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 Following tests earlier this year, Instagram today confirmed it’s rolling out a “Save Draft” feature to all users. As the name implies, this new addition means you’re now able to begin working on a post, then save a copy of your changes to be completed at a later point. This option appears when you hit the “Back” button in the app – something that… Read More

 Facebook says 53,000 people are talking about Terence Crutcher’s death by police, but instead it’s showing me Trends about Xbox, a Game Of Thrones actor, and New Jersey’s governor, even though they all have less chatter. Facebook denies it’s a media company, and has tried to distance itself from editorial decision-making by firing all its human Trend curators. But… Read More

 While there’s plenty of talent in the San Francisco Bay Area — where Pinterest’s main office is over at 5th and Brannan in San Francisco — it can be very costly to find and recruit that talent. And there’s a lot outside of San Francisco as well. One city, in particular, that Pinterest has turned its eyes to is Seattle. Last month, it opened an engineering office… Read More

 No TV? No problem – you can still catch the debates. This morning, ABC News and Facebook announced they are again teaming up to bring live coverage of the U.S. 2016 Presidential election to the social network, with live video of the general election debates. In addition, the network’s Facebook Page will feature live streams throughout the day from the host cities, as well as… Read More

 Tinder is teaming up with Spotify to give users a new way to judge each other.
Just as Tinder allowed folks to connect their Instagram accounts to their Tinder profile, the same is now true for Spotify. Users will be able to check out each others’ most-played songs on Spotify.
But even if you don’t have Spotify, Tinder will still let you use Spotify to add your ‘Tinder… Read More

 Chatbots were meh. Sure, they’ll get better. But the upcoming innovation in chat is about being more human, not less. With the proliferation of adequate speech recognition, AI assistants and wireless headphones, the tech is ready to unlock the potential of our most basic form of communication. Soon, we’ll talk and listen to our messaging apps when it’s more convenient than… Read More

 Did you hear? Twitter would like you to know that its service is now easier to use, thanks to a series of rule revisions announced in May, which have just gone live. Starting today, Twitter is cutting down on what counts towards your 140 characters. As a refresher, that means media content like photos, videos, GIFs, polls and Quote Tweets no longer eat into your character count. Links still… Read More

 The Adblock Plus crowdsourced hacker militia can’t keep up with Facebook’s disciplined army of engineers. When Facebook first announced it would circumvent ad blocking software, Adblock Plus (ABP) built a workaround in two days, boasting that “We promised that the open source community would have a solution very soon…This time that community seems to have gotten… Read More

 Twitter today is rolling out a series of new features designed to help users better connect with businesses offering customer support through their official Twitter accounts. Now those businesses will be able to clearly display on their profile if their account offers customer service, as well as which times those accounts are active. The business can now indicate if it offers service via a… Read More

 Following the controversial firing of the editorial team who managed the Trending Topics that appear next to Facebook’s News Feed, the company is now actively working on technology that will help prevent fake news stories from showing up in the Trending section. Similar systems have been rolled out to News Feed in recent months, and now that same technology is making its way to… Read More