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Yahoo to Add Personalization Features With Artifact Acquisition
Yahoo to Add Personalization Features With Artifact Acquisition
April 02, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Yahoo will add artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalization features across its platform, including Yahoo News, following its acquisition of Artifact. This acquisition closed Friday (March 29), Yahoo said in...

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Meta Opposes California Bill That Would Require Fee for Journalism
Meta Opposes California Bill That Would Require Fee for Journalism
May 31, 2023  |  Meta

Meta will remove news from Facebook and Instagram if it is forced to pay for it by a California bill. If the state’s Journalism Preservation...

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Facebook Testing AR Ads In News Feed
Facebook Testing AR Ads In News Feed
July 10, 2018  |  Social Commerce

Facebook is bringing augmented reality (AR) to its News Feed, providing advertisers with a new way to reach potential customers. A report citing Ty Ahmad-Taylor,...

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Facebook Tests Localized City Feed
Facebook Tests Localized City Feed
January 12, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook is testing out a new section of its app that will make it easier for users to find local news and information. According to...

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The Missing ‘M’ In Facebook Messenger
The Missing ‘M’ In Facebook Messenger
July 31, 2017  |  Facebook

Some of our most important innovations have happened by accident. In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming left his lab for vacation without cleaning up. He returned to...

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Google Experiences Difficulty Rolling Out Personalized News Feed On Android Devices
Google Experiences Difficulty Rolling Out Personalized News Feed On Android Devices
July 25, 2017  |  Google

Google released a personalized, Facebook-like news feed for smartphones this week, but the company is having difficulty rolling it out on devices that run the...

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Facebook May Build Paywall For Instant Articles
Facebook May Build Paywall For Instant Articles
July 24, 2017  |  Facebook

The newspaper industry isn’t exactly fond of Facebook. Though it would be unfair to single it out as the sole cause, the social media giant...

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