New Research Shows That YouTube Remains the Top Social App for Teens
Which social apps should you be using to connect with teen users? The team from Pew Research have produced their latest report on teen social media use, based on surveys conducted among 13 to 17 year-old social media users between September and October this year. And much of it is as you would expect, with […]
Snapchat Announces New Generative AI Elements for Snapchat+ Subscribers
Snapchat has announced some new generative AI additions for Snapchat+, its paid subscription package, which is now up to 7 million paying members, up from 5 million just three months ago. First off, Snap’s adding a new way to create visuals in the composer, using text prompts to produce AI images. As you can see […]
Google Provides Insight Into the Top Search Trends of 2023 and the Last 25 Years
Google has published its latest “Year in Search” overview, highlighting the most searched topics across various categories over the past year. Google’s annual overview of Search trends provides an interesting summary of the year that was, with Google’s dedicated mini-site providing global and regional insights, as well as interactive displays, games, and more. As per […]
New Report Shows In-App Spending on TikTok Continues To Rise
While TikTok’s in-stream shopping push hasn’t taken off as the company had hoped, consumers are spending money in the app, which should keep its expanded opportunities on this front open for some time yet. According to new data from data.ai, TikTok users spent $3.8 billion in the app throughout 2023, up 15% year-over-year, and highlighting […]
Social Platforms Continue To Explore Enclosed Group Sharing Options
With social media usage fragmenting, and more people now sharing more in private groups, it seems inevitable that we’ll eventually move towards segmented social profiles, enabling users to engage in different types of conversations, without annoying the people who follow them for different reasons. We’ve seen various experiments on this front, with Instagram and Facebook […]
X Is Looking To Add Live Video to Spaces Chats
X is looking to add video to live Spaces chats, with a new feature that will enable Spaces participants to switch on video, if they choose, during a live audio broadcast. X owner Elon Musk provided an overview of the coming update during a Spaces chat over the weekend, explaining that: “We’re working on adding […]
Meta Launches Live Test of New ‘Audiobox’ AI Audio Generation Tools
After previewing its new Audiobox generative AI project last month, which can replicate your voice using just seconds of sample audio, Meta has now launched a publicly accessible demo of the process, which enables you to create custom audio samples based on your own voice and/or text prompts. As explained by Meta: “Audiobox is Meta’s […]
Threads Adds Light Mode Option in Desktop Version of the App
Here’s a small update, though people do tend to get super hyped about light/dark mode options, so… Threads recently added a new option to switch to light mode in the desktop version of the app. As per the above example, you can now tap on “Settings”, then “Switch Appearance” to switch between light and dark […]
Threads Adds Light Mode Option in Desktop Version of the App
Here’s a small update, though people do tend to get super hyped about light/dark mode options, so… Threads recently added a new option to switch to light mode in the desktop version of the app. As per the above example, you can now tap on “Settings”, then “Switch Appearance” to switch between light and dark […]
X Previews New Bookmark Search Option
If you use X’s bookmarks feature a lot, then this will help. X is close to launching a new Bookmarks search functionality, which, as it sounds, will enable you to re-find things that you’ve marked in the app within your Bookmarks list. As per this example, posted by X designer Andrea Conway, Bookmarks search will […]