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5 New Facebook Updates and Tests Spotted This Week

This weeks Facebook updates and tests Every week, every day, Facebook is trying out something new. Some of those experiments take off – like Reactions – while others fall flat – like Facebook Stories (though I wouldn’t be counting it out just yet). And while new tools and options are great, with so many different […]

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Instagram Stories are Coming to Desktop, Expanding Stories’ Reach

Just weeks after Facebook confirmed that Facebook Stories is coming to desktop users, Instagram has now announced that you’ll soon be able to view Instagram Stories on desktop too. Why does this matter? Well, from Instagram’s perspective it expands the availability of Stories to more users, particularly those in lower connectivity regions. As reported by

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Germany Proposes Massive Fines For Social Media Hate Posts

Social networks like Facebook or Twitter could face fines Fines could be up to €50 million in Germany if they fail to remove hate speech or libel quickly enough. The country’s justice minister,  Heiko Maas, says that monitoring of the sites’ content by youth protection organization Jugendschutz.net shows that Facebook’s record has actually got worse.

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How Snapchat Became The Leader In AR Without Really Trying

On any given day, Snapchat (NASDQ: SNAP) reaches 41% of all 18 to 34 year-olds in the United States. Reggie Brown’s sexting-app idea metamorphosed and it’s captured zeitgeist of a generation. Having grown from non-existence to 150 million daily active users in just about half a decade, Snapchat is where Facebook was 10 years ago. Its popularity has been meteoric

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