Threads

It’s a ’90s Browser War Redux as Musk and Meta Enter AI Race
It’s a ’90s Browser War Redux as Musk and Meta Enter AI Race
July 13, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

It’s a large language model (LLM) landscape, and we’re just living in it. There are more generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms in the market now...

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Threads Is Social Media’s Newest Nepo Baby, but Does It Have Staying Power?
Threads Is Social Media’s Newest Nepo Baby, but Does It Have Staying Power?
July 13, 2023  |  Social Commerce

Is the social media landscape too crowded? The winners of today’s attention economy don’t seem to think so. That’s why Meta, the parent company of...

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Threads Tops ChatGPT’s Record With 100 Million Users in 5 Days
Threads Tops ChatGPT’s Record With 100 Million Users in 5 Days
July 10, 2023  |  Facebook / Meta

Meta’s Threads passed the 100-million user mark this weekend, five days after launching. “That’s mostly organic demand, and we haven’t even turned on many promotions yet,” Meta CEO...

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Apple Plants Roots in Threads as Users Approach 100 Million 
Apple Plants Roots in Threads as Users Approach 100 Million 
July 09, 2023  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple appears to be all-in on Meta’s new text-based app Threads. A report Sunday by 9to5Mac notes that the platform is on the brink of surpassing...

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Meta Reports 70 Million Threads Sign-ups in First 2 Days
Meta Reports 70 Million Threads Sign-ups in First 2 Days
July 07, 2023  |  Mobile

Meta reported that its new Threads app gained 70 million sign-ups in its first two days. “70 million sign-ups on Threads as of this morning,” Meta...

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Twitter Warns Meta Not to Scrape User Data
Twitter Warns Meta Not to Scrape User Data
July 06, 2023  |  Facebook / Meta

Twitter has greeted the launch of Meta’s text-based app Threads with a letter from its lawyer. Elon Musk’s attorney, Alex Spiro, wrote a letter to...

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Zuckerberg Aims to Make Threads a 1-Billion Member App
Zuckerberg Aims to Make Threads a 1-Billion Member App
July 06, 2023  |  Facebook / Meta

Meta’s Twitter rival Threads debuted Thursday (July 6) with 10 million sign-ups in seven hours. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s envisioning a much higher number,...

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Meta Launches Threads, a Text-Based App, in Over 100 Countries
Meta Launches Threads, a Text-Based App, in Over 100 Countries
July 05, 2023  |  Facebook / Meta

Meta has launched its text-based app called Threads. The new app was built by Meta’s Instagram team and offers a space to share posts that...

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New Instagram App Causes Snap Shares To Slide
New Instagram App Causes Snap Shares To Slide
October 04, 2019  |  Markets

The launch of a new Instagram app caused shares in the owner of Snapchat to fall more than 7 percent–its lowest level in almost four...

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