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37: Is it Twitter News or is it 'Elon Musk' News?
Is it Twitter News or is it 'Elon Musk' News? The latest news from Twitter sound like a parody. Then there is TikTok, still trying to make retailtainment happen in the US. And Meta seems to fail with every single internal project.
01:21 - We got Twitter 'verified' in minutes posing as a comedian and a senator
16:01 - TikTok Launches First In-App Shops in the US as Part of Expanded eCommerce Push
25:25 - The Reason for Meta’s Massive Layoffs? Ghosts in the Machine
Summary
There are now two Blaire Erskines on Twitter. One is a popular comedian with a photo of a cat and a checkmark next to her name saying she is “verified.” My faux Blaire took about 15 minutes to set up with a blue check mark — and showed me Twitter “verification” doesn’t verify much of anything at all.
While its in-app shopping experience hasn’t caught on as it would have hoped just yet, TikTok is slowly expanding its in-app shopping options, and making in-stream commerce a bigger focus, with the platform launching the first stage of its TikTok Shops integration in the US late last week. TikTok first launched Shops in the UK last year, and in Southeast Asia after that, but it hasn’t yet become an all-encompassing commerce solution within the app just yet. The launch of shops with selected US brands is the latest of several steps that TikTok’s taking to make in-stream shopping a bigger focus.
Remember Libra, Meta’s ambitious plan to enter the cryptocurrency market? Or Lasso, Meta’s ambitious attempt to outdo TikTok? Alongside projects like Shops, Meta’s ambitious plan to turn Instagram and Facebook into e-commerce giants; its podcast plans; Facebook Portal, and a Meta smartwatch to compete with the Apple Watch, they all failed.
Our panel today
>> Henrike
>> Vincent
>> Tarek
Every week our panel of technology enthusiasts meets to discuss the most important news from the fields of technology, innovation, and science. And you can join us live!
https://techreview.axelspringer.com/
https://www.ideas-engineering.io/
https://www.freetech.academy/
https://www.upday.com/
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By theinnovationengineer.comIs it Twitter News or is it 'Elon Musk' News? The latest news from Twitter sound like a parody. Then there is TikTok, still trying to make retailtainment happen in the US. And Meta seems to fail with every single internal project.
01:21 - We got Twitter 'verified' in minutes posing as a comedian and a senator
16:01 - TikTok Launches First In-App Shops in the US as Part of Expanded eCommerce Push
25:25 - The Reason for Meta’s Massive Layoffs? Ghosts in the Machine
Summary
There are now two Blaire Erskines on Twitter. One is a popular comedian with a photo of a cat and a checkmark next to her name saying she is “verified.” My faux Blaire took about 15 minutes to set up with a blue check mark — and showed me Twitter “verification” doesn’t verify much of anything at all.
While its in-app shopping experience hasn’t caught on as it would have hoped just yet, TikTok is slowly expanding its in-app shopping options, and making in-stream commerce a bigger focus, with the platform launching the first stage of its TikTok Shops integration in the US late last week. TikTok first launched Shops in the UK last year, and in Southeast Asia after that, but it hasn’t yet become an all-encompassing commerce solution within the app just yet. The launch of shops with selected US brands is the latest of several steps that TikTok’s taking to make in-stream shopping a bigger focus.
Remember Libra, Meta’s ambitious plan to enter the cryptocurrency market? Or Lasso, Meta’s ambitious attempt to outdo TikTok? Alongside projects like Shops, Meta’s ambitious plan to turn Instagram and Facebook into e-commerce giants; its podcast plans; Facebook Portal, and a Meta smartwatch to compete with the Apple Watch, they all failed.
Our panel today
>> Henrike
>> Vincent
>> Tarek
Every week our panel of technology enthusiasts meets to discuss the most important news from the fields of technology, innovation, and science. And you can join us live!
https://techreview.axelspringer.com/
https://www.ideas-engineering.io/
https://www.freetech.academy/
https://www.upday.com/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.