Mobile Marketing

Meta social media network Threads rolls out its own hashtags

12/13/202312/15/2023 John Montgallo

Threads social media - no hashtag symbol

The company started to roll out the tags but without the need to use the hash symbol. Threads, the Meta social media network many people view as an alternative to X (formerly known as Twitter), has announced that it is rolling out tags for posts, without the need for the hash symbol as is the case with hashtags on other platforms. Users will be able to choose only a single tag in order to avoid trends toward tag spam. The social media platform first started testing the new tagging feature…

How many of your holiday purchases were decided by mobile commerce algorithms?

12/12/202312/11/2023 Julie Campbell

Mobile commerce - Person using mobile phone - algorithms search

We’d all like to think we’re making our own shopping choices, but tech is playing a growing role. At this time of the year, when many people shop more heavily than at any other point on the calendar, mobile commerce algorithms are playing an increasingly important and strategic role in helping us to place items in our cart before we check out. Marketing strategies such as recommended and suggested items have become a normal part of shopping. As natural as it may feel to see suggested products while we browse…

Telegram messaging app now offers free voice message transcription

12/07/202312/06/2023 Sam Lambert

Messaging app - Person using voice technology on phone

The application is opening the feature that was previously available only to premium subscribers. The telegram messaging app just underwent a substantial upgrade on both Android and iOS, providing non-paying users with new services previously available only to premium users, while adding new features for everyone. One of the additions included in the upgrade was a way to make it easier to find great new channels. The new features to the messaging app were announced in Telegram’s latest blog post. It said that the voice-to-text transcription service popular among premium…

Artificial intelligence influencer from Spain earns huge monthly income

11/30/202311/29/2023 L. Green

Artificial intelligence - Influencer on Social Media

25-year-old Aitana is a successful model from Barcelona and is entirely digital using AI. The Clueless, an influencer agency from Barcelona, Spain, created a model using artificial intelligence, and she has proven to be highly successful, earning as much as $11,000 per month. The creators of the model, Aitana, refer to her as the first Spanish AI model. The agency decided to create the artificial intelligence influencer model because they found that real-life human influencers and models were too difficult to work with and were unreliable overall. “We did it…

AR software head is leaving his position at Meta

11/28/202311/27/2023 Sam Lambert

Don Box is stepping down from his position within the company. Don Box, the head of AR software at Meta, is stepping down from that position within the social media company, according to recent media reports. This has led some to wonder about Meta’s future in developing its augmented reality glasses. Meta has been working on the development of AR software and hardware alike, specifically in the form of glasses. That said, many are now wondering what the future will hold for that tech now that its Vice President of…