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Pinterest has announced a new slate of programming for Pride Month, including dedicated live streams, shopping spotlights, and a new partnership with RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Sasha Colby. Colby will share exclusive content, as well as a curated board of beauty tips and advice. Colby, a long-time Pinterest user, will also use the occasion to […]

In a significant policy shift, YouTube announced it wouldn’t remove content suggesting that fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 US Presidential and other US elections. The company confirmed this reversal of its election integrity policy on Friday. In this article, we’re diving deep into YouTube’s decision. What led to this point? It’s not […]

In this month’s roundup of the most exciting new downloads for designers and developers, there are many AI-powered tools, services to simplify your app development, productivity tools, and some great training courses. Enjoy! Visual Frameworks Visual Frameworks is a set of helpful illustrations designed to trigger possible strategies and solutions to problems. Think of a challenge you’re […]

Meta’s getting serious about its threats to remove Canadian news publishers from its apps, as a result of Canada’s proposed Online News Act. Meta is now conducting live tests to see how things will look without Canadian outlets in its apps, in order to ensure that it can effectively implement a ban, in case the […]

WhatsApp has launched a new Security Hub mini-site, which provides a complete overview of the various safety and security tools available in the app, to help you manage your WhatsApp experience. The security hub includes an overview of WhatsApp’s default safety elements, along with its various user control options to enhance your messaging security. There […]

Google Search Advocate, John Mueller, has shed light on the difference between generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), offering practical advice to businesses and SEO professionals. His comments arrive amidst the recent update by Google that categorizes .ai domains as gTLDs, moving away from their previous association with Anguilla, a British […]

What if you woke up tomorrow and Twitter had disappeared, and in the place where it usually is on your phone, there was a weird ‘X’ icon instead? That’d be strange, right? Years of brand equity has been built into the Twitter name, and terms like ‘Twitter’ and ‘tweets’ are now universally understood, to a […]

TikTok has announced a new slate of programming for National Indigenous History Month, which will see the platform highlight a range of Indigenous creators and businesses through various surfaces in the app. First off, TikTok’s launching its first-ever Indigenous TikTok ‘Visionary Voices’ List, featuring a range of creators and businesses that are making a positive impact, […]

Google Search Advocate, John Mueller, has turned to Twitter seeking advice on what to consider when hiring an SEO consultant. He posed the question on behalf of someone running an animal park, indicating the need for a local SEO consultant to enhance their online presence. “Does anyone have recommendations in terms of people/companies & things […]

Dive Brief: Paid ads on LinkedIn for luxury brands drove higher results when they strategically leveraged storytelling, music and pacing, according to new research from VidMob. The “Luxury Creative Video Insights” report found a 460% lift above the average for ads in which talent appeared after the first three seconds compared to those which had […]