Ananya Gairola - Spark Newswire

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New Social Media App That Asks Teens To Say Nice Things To Each Other Tops iPhone Downloads — Beating WhatsApp, Facebook

Today, 7:21 AM

Gas, a new-age teen app, has surpassed BeReal and Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ: META) Facebook and WhatsApp in popularity on the Apple Inc.

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Mark Zuckerberg Aims At Apple’s iMessage ‘Bubble’ As He Talks Up WhatsApp’s End-To-End Encryption

By Ananya Gairola

Today, 7:21 AM

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg has criticized Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iMessage for being less "private and secure" than

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Sealed, Gen 1 iPhone From 2007 Sells For 60 Times The Original Price

By Ananya Gairola

Today, 7:21 AM

Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) first iPhone from 2007 was auctioned on Sunday for more than 60 times its original price. The unused 8GB iPhone was priced $599 when it first hit the market.

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Apple XR Headset Could Come With Iris Scanner To Let You Make Payments With Your Eyes

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Today, 7:21 AM

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Twitter Preparing To Tackle Misinformation With Birdwatch Ahead Of US Midterms — But Is It Missing A Beat Globally?

By Ananya Gairola

Today, 7:21 AM

Jane Manchun Wong, a security researcher, highlighted how false narratives are spread on Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR), saying that the social media platform “is still a great place to spread misinformation" and target audiences outside the U.S.

Instagram Expands Testing Of AI Age Verification Tool Globally After US Rollout

By Ananya Gairola

Today, 7:21 AM

Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ: META) Instagram has expanded the AI-powered Age Verification Program to additional countries, including India and Brazil.

Twitter Launches New Link Spotlight For Professionals: How YouTube, Ticketmaster Factor In

By Ananya Gairola

Today, 7:21 AM

Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) Link Spotlight is now available to all professionals in the U.S.

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TikTok Parent Reportedly Seeking To Expand Music Service In Direct Challenge To Spotify, Apple

By Ananya Gairola

Today, 7:21 AM

TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd reportedly wants to boost its music-streaming business and up the ante against industry heavyweights such as Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT).

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Twitter Asks Users’ Birthdates To Know If They Are Over 18 As It Looks To Filter Sensitive Content

By Ananya Gairola

Today, 7:21 AM

Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is stepping up its attempts to censor sensitive content by asking users to confirm their birthdates.

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Twitter May Do Away With Clickable Hashtags, Apparently, In Bid To Make More Money

By Ananya Gairola

Today, 7:21 AM

Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is working on an experiment to limit the usage of clickable hashtags — that lets users discover trends and find tweets related to specific topics.