Meta Verified extends program to include businesses
Meta Verified for Businesses offers several advantages, including a verification badge, enhanced visibility, and protection against impersonation. [Source: Social Samosa]
Facebook Will Now Allow Users to Create Multiple Profiles to Explore Different interests
Meta has launched its new multi-profile option, which will enable users to create multiple Facebook profiles to explore different interests, share different content with different audiences, etc. [Source: Social Media Today]
Microsoft Unveils Game-Changing AI Tools with a Revolution in Search and Advertising
The tech giant said it was embarking on a new era of generative AI as it introduced its new ad products at the Surface and Copilot event. [Source: Digital Information World]
Meta Adds Animated Avatar Stickers in WhatsApp
Meta continues to find new ways to squeeze its digital avatars into the mix, as it looks to guide users towards the metaverse, where we’ll all be interacting via our virtual selves. [Source: Social Media Today]
Microsoft Bing & Wix Announce IndexNow Integration
Wix, a leading web development platform, has recently integrated IndexNow into its services, optimizing the speed at which new content on premium sites gets indexed by search engines. [Source: Search Engine Journal]
YouTube creators to receive generative AI products
The generative AI products will include Dream Screen and YouTube Create with Aloud, Creator Music, and YouTube Studio, aiming to help unlock new forms of creative expression, enhance the creative process, and improve reach. [Source: Social Samosa]
X Announces Coming Community Features, Including Pinned Communities and Search
X is working to further amplify and expand Communities interaction, by making them easier to find, easer to join, and soon, easier to check in on as you scroll through the app. [Source: Social Media Today]
Bing Webmaster Tools Unveils Enhanced Sitemap Reporting
Bing Webmaster Tools unveils advanced sitemap reporting features to improve website index coverage and user experience. [Source: Search Engine Journal]
X Announces That its Shutting Down ‘Circles’ As of October 31st
Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is shutting down its Circle feature — bringing an end to its glitchy history — The feature allowed users to share a post only with a set of people. [Source: Tech Crunch]
LinkedIn Offers New Coding Courses for Free, Providing Advanced Learning Opportunities
LinkedIn has announced that via its partnership with CoderPad, it’s launching 33 new software development courses and interactive coding exercises, which are designed to provide more pathways into coding. [Source: Social Media Today]