By Associated Press July 07, 2023 Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform. In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing … Continue reading Twitter threatens to sue Meta over its ‘copycat’ Threads app
Meta’s Threads app is here to challenge Twitter Karissa Bell @karissabe Threads, Meta’s text-based app to challenge Twitter, is now official. Mark Zuckerberg announced the new service one day ahead of the July 6th launch date that appeared in app stores earlier this week. Meta has begun rolling out the new service around … Continue reading Twitter threatens to sue Meta over the new Threads app
YouTube Premium family plan now costs $23 a month Sean Buckley @seaniccus If you subscribe to a YouTube Premium family plan, you may want to check your email: Google is notifying users that the monthly cost of the service will be going up by $5 a month. Starting in November, most users will … Continue reading YouTube test threatens to block viewers if they continue using ad blockers
By Chris Morris May 16, 2023 It might be time to log in to any old Gmail accounts you want to hang onto. Google is doing some spring cleaning, and it may soon be sweeping away any accounts you don’t use regularly. The tech giant has announced plans to get rid of inactive Google … Continue reading Google threatens to start deleting inactive Gmail accounts
By Rob Walker January 20, 2023 Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. As popular as it is, TikTok has critics—very serious critics, with very serious concerns. This isn’t just the usual social-media griping (misinformation, dubious trends, etc.). The addictive-video app has already been banned from government … Continue reading Why advertisers are pouring more money into TikTok, even as the government threatens to shut it down
Australian Parliament passes law that requires Google, Facebook to pay for newsOfficials approved the changes that came from their negotiations with Facebook. M. Moon @mariella_moon The Australian law that makes it mandatory for companies like Google and Facebook to pay for news they use is ready to be enforced. Australia’s Parliament has passed the … Continue reading Meta threatens to block news content in Canada over media revenue-sharing legislation
