Adam Mosseri says Instagram is exploring building a TV app as part of a deeper video push, but isn't interested in licensing live sports or Hollywood content
BEFORE they go into TVs → Meta's mobile RPMH hit $207 globally in Q2, competitive with Netflix's $229... @richlightshed : 🔥 “GenAI will bring the cost of producing content to zero” [NOT good for catal...
Meta begins a “limited, early test” of ads in Threads in the US and Japan, with the goal of making the ads “as interesting as organic content”
Threads is officially getting ads — https://www.theverge.com/... #Threads #Meta #Ads #SocialMedia #Tech — [image] Threads: Adam Mosseri / @mosseri : We're starting a small test for ads on Threads...
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has almost 275M MAUs and is adding more than a million sign ups per day, while Meta AI has passed 500M MAUs in less than a year
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Kurt Wagner / @kurtwag8 : Threads Monthly users: April - 150m July - 175m Aug - 200m Oct - “almost” 275m That's a lot of growth in one year (even if they are pushing Th...
Meta Movie Gen can create up to 16-second videos based on a text prompt, available to some staff and external partners; Meta plans to add it to its apps in 2025
But a Demo Shows It Isn't Perfect Hamsat Abdurasheed / News.ng : Meta Takes On Open AI, Launches Advanced Video-Creation AI Tool, Movie Gen Raw Story : Meta AI turns pictures into videos with sound PY...
Q&A with Adam Mosseri on Threads' first year, not leaning into political content, driving engagement, focusing on real-time content, the fediverse, and more
and even Threads is warming to it Leo Grieco / Proactiveinvestors UK : Meta's Threads hits milestone but lags social media giants Sean Tilley / We Distribute : A Beginner's Guide to the Fediverse, for...
Q&A with Adam Mosseri on Threads' first year, not leaning into political content, driving engagement, focusing on real-time content, the fediverse, and more
Programming note: With this post, we now go on a short summer break. See you back here July 15. — A year ago this week, Meta introduced Threads to the world. Threads: @mosseri , @drewharwell , @kur...
Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming
That is how you get widespread bias and disinformation. — #gigo Bluesky: @nzpom.com : These were some early examples of Grok testing that were accidentally released into production Kevin Veale / @kr...
Will Cathcart says WhatsApp has no plans to support RCS, as Meta launches its first marketing push for WhatsApp in the US, touting its privacy compared to SMS
Whatever you send or receive, end-to-end encryption protects your messages from being this exposed. Doroteya Borisova / PhoneArena : WhatsApp CEO hints at iPad app release Juli Clover / MacRumors : Wh...
Facebook confirms it is testing a feature for users to connect with their neighbors, as rival Nextdoor considers options for going public
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Facebook is testing a Shop section in its app in the US, while Instagram expands Live Shopping to more sellers in the US
a new e-commerce tab for brands to showcase their wares Max A. Cherney / Barron's Online : Facebook Has a New Top Bull on Wall Street David Cohen / Adweek : Facebook Shop Debuts on the Social Network'...