Gmail Mobile Users Can Now See Top Search Results In A Dedicated Section by Ray Schultz , June 2, 2023 Google is adding a feature to streamline the search process for Gmail users on Android and iOS. The most relevant search results will now appear at the top of the list in a dedicated section. … Continue reading Gmail Mobile Users Can Now See Top Search Results In A Dedicated Section
Streaming Video Users Renew Privacy Battle With Google by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, May 19, 2023 Streaming video users from New York and Minnesota will ask a federal appellate court to revive a lawsuit alleging that Google violated state privacy laws by retaining data about streaming video rentals, according to court papers filed Thursday. The video … Continue reading Streaming Video Users Renew Privacy Battle With Google
New design features and the ability to build third-party plug-ins will offer more tools for marketers using Bing Chat. Chris Wood on May 4, 2023 Microsoft is opening up Bing Chat with an API for developers and rolling out its new Bing Chat to all users who download Microsoft Edge — there’s no more waitlist. Over half … Continue reading Bing Chat opens up to more users and developers with API, expanded visual answers
Pinterest Offers Advertisers New Ways To Target Eco-Friendly Users by Colin Kirkland , March 29, 2023 Pinterest claims that protecting the environment is shaping the way consumers are buying. In preparation for Earth Day, the image-sharing social service is dishing out tips for how advertisers can incorporate sustainability messaging into their Pinterest ads, based on … Continue reading Pinterest Offers Advertisers New Ways To Target Eco-Friendly Users
Twitter’s For You tabbed interface starts rolling out on desktop web browsers Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Twitter’s “For You” tab, which debuted on iOS devices earlier this week, has begun rolling out to desktop web browsers. The new interface replaces the “sparkle” icon that previously allowed you to toggle between the platform’s algorithmically generated and … Continue reading Twitter will soon only recommend paid users in its For You feed
By Rob Walker February 24, 2023 Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. What is social media worth? Not to investors—we know the market valuations of the most familiar social media companies can reach hundreds of billions, even despite recent weakness among tech stocks—but to … Continue reading Why social media companies picked a very tricky time to start charging users
Gmail Users Are Not Receiving Emails Synching With Microsoft Servers: Report February 22, 2023 By Sergiu Gatlan Google is investigating a service outage caused when Gmail accounts are syncing with Microsoft servers. Gmail users on affected devices say they are not receiving emails. Hotmail accounts are also affected. Google is investigating a service outage … Continue reading Gmail Users Are Not Receiving Emails Synching With Microsoft Servers: Report
T-Mobile data breach compromised 37 million customers’ data Mariella Moon @mariella_moon T-Mobile has admitted that hackers were able to steal the information of around 37 million postpaid and prepaid customers in another major data breach. The carrier said in a regulatory filing that it discovered the issue on January 5th, but that it believes the … Continue reading T-Mobile outage affected thousands of users across the US
Under the new Bing terms of service Microsoft claims rights over inputs and outputs that may conflict with copyright law. Constantine von Hoffman on February 9, 2023 On Tuesday Microsoft loudly announced the new AI-fueled version of Bing. At the same time it quietly published a new version of the search engine’s terms of service, … Continue reading New TOS for AI-powered Bing poses legal issues for Microsoft and users
By Christopher Zara December 13, 2022 Twitter users who were verified under the old system that was in effect before Elon Musk took control of the company are discovering this week that they still have their blue badges, albeit with a slightly less enthusiastic description. “This account is a legacy verified account,” says a … Continue reading ‘May or may not be notable’: Verified Twitter users are ushered into legacy limbo
