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Apple Pushes Back Mixed-Reality Headset / #
Apple has postponed the release of its mixed reality headset from around April to June 2023, at its annual WWDC, after testing showed hardware and software issues.

Instagram launches a new broadcast chat feature called ‘Channels’ / #
Channels are a broadcast chat feature that lets select US creators share public, one-to-many text, images, and more with their followers.

Germany: 55% want more regulation of internet companies / #
New survey of the Ministry of Consumer Protection shows less trust and high request for more state regulations of Facebook and other internet companies

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Stepping Down After Nine Years / #
Susan Wojcicki is stepping down as CEO of YouTube after nine years — and nearly 25 years at Google.

TikTok To Launch More Shopping Features For Brands As Instagram Does The Opposite / #
In the world of social media, apps are always striving to reach the top of the list as the competition is tough.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is fighting to prove app is not a security threat / #
In an exclusive interview, Shou Zi Chew said he’s working to persuade lawmakers that TikTok poses no threat. Things aren’t going exactly to plan.

Elon Musks SuperBowl-Tweet flopped, so he got a Super-Boost function for him installed / #
After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm.

Microsoft kills off the enterprise social network no-one remembered it has: Yammer / #
Costing around $1.2bn, Yammer was snapped up by the office software giant in 2012, and was integrated within the company's Microsoft Office suite as a social network companion. The successor of it will be „Viva“.

Discord Stage Channels adds Twitch-like video and screen sharing / #
Stage Channels will now support live video, screen sharing, and text chat for up to 300 participants.

Elon Musk now has a Super-Power on Twitter, which boosts his Tweets - and that‘s dangerous / #
Musk has given himself an even bigger bullhorn to annoy users and spread disinformation on the platform.

Elon Musk says end-2023 'good timing' to find new Twitter head / #
"I think I need to stabilise the organisation and just make sure it's in a financially healthy place and that the product roadmap is clearly laid out," said Musk, speaking virtually at the World Government Summit in Dubai

Instagram is killing live shopping in March, will focus on ads instead / #
The platform is exiting the livestream shopping business on Instagram, following a similar shutdown on Facebook. Starting on March 16, 2023, Instagram users will no longer be able to tag products while livestreaming.

Web blocks: EU Council wants to expand planned surveillance even further / #
According to a draft on planned, so called "chat control", EU states want to massively tighten blocking of content and access to it via technical tools. Meanwhile, researchers expose false claims by the EU to bring the laws into place.

The 25 Tweets That Show How Twitter Changed the World - According to The New York Times / #
17 years of messy, vibrant, sometimes ugly, always lively conversation has shaped the world - here are the 25 most important, including Donald Trump, Elon Musk, the plane in the Hudson River - and Oreo.

Cryptoverse: The Resurrection of NFTs? / #
The NFT market sees a low resurrection in January 2023, even though the $780 million of sales seen last month is a fraction of the roughly $5 billion seen last January and $2.7 billion in May, before the market took a non-fungible nosedive along with much of the crypto world.

Twitter delays launch of its new API platform again / #
Twitter ruffled a lot of feathers earlier this month when it announced its plans to cut the free access to its API.

YouTube Tests Multi-Language Audio Tracks, Expands Creator Music / #
YouTube’s added some new audio elements to help expand the appeal of your content.

LinkedIn Ads: A Complete Guide For Beginners / #
Here’s everything you need to know to get started with them.

TikTok Boom Ends in the U.S. - Now The App Tries to Reach New Audiences, including Paywalled Videos / #
The short video app saw its audience growth in the U.S. stall last year after one of the most head-spinning ascents in social media. Now it’s pushing to reinvigorate itself with new initiatives, from recruiting older users to better rewarding creators. Thenplatform is planning to let creators charge for content and is working on the Creator Fund 2.0, which could pay creators with more than 100K followers.

TikTok dismisses remaining staff in India, dashing hopes of banned app’s return / #
The ByteDance-owned app, which has been banned in India since June 2020, said it has closed its remote sales support hub in India.

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