Many brands are using the messaging app Discord to forge a sense of community among their fans. If the fast-food chain Wendy’s can have a Discord with over 60,000 members, […]
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Back to news homeTikTok rolls out GIPHY support, HD videos, cat sound effects, among other new features
In addition to announcing coming changes to its For You feed, TikTok today announced a handful of updates to its lineup of camera and editing tools, including new features for […]
Sonic identity is the missing component for social metaverse experiences
Jaime Bosch Contributor Jaime Bosch is the co-founder and CEO of Voicemod. In the many conversations around “the metaverse” sparked by the Facebook corporate name transition to Meta, much has […]
Oversight Board calls on Meta to evaluate its role in spreading violence in Ethiopia
The Oversight Board, a group Facebook created to review its policy decisions, weighed in on a case of misinformation in war-torn Ethiopia Tuesday, warning the company about the risks of […]
Snap paid $250 million to creators on its TikTok clone this year
Snap announced today that it paid over $250 million to more than 12,000 creators this year on Spotlight, its TikTok clone. Unlike Snapchat’s friend-to-friend, ephemeral messaging, Spotlight allows users to […]
Indian Prime Minister Modi’s Twitter account was ‘briefly compromised’
The Twitter account of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “briefly compromised” on Sunday, his office said. Modi’s account — whose handle is @narendramodi — tweeted after the midnight that […]
Wisdom nabs $2M to build out a social audio marketplace for mentorship
Wisdom, a social audio app that’s focused on surfacing “life advice” and broadening access to mentorship — and whose iOS app launched we covered back in October — has nabbed […]
Kenya’s fintech Kwara lands $4 Million in seed round from Breega, SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions
The Kenyan fintech Kwara was launched in 2019 to help credit unions (savings and credit cooperatives societies, SACCOs) in the East African country shift to digital platforms by providing them […]
MarketForce partners with Cellulant to expand in five new markets across Africa as it races to cover continent
MarketForce, a Kenyan B2B retail and financial services distribution startup, has expanded into five additional markets across Africa to grow RejaReja — its retailer ‘super app’ that makes it possible […]
4 analysts break down Bret Taylor’s pretty sweet week
For even a casual observer of the tech industry, it’s been a good week for Bret Taylor: He was named board chair at Twitter on Monday, and yesterday, he became […]