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#Instagram has prototyped an unreleased ephemeral text messaging feature that clears the chat thread whenever you leave it, a Facebook spokesperson confirms to TechCrunch, first discovered by Jane Manchun Wong.

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As the coronavirus pandemic has enveloped the globe, #Reddit says it has seen a “surge” in traffic recently.

It saw traffic ⬆️ of 20-50% in subreddits related to business, finance, news, education, travel and sports. For ex, r/wallstreetbets saw 11.7M pageviews on March 12.

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In light of the increased demand, #Pinterest has moved up the launch of its Today tab — featuring curated topics and trending Pins, making it easier to explore timely ideas, Pinterest explains.

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#Instagram has announced a new feature called Co-Watching, which allows users to view Instagram posts together with their friends over video chat.

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#Snapchat has announced the Here For You feature which will show safety resources from local experts when Snapchatters search for certain topics, including those related to anxiety, depression, stress, grief, suicidal thoughts, and bullying.

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Indian citizens can text a #WhatsApp bot, called #MyGovCoronaHelpdesk - to get instant authoritative answers to their coronavirus queries such as the symptoms of the viral disease and how they could seek help

An individual is required to text [phone] to connect to the bot

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#YouTube has started to reduce the quality of videos around the world, to ease internet traffic during the coronavirus outbreak.

Viewers will at first see YouTube videos in SD amd will have to choose HD in order to watch in that quality.

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OTT Platforms like #Netflix #AmazonPrime #Hotstar #MXPlayer #Zee and more + Social platforms like #Facebook #TikTok #YouTube adopt measures to temporarily default HD and
ultra-HD streaming to SD content, at bitrates no higher than 480p on cellular networks, until April 14.

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#Facebook is testing a new option to share your #FacebookStories to #Instagram in your send settings, which could make it easier to maintain activity on both platforms, and expand your stories' reach.

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#Google has announced that it will make mobile-first indexing, the default behavior of its search engine by September 2020. With mobile-first indexing, #GoogleSearch primarily uses a page’s mobile content for creating its search index and ranking.

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#Reddit, the popular discussion site, is launching its first trending ad product, the Trending Takeover. The new ad unit will allow brands to reach visitors on two of the most heavily visited areas of Reddit’s website: the Search tab and the Popular feed.

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#Twitter is now testing its own version of Stories called “#Fleets”, which will let users post content which will disappear within 24 hrs.

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Clickable website links on a TikTok Profile is similar to Instagram’s ‘link in bio’.

SMBs and e-commerce portals can introduce their website and reach unique users through the feature.

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#FacebookMessenger is getting a design overhaul that is soon rolling out to users, TechCrunch reports.

The redesign has 2 significant changes: the removal of the Discover tab, which houses chatbots from games and brands; and an increased emphasis on #FacebookStories

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Senior director of product management Pete Davies said in a LinkedIn Pulse post that #LinkedInStories are being tested internally, with plans to involve some members of the professional network in the coming months.

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Twitter is adding a new feature for mobile users to make it easier to link dispersed tweets together.

The feature lets you pull down as you’re composing a tweet to create a thread, or to see a “continue thread” option.

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#Facebook is reportedly experimenting with a new iteration of its #FacebookStories discovery page.
It looks to include larger panels to highlight certain stories, similar to how Instagram treats IGTV, trending Stories, and Shopping highlights within its Explore page.

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#ZEE5 is developing a short-form video creation app #Hypershorts to tap into the vast user-generated content segment.

It is still in the works and will offer up to 90s videos created by celebrities, influencers, and common users.

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#TikTokIndia saw Indians spend over 5.5 Bn hours on the app in 2019, App Annie said.

This is an increase of over six times from the 900 Mn hours Indians had spent on TikTok in 2018.

India also emerged as #TikTok's largest market outside it's home base China with 90% increase.

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#Instagram has been spotted internally prototyping a “Latest Posts” feature.

It appears as a pop-up over the main feed & brings users to a special area showing the newest content from their network.

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