Facebook and Instagram to follow Twitter with new charges announced for two-factor authentication
Meta has announced that Facebook and Instagram users will soon have to pay to be verified on social media platforms. With the announcement that Twitter is taking away SMS two-factor authentication for non-paying users on March 19, Mark Zuckerberg has taken Elon Musk’s lead, with more platforms set to follow. In a Facebook post on […]
Meta introduces Broadcast Channels to Instagram
Meta has announced that it’s adding a new Broadcast Channels feature to Instagram. Channels is a public one-to-many messaging tool that allows creators to engage with their followers directly at scale. Creators can use Channels to help their followers stay in-the-know. The introduction of the new feature was announced by Mark Zuckerberg, who revealed the […]
Google and Uber aim to ‘reimagine the customer experience’ with deeper partnership
Google has announced that the company is supporting Uber’s next phase of growth. To do so, it will provide the company with a range of solutions, including cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, data analytics and edge networking. Thanks to an expanded and deeper partnership between the two companies, Uber will now use Google’s innovative technology to […]
WhatsApp meal orders on trains become a reality using AI chatbot
Fancy a meal on your next train? WhatsApp and AI-enabled chatbots could make this a future reality. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have announced that passengers on certain routes in New Delhi might soon be able to order food through a WhatsApp number, using an interactive Artificial Intelligence-enabled chatbot, capable of handling […]
TikTok brings fans closer to the 2023 Six Nations
TikTok users will get a unique window into one of the world’s most popular rugby tournaments as its partnership with Six Nations Rugby enters its second year. Following the record-breaking success of the partnership in 2022, TikTok has once again been named the Official Partner of the Guinness Six Nations and Title Partner of the […]
Google rolls out new AI and AR features, including immersive maps
Google has announced a number of upgrades to Google Maps. In doing so, the company is demonstrating how artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) can bringing immersive, intuitive maps to life. Google launches ‘immersive view’ Google’s ‘immersive view’ will provide users with a new way to explore an area. In fact, the company says […]
Twitter ends free access to its APIs among a string of incidents to hit the social media platform
We’ve witnessed a huge change in Twitter since Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the popular social media platform in October. Twitter’s existing workforce at takeover has been drastically reduced to a mere 17% and the company has lost 40% of its revenue, with advertisers constantly jumping ship. Last week, Musk announced he was ending […]
Google aims to make Chrome’s picture-in-picture functionality more useful
The latest Chrome beta (version 111) includes a free trial for a new feature that could make Chrome’s picture-in-picture feature significantly more useful for users. At present, this picture-in-picture feature can only be used for playing videos. However, if the trial is successful, it may one day allow people to display any form of web […]
ChatGPT reaches one hundred million users, but flaws remain in popular chatbot
Analysts of ChatGPT announced this week the chatbot had already reached 100 million users since its launch two months ago. According to analysis data firm, Similarweb, in January, a total of 590 million visits to ChatGPT were recorded from 100 million unique users, described as “unprecedented growth for a consumer app” by investment bank UBS. […]
Which Pizza brands are the most highly ranked in Google local listings?
Happy Pizza Day from Spike! Across the globe, people will be debating what toppings to go for on their slab of pizza. Our local SEO team (as wild as they are!) were keen to understand which Pizza brands hold the top Google Business Profile positions based on 150 different sets of coordinates in the local […]
Unity and Google expand their ongoing partnership
Unity, the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content has expanded its partnership with Google. This renewed partnership will bring Unity Gaming Services to Google Cloud Marketplace, giving developers more access to foundational multiplayer tools. It will also give creators better access to quality ads. What will the expanded partnership mean? […]
MLS Season Pass is now available worldwide on the Apple TV app
MLS Season Pass is now available worldwide on the Apple TV app ahead of the official start of the MLS season on February 25th. What matches can fans watch on the Apple TV app? As of now, fans in more than 100 countries and regions around the world are able to enjoy a wide range […]