Canada’s eCommerce giant Shopify Inc. is partnering with TikTok to work on a feature that would let shoppers buy directly from the social media app. Shopify merchants who have a TikTok business account would soon be able to add a shopping tab to their profiles for the first time ever, the company said in a blog post. The pilot version […]
Twitter recently launched a new way to deal with misinformation with a manual reporting option that will enable users to flag tweets that contain potentially misleading claims. The new option, available to some users, adds an additional ‘It’s misleading’ option to tweet reporting tools. Users have the capacity to flag the tweet in question under […]
After the recent denial of having spoken to Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding a wild story alleging he demanded to take over as the company’s CEO as part of an acquisition offer, Elon Musk tweeted his support of Epic Games’ fight against Apple over App Store policies. “Apple app store fees are a de facto […]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is focused on economic diversification — from a natural resource-based economy to an innovation hub powered by technology. The large and growing local population means solid domestic demand for goods, services and infrastructure. As a result, the government is pouring billions of dollars into high-tech infrastructure, launching funds, moving […]
Mitto, a provider of global omnichannel communications solutions, announced messaging connectivity for three of the world’s most popular social media channels: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Mitto’s portfolio — which includes an industry-leading SMS routing system — now supports every top customer engagement channel, enabling marketers to extend and personalise campaign reach where customers already are, […]
Facebook is reportedly testing a threads feature, just like Twitter, on Pages of some public figures that will provide them the ability to create posts related to previous ones on a related subject. The new feature which is under development ties the posts together more visually so fans can more easily follow updates over time, […]
Understanding the creator economy and the revenue rigmarole will help markets to gauge the impact on brands and pivot efforts Twenty-three-year-old Noor Naim kicked off her YouTube career in 2014 with a vlog entitled What’s in my iPhone. Since then, the Iraqi influencer has become synonymous with her handle Noor Stars. Noor has more than […]
Micro-blogging site Twitter has revealed two concepts for upcoming features, including ‘trusted friends’, that would allow users to target tweets toward specific audiences without having to switch accounts or change privacy settings. The first would enable people to designate “trusted friends” so some tweets would only be visible to that group. The idea is similar […]
Twitter‘s looking to provide more insight into the evolving discussion around media trends in the app, via a new content series that will highlight key pointers and notes to assist with marketing strategies. As explained by Twitter’s Head of Media & Entertainment Ged Tarpey: “The goal is to unpack the latest Media and Entertainment news, […]
Twitter introduced an “Arabic (feminine)” language setting enabling the social media site to speak to users using feminine grammar, part of what it said was an inclusion and diversity drive. “We want our service to reflect the voices that shape the conversations that take place on our service,” said Rasha Fawakhiri, Twitter’s communications head for […]
