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Instagram launches multiple user broadcasts with Live Rooms

Instagram this week launched Live Rooms, a livestream broadcast that can feature up to four users simultaneously streaming together in virtual ‘rooms.’ The focus on audiovisual comes as Clubhouse, the latest social media craze, based on group broadcasting, is taking the world by storm. While the fashion industry has been slow to embrace...

Mar 3, 2021

Business

Facebook and Instagram kick off #BuyBlack initiative

Back in November Facebook and Instagram launched an initiative to support Black-owned businesses with the initiative #BuyBlack Friday. The social media giant promised to use its platforms to elevate Black voices and businesses and in February is celebrating Black History Month, raising awareness and inspiring action across the Facebook app,...

Feb 2, 2021

Business

Tech and retail giants face growing scrutiny

Accelerating the transition to an ever more digital existence, the coronavirus pandemic has tightened tech giants' grip on billions of customers' lives. Governments and users are belatedly coming to terms with the power held by the likes of Apple and Amazon, particularly in focus this year thanks to their role in everything from setting up video...

Dec 28, 2020

People

Billionaire retail magnates see fortunes soar during pandemic

A new report by Americans for Tax Fairness shows the collective wealth of America’s 651 billionaires has soared to over 4 trillion dollars since the beginning of the pandemic. To put that into perspective, their increase in fortunes since March is greater than the 908 billion dollars of pandemic relief proposed by the U.S. government. Retail...

Dec 20, 2020

Business

Reining in tech giants: EU and US efforts

Tech giants have changed our daily lives but governments around the world are worried they are out of control. Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft -- dubbed the GAFAM -- are accused of not paying enough taxes, unfair competition, stealing media content and threatening democracy by spreading false information. As the European Union...

Dec 18, 2020

Video

Video: Glamour presents the Glamour Women of the Year 30th anniversary special film

In this video, Glamour presents the Glamour Women of the Year 30th anniversary special film, showcasing their 2020 honorees including the women of Elmhurst Hospital, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) legal defence fund president Sherrilyn Ifill, Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Dolores Huerta and Regina...

Oct 27, 2020

Retail

Whatsapp to provide in-app purchases

Facebook Inc. has said its WhatsApp messaging app will begin to provide in-app purchases and hosting services. Whatsapp will now permit businesses to sell products on the Whatsapp app viaFacebook shops,an online store launched in May. Users will be able to browse through a store’s catalogue in a chat, add items to their cart and place orders....

Oct 23, 2020

Video

Video: Whatsapp to provide in-app purchases

Facebook Inc. has said its WhatsApp messaging app would start to offer in-app purchases and hosting services. Users will be able to browse through a store’s catalogue in a chat, add items to their cart and place orders. Video: WhatsApp via YouTube Image: WhatsApp, Facebook

Oct 23, 2020

Retail

Facebook announces #BuyBlack Friday

Facebook has launched a three-month long ‘Season of Support’ to provide free resources, education and training to help businesses all over the world. As part of the initiative, Facebook has announced #BuyBlack Friday in the US, to celebrate and support black-owned businesses and their communities which have been hit especially hard by Covid-19,...

Oct 13, 2020

Business

Facebook unveils #BuyBlack initiative to support Black-owned businesses

Facebook announced #BuyBlack Friday in the US, aiming to celebrate and support small Black-owned businesses and their communities in the upcoming holiday season. The initiative is part of a three-month long Season of Support that was launched to provide free resources, education and training to help businesses across the world. Starting October...

Oct 9, 2020

Fashion

Celebrities and brands pause Instagram in Stop Hate for Profit campaign

The charity Stop Hate for Profit is asking Instagram users to join a 24-hour social media “freeze” on Wednesday, during which they put up a message about Facebook Group’s “repeated failures to address hate speech and election disinformation on their platforms.” In July brands including Adidas, Birchbox, Dockers and French Connection US paused...

Sep 16, 2020

Business

New data shows which social channels display most ads

Research from search engine WhistleOut shows Instagram and Facebook display the most advertising in user feeds across social media platforms. Facebook feeds were found to have an average of 21.2 percent ads while Instagram had 20.6 percent. LinkedIn was next with 19.6 percent followed by Twitter (14.2 percent) and TikTok (2.4 percent). This...

Aug 11, 2020