Month: September 2020

“You’ll Never Guess Which Two Content Recommendation Engines Have Decided NOT To Merge!” No need to click, we’ll tell you. The Taboola/Outbrain merger will no longer happen. There are two primary reasons why the deal will not move forward, according to a source directly familiar with the matter but unable to speak publicly due to… Continue reading »

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Facebook released its Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report for August 2020 last week, detailing actions it took against three networks of accounts, pages and groups. In total, Facebook removed 521 accounts, 72 Instagram accounts, 147 pages and 78 groups last month. The social network provided further details on the three networks: Pakistan: 453 accounts, 103 pages,…

The developer community welcomed Apple’s recent move to delay the rollout of its IDFA changes in iOS 14 until “early next year.” But that delay only adds a few months onto the deadline. Early next year is sooner than it sounds. And there’s still a lot of prep work that developers and their partners need… Continue reading »

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TikTok said Tuesday that it joined the European Commission’s Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online, which was introduced in May 2016 by the EC, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube. The non-binding agreement marked a promise by those tech companies to speed the removal of illegal content and give users of their services…

After an appearance in Super Bowl 2020, there’s never been a better time to be a San Francisco 49ers fan. Dubbed The Faithful, 49ers fans have almost always been awash in good fortune (see Joe Montana and his four Super Bowl rings). Released ahead of the 2020-21 football season kicking off Thursday night, the team…

Facebook introduced video destination Facebook Watch in August 2017 and took it global one year later, and the social network said last week that over 1.25 billion people are visiting Facebook Watch every month. Head of video products Paresh Rajwat said in a blog post that enhancements to the platform have included better navigation, content…

LinkedIn revealed several updates to pages last week aimed at helping companies and organizations stay connected with their communities during the pandemic. Product lead Alex Valaitis said in a blog post that a recent survey by Glint found that employees are experiencing less connection with their leaders (31%), teammates (37%) and friends (40%) as Covid-19…