Sources: Linda Yaccarino plans to launch full-screen, sound-on video ads on Twitter's short-video feed and is wooing celebrities in the hope of selling more ads
New CEO hits the ground running with plans for new ads offering and tells staff to get ready for ‘hand-to-hand combat’
Block Party says its anti-harassment tool for Twitter is going on an indefinite hiatus starting May 31 due to Twitter API changes, and announces Privacy Party
Now that Twitter's API access is locked behind a tall paywall, long beloved third-party apps are shutting down.
Twitter pilots Blue for Business with select accounts, helping companies identify brands and key employees via badges, but doesn't share other perks and pricing
Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue. At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses.
Twitter plans to shut down its newsletter platform Revue and delete all related data on January 18, 2023, after acquiring the company in January 2021
Internal messages: Twitter's EMEA ad revenue dropped 15% YoY and weekly bookings are down 49%; source: Blue is delayed as Twitter seeks to skirt App Store fees
Revenues are in free fall, employees say. Can Musk turn the tide? — and Zoë Schiffer
Ian Goodfellow, Apple's director of ML, is leaving due to its return to work policy, saying in a note that “more flexibility would have been the best policy”
Microsoft and Meta partner to integrate Workplace content into Teams and plan to integrate Teams video meetings into Workplace groups by early 2022
Tom Warren / The Verge : Source: Workplace from Meta .
Twitter introduces Safety Mode, which blocks harassing accounts for seven days, in beta for some English-language accounts
Feeling safe on Twitter looks different for everyone. We've rolled out features and settings that may help you to feel more comfortable and in control of your experience …
Facebook rolls out Live Audio Rooms, available to verified public figures and select Groups, and its podcast service, available to select partners, in the US
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
In a letter to Tim Cook, written and edited by about 80 people, Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September
and Leaks to The Verge — Pushing Back Against Returning to the Office Dan Pontefract / Forbes : Is Apple In Trouble With Its Hybrid Work Model? Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Apple Empl...
In a letter to Tim Cook, written and edited by about 80 people, Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September
“Over the last year we often felt not just unheard, but at times actively ignored” — Apple employees are pushing …
An ex-Google engineer says she endured harassment for over a year and that Google's positive external image led her to delay reporting it
I learned the hard way that no publicly traded company is a family. — Ms. Nietfeld is a software engineer. She worked at Google from 2015 to 2019.
Sources: Zoom has begun developing a web email service for businesses, and may trial it next year, and is also considering building a calendar app
and how 2020 changed Zoom forever Tweets: Sharon O'Dea / @sharonodea : But y tho? (Seriously, no one wants this. Changing your primary email is a PITA so adding gmail won't encoura...
WhatsApp launches ephemeral messages, photos, and videos that disappear after seven days, rolling out on iOS and Android globally starting today
Facebook recently announced that WhatsApp passed the whopping milestone of 100 billion messages sent per day, but not everyone wants those chats to stick around forever.
Facebook outlines new rules for its internal Workplace, including banning profile pictures that promote specific political candidates or causes
- Facebook on Thursday outlined its new set of rules for employee communications within Workplace, the company's internal social network.
Revolut employees say 50+ staff in Poland and Portugal were given the choice of being terminated or receiving severance if they left by “mutual agreement”
Emiliano Mellino / WIRED UK : Tweets: @mellino , @sharonodea , @jtemperton , @chris_skinner , and @martinsfp Tweets: Emiliano Mellino / @mellino : We tend to forget that the bulk ...
Productivity tool Notion's free tier gets unlimited notes and blocks
There's never been a better time to check out the collaborative note-taking app — Notion, the workspace and note-taking app, just became much more appealing to individual users. ...
Facebook's experimental product unit debuts Tuned, an iOS app creating a “private space” for couples, letting them keep a photo diary, exchange notes, and more
a messaging tool for couples — is another example of how the tech industry has slowly privatized communication that once took place on open, unsiloed protocols. https://www.theverg...
Sources: WeWork is considering seeking a valuation of ~$20B-$30B in its US IPO, marking a significant reduction from an earlier valuation of $47B
Data Sheet New York Times : WeWork Parent Considers Reducing Valuation Before I.P.O. Thomas Franck / CNBC : WeWork is dramatically slashing its IPO valuation to less than $25 billi...