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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users can’t opt out of new AI tool

04/26/202404/25/2024 John Montgallo

Meta has added artificial intelligence to its platforms regardless of whether users want it Meta recently released a statement about the rollout of its AI tool across its platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, saying that it is meant to be used “to get things done, learn, create and connect with the things that matter to you.” That said, it didn’t ask whether users want it there The AI tool has been incorporated into these platforms in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Pakistan, Jamaica, South Africa, Singapore, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia,…

Instagram social media platform is testing a new “Blend” feature

04/05/202404/04/2024 Stephanie Beck

Social Media Platform - Instagram New Feature

The new feature is being designed to allow friends to privately watch a Reel feed together Instagram has reportedly been working on a new “Blend” feature for its social media platform, which is focused on allowing two users to be able to watch Reels together. The first step would be to have one person invite another into the Blend In this way, the social media platform users will be able to create a Private Reel feed that they will be able to watch together. The feed will be composed of…

Excessive use of mobile devices can lead to anxiety, but it can be eased

01/22/202401/19/2024 Jorge Gonzalez

Mobile devices - Person looking stressed at mobile phone

Overusing social media in particular has been linked to mental illness such as depression and anxiety disorders. As convenient as mobile devices make our lives in terms of accessing information or completing day-to-day tasks, their overuse has also been associated with a rise in the instance of mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety disorders. Social media use is linked with both positive and negative impacts on its users, but overuse is problematic. Heavy social media users, particularly younger generations on mobile devices, have been spending substantial amounts of time…

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses can now be used for livestreaming on social media

09/29/202309/28/2023 John Montgallo

Smart glasses - Person wearing Ray-Bans - Meta

The gadgets, which haven’t proved as popular as Meta has hoped, can be used on its platforms. When Ray-Ban Stories first launched with smart glasses, people weren’t nearly as impressed as Meta had expected. The company has managed to sell only slightly over one third of its original sales goal. According to a report cited by Tech Crunch, Meta has only sold just over a third of the internal 300,000 smart glasses unit goal within the first seven months that the gadgets were available. Even worse, that same report indicates…

Threads app briefly appears on Google Play as Meta’s Twitter rival

07/05/202307/05/2023 John Montgallo

Threads app - Smartphone with Google Play displayed

Screenshots showed that users would be able to log in to the Twitter competitor using an Instagram account. Recent screenshots showed that the Threads app, Meta’s competition for Twitter, briefly appeared on Google Play at the start of July. Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who commonly spots unreleased features buried in code, shared the images. According to the screenshots, people will be able to sign into the Threads app by logging in with their Instagram account. Moreover, from there, they can sync the accounts they follow from one application to the…