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People who mostly get news from social networks have some COVID-19 misconceptions
A new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center shows a COVID-19 information divide between people who mostly get their…
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Facebook in talks to acquire stake in top Indian telco Reliance Jio, report says
Reliance Jio, a three-and-a-half-year-old subsidiary of India’s most valued firm Reliance Industries, may have attracted the attention of an American…
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Instagram launches Co-Watching of posts during video chat
Now you can scroll Instagram together with friends, turning a typically isolating, passive experience into something more social and active.…
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With kids and adults staying at home, are virtual worlds ready for primetime?
We’ve been diligently following the development of virtual worlds, also known as the “metaverse,” on TechCrunch. Hanging out within the…
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Under quarantine, media is actually social
The flood of status symbol content into Instagram Stories has run dry. No one is going out and doing anything…
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Twitter prioritizes blue-check verifications to confirm experts on Covid-19 and the novel coronavirus
At long last, here’s an actually useful purpose for Twitter’s blue-check verification mark: Twitter last night announced that it is…
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Instagram founder launches gift card site for quarantined restaurants
Coronavirus quarantines are hurting local businesses, but Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger wants to help them keep revenue rolling in. Krieger…
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Tinder waives Passport fee to help users connect virtually around the world
Dating may be proving next to impossible for many during this era of mass social distancing, but Tinder’s hoping to…
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Instagram prototypes Snapchat-style disappearing text messages
Instagram is finally preparing to copy Snapchat’s most popular feature, and one of the few it hasn’t already cloned. Instagram…
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Twitter broadly bans any COVID-19 tweets that could help the virus spread
You don’t have to go far to find someone online downplaying the severity of a global pandemic that’s shut down…
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