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Facebook to become an iOS and app store in Europe

07/06/202307/12/2023 L. Green

The social media platform gained permission to help break the monopolies held by Apple and Google. European Union scrutiny of the Google Play store and the Apple App Store has been focused on the monopoly held over the apps that can be downloaded on Android and iOS devices. Apple has restricted the availability of its applications for security reasons, according to the company. Sideloading is the term used when users download and install an application from a third-party storefront. According to Apple, it doesn’t allow applications to be sideloaded on…

As frustration with AI chatbots rises, Instagram DMs is likely only adding more

06/13/202306/12/2023 Sam Lambert

Recently leaked images suggested there will be 30 artificial intelligence personalities with which to interact. Meta has joined the growing number of companies that are testing the integration of AI chatbots into social media apps, according to recently leaked images circulating the media. For the simultaneously growing number of people who have been trying to stay away from interacting with artificial intelligence, this is going to make things much more frustrating. The news was originally shared by Alessandro Paluzi, a leaker on Twitter, who shared a screenshot. #Instagram is working…

All social media apps have risks similar to TikTok

03/22/202303/21/2023 John Montgallo

A transparency group is cautioning that the Chinese platform isn’t the only one posing risks. A nonprofit advocacy group called the Tech Oversight Project is urging Congress to hold US social medias accountable ahead of hearing testimony from TikTok’s CEO. The group says the US platforms pose similar national security and mental health risks to TikTok. The nonprofit has stated that Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc.’s social media apps such as Facebook and Instagram, Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc’s products all employ comparable harmful business practices to TikTok. Moreover,…

US mobile consumers would give up social media for mobile games, study

05/20/201905/20/2019 L. Green

Nearly 70% of mobile users would give up social media than lose their favorite mobile games. According to a recent study from Tapjoy, US mobile consumers prefer mobile gaming to social media, with 69% saying they would rather give up social media apps or TV than lose their favorite games they play on mobile. The study’s findings help to explain why many social networking companies are branching out into mobile games. The mobile advertising and app monetization company surveyed over 18,000 US consumers ages 18 and older in February and…

Snapchat users 300 percent more likely to be mobile commerce shoppers

03/19/201803/16/2018 John Montgallo

Mobile Commerce Shopper - Snapchat - Social Media - Millennials

The struggling social app’s users have a high likelihood to shop for products and services on smartphones. Millennials love their social media apps but certain users are far more likely to be mobile commerce shoppers. In the U.K., Snapchat users are 300 percent more likely to buy products and services over a smartphone (compared to the average British adult). It seems that people inclined to use Snapchat also have tendencies toward using phones for shopping. Thirty three percent of British Snapchat users say they are quite comfortable being mobile commerce…