43 posts tagged ‘Social’
Amazon Echo Frames review, MrBeast jumps the shark and the Apple Watch gets un-banned
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Hey, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter recapping the week that was in tech. Typically, the stretch between Christmas and New Year’s tends to be on the sleepier side — but that wasn’t the case in 2023. Fortunately, the TC crew was around to document all that happened. This edition […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
No, spiders don’t want to mate with your viral body butter
Skincare girlies, fear not — your moisturizer probably does not attract spiders. Sol de Janeiro’s Delícia Drench Body Butter, which launched earlier this month, is quickly becoming a holy grail product among skincare enthusiasts. In addition to hyaluronic acid, the lotion is packed with flashy ingredients like copaiba resin, passionflower seed oil and prebiotic hibiscus […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Instagram finstas may turn into a new product called ‘flipside,’ meant only for close friends
Instagram is considering a new feature called “flipside” that allows users to establish a new, private side to their profile where they can post more candid and personal photos for a subset of their friends. The feature essentially productizes “finstas” — the slang term for alternate Instagram accounts where people post their real-life photos, as […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Oxford study says internet use doesn’t harm mental health, but its research has limits
In one of the largest studies ever on mental health and internet use, the Oxford Internet Institute has declared that there is no “smoking gun” linking the internet with psychological harm. Professors Andrew Przybylski and Matti Vuorre studied data from two million people aged 15 to 89 in 168 countries, finding that in the last […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The 2024 IPO cohort is coming into focus as Shein, Reddit prep to go public
If Shein and Reddit can do better than our miniscule tech IPO class of 2023, they could leave the sort of accelerative impact that tech startups so desperately need right now. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Mastodon tackles the problem of ‘reply guys’ with its latest feature
Mastodon’s latest update is tackling a problem Twitter users know all too well: the scourge of the “reply guys.” A colloquial term for the men who regularly reply to women’s posts in an overly familiar fashion, often to “mansplain,” tone police, offer unsolicited advice or gaslight the original poster, reply guys have been a longtime […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Advertiser exodus expected to deeply impact X ad revenue, analysis indicates
Even before major brands like Apple, Disney, and IBM paused their ad spending on X in the wake of Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic post, the company formerly known as Twitter had seen its revenues severely impacted by brand safety concerns. According to an October forecast from Insider Intelligence, X ad’s business was on […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Apple to pause advertising on X after Musk endorses antisemitic post
One of X’s key advertisers, Apple, will pause its advertising on the platform, according to a report from Axios. Apple follows in the footsteps of advertisers like IBM and the European Commission, who have suspended ads on X amid increased on-platform antisemitism. Per research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, X has failed to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.