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By Ayeshah Mirzha and Rodrigo Bonilla You can now purchase Eventbrite tickets directly off YouTube Last November, YouTube partnered with Ticketmaster to sell concert tickets on official YouTube artist pages. As announced last week, YouTube is now expanding its offering to cover Eventbrite listings as well, allowing users in the U.S. to view upcoming […]

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By: Shane Carroll, Tan Jeannette, Monisha Kishin Instagram Just Upgraded Its Two-Factor Authentication Having added Two-Factor Authentication a year ago, Instagram has just stepped it up. Its previous iteration relied solely on SMSes to send authentication codes in the second step of the process. Users can now choose that or a more secure method: authentication […]

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Smart Screens for your home by Facebook Facebook sets her bets big on hardware by announcing a pair of multipurpose smart screens called the Portal and Portal+. These Facebook devices syncs with users’ Messenger accounts, and function as high-tech video monitors for video chatting with friends and family. Portal and Portal+ is also powered by […]

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By Andy Lim, Erasmus William, and Rodrigo Bonilla Snapchat encourages participation at the U.S. Midterm Elections In light of the upcoming United States Midterm Elections this November, Snapchat has incorporated a “Register to vote” button within its app to encourage users to vote. Users who click through will be brought to a mobile site where […]

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By Monisha Kishin, Shane Carroll, and Rodrigo Bonilla Facebook Pages can now join Facebook Groups In a new settings update, Facebook will now let Pages on the site interact with communities through members-only Facebook Groups. Previously, only personal profiles could join and interact in Facebook Groups but these latest settings enable group owners to […]

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By: Rodrigo Bonilla, Jeremy Lim, Jeannette Tan Instagram tests video tagging feature In an effort to promote better video discovery, Instagram is testing a new video tagging feature that allows users to tag accounts in the same way they would in photos and Stories. This latest test update aligns with Instagram’s heavy investment in video […]

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By Andy Lim and Rodrigo Bonilla Bumble now lets you hit snooze to take a break from your phone Popular dating app Bumble has introduced a “Snooze” feature that allows users to pause all activity within the app and essentially let your matches know that you are on a “digital detox.” Such a feature […]

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By Natasha Chew, Shane Carroll, Rodrigo Bonilla Facebook expands its video service worldwide Originally only available to U.S. users, the social network’s Watch feature on the app is now available to all 2.2 billion users around the world. Watch is a feed that shows videos in ‘episodes’, from Facebook or other creators, tailored to […]

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By Vee Tan, Jeremy Lim, and Rodrigo Bonilla Snapchat now lets you to send music GIFs In collaboration with TuneMoji, Snapchat has introduced a new feature that allows users to share music GIFs via chats and Stories. Just like regular GIFs, these musical GIFs contain the usual moving visual element, only this time, are […]

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By Erasmus William, Kelson Ong, and Rodrigo Bonilla Airbnb adds new collaborative features for group trips Airbnb is now preparing even more trip-planning features, allowing users to add co-travelers to their trips and make use of other collaboration features designed for group travel. Based on screenshots shared via Techcrunch, these new features enable a […]

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