TECH CRUNCH - Clubhouse announced that closed captioning is now rolling out for iOS. "We currently support 13 languages for captions, with more on the way. These 13 languages include English, Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Yue Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Turkish," a Clubhouse representative said.
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Clubhouse Finally Has Live Captions on iOS
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Instagram Rolls out 'Rage Shake' Feature and Option to Delete Posts From Carousel
TECH CRUNCH - Instagram has introduced a new "Rage Shake" feature that lets users shake their phones to report a problem with the app. For now, the feature is only available in the U.S. Instagram is also rolling out the ability to delete single items from a carousel post with at least three images or videos. The new feature is currently only available on iOS.
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Twitter Partners With S&P 500 on Stock Index That Crowdsources Public Opinion
CNET - Twitter partners with S&P Dow Jones Indices to give investors a broader view of opinions about companies they may be considering investing in. Through the Twitter API, S&P analyzes both bearish and bullish tweets in real-time to score the level of positive sentiment surrounding each company.
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Social Network for Audio Creators, Logcast, to Launch Globally
PR NEWSWIRE - Stockholm-based Logcast launches its app globally, reconstructing how audio creators create, monetize, and distribute content by offering one-tap audio creation, unlockable fan experiences, and next-gen monetization tools like spoken audio NFTs. Since its public beta launch in April this year, thousands of creators have joined the platform, with ~40K mins of streamed content.
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Social Audio Platform Walkie-talkie Raises $3.25M to Expand Its Global Reach
TECH CRUNCH - A social audio platform developed by Picslo Corp, Walkie-talkie has raised a $3.25M seed round led by Heroic Ventures. The Clubhouse-like app launched 2 years ago and currently has 1.2M active users.
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TikTok Updates Safety Center Resources Following Research on Harmful Challenges
TECH CRUNCH - TikTok released the results of its commissioned research into harmful challenges and hoaxes. The report's data speaks to how social media can be a breeding ground for harmful content, like these viral challenges, because of how young people so heavily use social platforms. The company announced it's adding to its Safety Center a new section dedicated to challenges and hoaxes, and it's revising some of the language used in its warning labels that appear when people search for hoaxes linked to suicide or self-harm, based on the researchers' suggestions.
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Instagram Will Shut Down Its Companion App Threads by Year-end
TECH CRUNCH - Instagram's standalone messaging app Threads is shutting down. The app will no longer be supported by the end of Dec 2021. Instagram is planning to alert its existing Threads users with an in-app notice beginning on Nov 23, which will direct them to return to Instagram to message their friends going forward.
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IRL Adds Instagram and Snapchat Executives to the Team
BUSINESS WIRE - Head of Engineering Alex Strand and Head of Partnerships Joanne Lee Join IRL, Adding to the Company's Existing Robust Leadership Team. IRL is the leading group messaging social network that brings people together through group chats, events, and shared experiences. Strand most recently served as Director of Engineering at Snapchat for nearly six years, while Lee joins from a strategy and partnerships leadership role at Instagram.
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Pinterest Launches TwoTwenty, Its In-house Incubator for New Projects
TECH CRUNCH - Pinterest is introducing an in-house, experimental products team it's called TwoTwenty - named after the address of Pinterest's first office. The team is comprised of engineers, designers, and other product experts who will research, prototype and test new features and ideas, then identify those that gain traction. Successful products will be then handed off to other teams within the company to take to scale.
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Contra Partners With TikTok to Add LinkedIn Flavor to the App
TECH CRUNCH - Contra, a professional network for freelance workers, is partnering with TikTok to allow users to showcase their resumes and portfolios on TikTok Jump, the social media service's third-party integration tool. The new partnership will allow creators to link their Contra profile to their TikTok videos to showcase their professional portfolios.
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India's Social Media Koo on Rise After Twitter Feud
ARAB NEWS - India's pro-government social network Koo has risen to prominence on the country's social media scene after months of disputes between Indian authorities and technology companies, including Twitter and Facebook. Koo recently witnessed a raft of Indian Cabinet ministers, government agencies, and right-wing celebrities opening accounts.
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Octi Launches Groundbreaking Social Platform That Rewards Users
PR NEWSWIRE - Octi, the world's first AR social platform that merges reality with the metaverse, and rewards creators with virtual and physical goods, launched as the #1 social networking app in the Apple App Store. With Octi's advanced camera and AR technology, the creator is their own avatar in the metaverse. Users can also earn coins by interacting with the community and completing themed challenges.
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Bilibili, China's YouTube, Joins the Open Invention Network
ZDNET - Bilibili has joined other Chinese technology powerhouses in joining the Open Invention Network (OIN). The OIN is the world's largest patent non-aggression consortium. It protects Linux and related open source software and the companies behind them from patent attacks and patent trolls.
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Twitter Acquires Threader, an App That Compiles and Shares Threads
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter is acquiring Threader, an app that lets people compile Twitter threads and share their favorites. Threader co-founder Marie Denis will join Twitter's Longform team, working on features like Reader and similar products. Threader will shut down in 30 days as part of the acquisition, so if fans of the app want to retain the Threader reading experience, they'll have to join Twitter Blue.
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TikTok Has Added Disney Voices for Text to Speech
AFP - For the anniversary of its Disney + streaming platform, Disney is giving social network users a special gift. From now on, voices of characters from the Disney universe will be able to narrate TikTok videos.
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