- TikTok is launching its own avatars for use in TikTok clips as well as a suite of tools to help digital well-being in the app
- Instagram launches functionality to pin posts on profiles
- Meta is pivoting away from AR and marketing Portal as a consumer device
- Spotify looks to get into the audiobook market
- Twitter has launched in-app ‘product drop’ reminders
- Google has put an engineer who called its AI sentient on leave
- What’s your visual “aura”? Perfume brands are diving into the metaverse
- Meta has published a report on how the pandemic’s changed the way that people connect
- Could web3 fuel the next ‘social’ tech wave?
- Glossier is the first to trial shopping in Shorts, commerce in YouTube short-form video
- Elton John has launched a QR code to fuel Pride donations
- Get your ‘Metaboots’ on, Timberland has headed to Fortnite island
- Is streaming too big for its own good?