’s calling for an overarching digital regulator to be set up to plug gaps in domestic legislation and work through any overlaps of rules. “The digital world does not merely require more regulation but a different approach to […]
View More Online platforms need a super regulator and public interest tests for mergers, says UK parliament reportDon’t break up big tech — regulate data access, says EU antitrust chief
Breaking up tech giants should be a measure of last resort, the European Union’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has suggested. “To break up a company, to break up private property would be very far reaching and you would need to have a very strong case that it would produce better results for consumers in the […]
View More Don’t break up big tech — regulate data access, says EU antitrust chiefFunerals are tough. Ever Loved helps you pay for them
Alison Johnston didn’t plan to build a startup around death. An early employee at Q&A app Aardvark that was bought by Google, she’d founded tutoring app InstaEDU and sold it to Chegg. She made mass market consumer products. But then, “I had a family member who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I thought about […]
View More Funerals are tough. Ever Loved helps you pay for themInstagram prototypes video co-watching
The next phase of social media is about hanging out together while apart. Rather than performing on a live stream or engaging with a video chat, Instagram may allow you to chill and watch videos together with a friend. Facebook already has Watch Party for group co-viewing and in November we broke the news that […]
View More Instagram prototypes video co-watchingYouTube under pressure to ban UK Far Right activist after livestreamed intimidation
The continued presence of a UK Far Right activist on YouTube’s platform has been raised by the deputy leader of the official opposition during ministerial questions in the House of Commons today. Labour’s Tom Watson put questions to the secretary of state for digital, Jeremy Wright, regarding Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s use of social media for targeted […]
View More YouTube under pressure to ban UK Far Right activist after livestreamed intimidationPodcasts, smart speakers soar as social media stalls, based on new survey
The 2019 edition of a popular annual survey shows usage of social media by Americans is stalling while ownership of smart speakers and tablets has soared over the last year, as has consumer engagement with podcasts. The results are promising for Amazon and Spotify in particular. Earlier today, Edison Research and Triton Digital presented their […]
View More Podcasts, smart speakers soar as social media stalls, based on new surveyTwitter debuts new analytics tools for publishers focused on improving video engagement
In January at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, Twitter announced that it was developing new tools that would make it easier for publishers to better understand what sort of content is resonating with their readers. Through a new analytics dashboard, publishers would be able to see who’s engaging with content and when, and what’s performing […]
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