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Instagram got popular by favoring big brands over cool content — which is why it's now losing to TikTok

Thu, 02/02/2023 - 05:01

Tech Insider

Instagram is a victim of its own success. The reason it became popular is the reason it can't beat TikTok.

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Instagram is becoming as uncool as Facebook — and it has only itself to blame

Tech Insider, Media, Discourse, Creators, Nordic, Advertising, News

I'm an Amazon influencer who makes $1,000 or more a month. Here are my best tips for building this online side hustle.

Thu, 02/02/2023 - 05:00

Tech Insider

Elena Duque sitting on a mirrored vanity — Elena Duque.
Courtesy of Elena Duque.

Media, Nordic, Retail, BI-freelancer, amazon, Amazon influencer, tiktok

Meta is slashing its costs by another $4 billion, and investors are thrilled

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 18:32

Tech Insider

Meta Hacker Way — Meta said it would spend less in 2023 — and investors cheered big-time, sending the stock up nearly 19% in after-hours trade.
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Tech News, meta, Earnings, facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Media, Instagram

Meta Is Spending More Than $1 Billion per Month on the Metaverse

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 17:36

Gizmodo

Meta has released its final quarterly and full year financial results for 2022, and the results are...mixed for the company formerly known as Facebook.

meta, metaverse, business2cfinance, socialmedia, virtualrealityinfiction, Revenue, facebook

Instagram Co-Founders Introduce Text-Based App

Tue, 01/31/2023 - 16:25

Gizmodo

Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are returning to the app game with a new innovative startup since leaving the ‘gram in 2018. Artifact is a new social media platform that will provide a feed of articles and facts aimed to create a dialogue between users to discuss things of interest.

Instagram, Software, tiktok, google, gizmodo, computing, operatingsystems

Trump's return to Instagram and Facebook could doom Truth Social

Fri, 01/27/2023 - 06:35

Tech Insider

Were you on MySpace, reader? I wasn't. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I was barely a human yet when it was big. But I've lurked on platforms like YikYak, Stumbleupon, Clubhouse — back when they were still a thing.