Topic: platform updates
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SOTI's New Mobile Tech Revolutionizes Transportation & Logistics
Mobile device downtime in the transportation and logistics industry causes significant operational delays, with Australian workers losing an average of 16 hours monthly due to device or application failures. SOTI has upgraded its SOTI ONE Platform to minimize disruptions, introducing features lik...
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5 Must-Try B2B LinkedIn Ad Tests for 2026
Video content is essential on LinkedIn, requiring short-form, professionally tailored clips that address pain points or provide tutorials, paired with a clear follow-up plan to nurture engagement. Thought Leader Ads, which amplify content from employee accounts, build brand trust more effectively...
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Apple’s Biggest WWDC 2026 Announcements
Apple announced a formal partnership with Google's Gemini AI to power Apple Intelligence, deeply integrating AI across the entire ecosystem to enhance Siri's conversational ability and app functionality. The WWDC keynote, framed around platform improvements, trust and safety, and a major AI leap,...
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YouTube TV to Add Custom Multiview and Channel Bundles
YouTube TV is introducing a fully customizable multiview feature, allowing users to watch multiple live streams of their own choosing simultaneously, such as a sports game alongside an unrelated entertainment show. The service will also launch new, topic-focused channel bundles, like a dedicated ...
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How to Remove YouTube Shorts from Search Results
YouTube is introducing new search filters to separate long-form videos from YouTube Shorts, addressing user frustration with mixed-format results. The platform is removing underperforming filters like "Upload Date - Last Hour" and replacing "View count" sorting with a "Popularity" filter based on...
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YouTube Shorts update adds TikTok-like features
YouTube Shorts is adding a "clear screen" mode to remove on-screen icons and captions, and replacing the "thumbs-up" button with a "heart" icon, aligning the interface more closely with TikTok. Users can now watch Shorts at 2x speed by holding down the edge of the screen, with an option to lock t...
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Substack’s Reply Rules give creators more control over comments
Substack launched "Reply Rules," a new moderation tool that lets creators set custom guidelines for comments (like banning AI spam or requiring haiku replies) and automatically learns to filter similar comments based on the creator's hiding behavior. The tool is currently available only for Engli...
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Google's New Rules for Out-of-Stock Product Pages
Google now requires out-of-stock product pages to display a visibly disabled buy button, moving away from practices like hiding or keeping it active, to prevent customer confusion. The policy also mandates clear availability messaging on the product page, such as "out of stock," which must exactl...
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X Upgrades Creator Subscriptions with Exclusive Threads & Cards
X has upgraded its Creator Subscriptions with new features like exclusive, monetizable threads and integrated subscriber content to help creators build sustainable income and compete in the creator economy. The platform introduced tools including a shareable Subscriptions card, a dashboard for an...
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Google Ad Grants Now Supports Shop Visits
Google Ad Grants now allows nonprofits to optimize campaigns for real-world foot traffic by selecting "shop visits" as a primary goal, directly linking ads to in-person engagement. This change removes a previous technical barrier, enabling eligible accounts to integrate store visit conversions an...
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Google Keep's 2025 Recap & Future Outlook
Google Keep received key updates in 2025, including a streamlined workflow for creating text notes and a visual refresh with the Material 3 design language. The app maintains a philosophy of deliberate simplicity, positioning itself as a fast, visual, and lightweight note-taking tool distinct fro...
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YouTube's A/B Title Testing Now Available to All Creators
YouTube has globally released its A/B title testing feature to all creators with advanced features, allowing them to test up to three titles or thumbnails to optimize video performance based on data. The testing tool prioritizes overall watch time, not click-through rate, to determine a winning v...
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Meta Tests AI Assistant for Centralized Facebook & Instagram Support
Meta is launching a global, unified support center for Facebook and Instagram to streamline account issue management, featuring tools for reporting problems, account recovery, and an AI-powered search and assistant. The company credits its AI systems with improving security—reporting a 30% reduct...
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Android 16 Update Speeds Up Release Schedule
Android 16 QPR2 introduces a new, more frequent update schedule, moving from an annual cycle to include biannual SDK releases alongside quarterly and major updates. This accelerated timeline aims to reduce the update lag for non-Google Android devices, giving manufacturers more lead time to launc...
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Letterboxd Launches Movie Rentals This December
Letterboxd is launching a digital video store in December, allowing users to rent films directly on the platform, expanding its services beyond social film discovery. The video store will feature a curated selection including festival standouts, hard-to-find titles, and restored classics, tailore...
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Take Control of Your TikTok AI Content Feed
TikTok is introducing a feature that lets users control the amount of AI-generated content in their feeds, enhancing personalized content curation. The platform will use invisible watermarks on AI-generated videos to improve content identification and transparency, applying them to its own tools ...
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LinkedIn's New AI Search Helps You Find People Faster
LinkedIn has introduced a new AI search tool that allows users to find professional contacts by describing their needs in natural language, moving beyond simple keyword searches. The AI ranks search results by evaluating both the relevance of profiles and potential shared connections to surface t...
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5 B2B LinkedIn Ad Tactics to Boost Your Campaigns
Focus on LinkedIn's evolving advertising platform, including short-form native video content and Thought Leader Ads, to drive higher engagement and improve lead quality. Utilize personalized creative and Qualified Lead Optimization to lower cost per lead and improve lead quality by targeting high...
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Limit Your Child's YouTube Shorts Screen Time
YouTube has introduced a mandatory daily time limit for the Shorts feed on kids' and teens' accounts, which parents can set and the young users cannot alter. The platform is enhancing parental controls with custom "Bedtime" and "Take a break" reminders and an updated account creation flow that le...
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Yelp's AI Now Handles Phone Reservations for You
Yelp has launched two AI tools, Yelp Host and Yelp Receptionist, to manage phone calls and reservations for businesses, offering 24/7 support and handling inquiries and bookings. Yelp Host automates customer interactions by answering calls, managing reservations, providing wait times, and assisti...
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