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Meta Opposes California Bill That Would Require Fee for Journalism
Meta // May 31, 2023

Meta will remove news from Facebook and Instagram if it is forced to pay for it by a California bill. If the state’s Journalism Preservation Act passes, it would create a “slush fund” that would benefit big media companies and that Meta would refuse to...

Facebook Testing AR Ads In News Feed
Social Commerce // July 10, 2018

Facebook is bringing augmented reality (AR) to its News Feed, providing advertisers with a new way to reach potential customers. A report citing Ty Ahmad-Taylor, vice president of product marketing for Facebook’s global marketing solutions, said that Facebook is expanding on a move from earlier...

Facebook Tests Localized City Feed
Facebook // January 12, 2018

Facebook is testing out a new section of its app that will make it easier for users to find local news and information. According to TechCrunch, the social media giant is testing out Today In, a feed made up of local events, announcements and news....

The Missing ‘M’ In Facebook Messenger
Facebook // July 31, 2017

Some of our most important innovations have happened by accident. In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming left his lab for vacation without cleaning up. He returned to find a lab filled with gross petri dishes that had to be thrown away — except for one that he noticed...

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Yahoo to Add Personalization Features With Artifact Acquisition

April 02, 2024
Yahoo will add artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalization features across its platform, including Yahoo News, following its acquisition of Artifact. This acquisition closed Friday (March 29), Yahoo said in a Tuesday (April 2) press release. “Yahoo was one of the first to combine human and algorithmic curation of news,” Kat Downs Mulder, senior vice president and general manager of Yahoo News, […]

Meta Opposes California Bill That Would Require Fee for Journalism

May 31, 2023
Meta will remove news from Facebook and Instagram if it is forced to pay for it by a California bill. If the state’s Journalism Preservation Act passes, it would create...

Facebook Testing AR Ads In News Feed

July 10, 2018
Facebook is bringing augmented reality (AR) to its News Feed, providing advertisers with a new way to reach potential customers. A report citing Ty Ahmad-Taylor, vice president of product marketing...

Facebook Tests Localized City Feed

January 12, 2018
Facebook is testing out a new section of its app that will make it easier for users to find local news and information. According to TechCrunch, the social media giant...