With all the social media services available, it’s easy to forget that news aggregator Digg was once the most popular. Social media pioneers Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian decided to make it that way once again by acquiring Digg from an advertising company.
The Snapchat app is getting its biggest redesign in years, with the main focus being unifying Stories and Spotlight. What the engineers created was a simplified design that provides Snapchatters with a more personal and relevant viewing experience.
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has just released Jimeng AI to the public. This text-to-video generator isn’t free however, as it will cost users just under $10 per month to generate nearly 170 videos or 2,000 images. Or, you could save a few dollars and opt for the $92 annual plan.
Meta Avatar calls are set to launch and they can be used for real-time calling when using Messenger as well as Instagram when you’re not camera-ready. A new feature on Facebook and WhatsApp will soon let you take a live selfie and generate an avatar in seconds. You’ll then be able to customize the avatar to best represent yourself.
Threads by Instagram images first leaked back in May, but now, it’s officially launching in the US on July 6th to take on rival Twitter. The app is described as a way for communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what will be trending tomorrow, and most importantly for some, your Instagram username can be kept the same without having to register again.
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Images of Instagram’s Twitter competitor have allegedly been leaked, and it is referred to as a new text-based app for conversations. You won’t need a separate login, just use Instagram credentials. Once logged in, all of your followers, profile information, and verification is transferred over.
Snapchat has just launched Snap AR Lens Studio for developers to create lenses with ray tracing. Ray Tracing is essentially a technical capability that enhances the realism of augmented reality experiences by modeling light transport on objects, whether it be rendering algorithms or just generating digital images.
TikTok quickly became the number one social media platform after arriving in the US six years ago, but one thing they lacked has been a Photo Mode…until now. This mode features a new carousel format available on mobile devices for photo content that lets users easily share high quality images on TikTok.
At 1550-square-feet, the physical Meta Store in Burlingame, California is located near the company’s Reality Labs headquarters. It’s set to open to the public on May 9th, and visitors will be able to get hands-on with the Meta Portal, Ray-Ban Stories, and a new immersive Meta Quest 2 demo. Put simply, you’ll be able to try and interact with just about everything on display.
