Slashgear

JULY 7, 2022

There is a way to escape the Facebook algorithm, turning your feed off to engagement and on to more friends and followed pages.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 24, 2022

TikTok users may soon have access to a third section in their feed that would show local content, as the platform is experimenting with a third feed called “Nearby.” Read more.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Reddit is changing your feed. The company announced in a post to r/reddit on Wednesday that it would be rolling out a steady stream of changes, improvements, and updates to users’ main feed over the next few months. The first change, which will go live today, relates to feed design in Reddit’s iOS and Android apps.…

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Digital Trends

JULY 21, 2022

Facebook is adding a new Feeds tab to your Facebook feed. The new tab is expected to help users see more of the posts they care about in chronological order.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 30, 2022

After bombarding people’s feeds with unwanted content, Instagram has realized its mistake. The social media platform is testing out ways for users to have more control over what pops up on their Explore page and regular feed by informing the app on what they don’t want to see. Read more.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 15, 2022

The social media company most associated with the reverse-chronological feed announced Monday that it would pause recently touted plans to let users quickly swipe between Latest and Home timelines. The company likewise tried to shift users away from the reverse-chronological feed back in 2016. Twitter just thought better of it.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 23, 2022

Six years after switching from a chronological feed to an algorithm, Instagram has unveiled the option for users to control what is shown in their feed. Now you can use the default algorithm that includes suggested posts, or you can choose between a chronological feed with posts by all accounts you follow. Open Instagram 2.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Desperate to reinvent the wheel as it weathers a Senate investigation and cedes more and more of its young user base to platforms like TikTok, Instagram will once again give users the option to browse “a version” of its chronological feed after years of utilizing an algorithmically-generated one. Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A feeding program for manatees is intensifying in Florida as conservation groups seek to save the marine mammals in the face of a devastating loss in local seagrass, the animals’ favorite food. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

RSS feeds have been around for a while, but they're under-used. Stay updated on the news the old school way.

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ARPost

JULY 11, 2019

This isn’t a mobile version of the Tamagotchi you forgot to check on, rather it’s a feel-good game of feed the gorilla for awareness. Users then look around their environment from their mobile phone and select termite mounds and berry bushes to feed it. How To Use It.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 21, 2022

If you'd rather have your Facebook Feed sorted chronologically instead of by Facebook's recommendations, you can do that. Here's how.

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Mashable VR

JULY 21, 2022

Facebook is launching a new Feeds tab and is renaming its home page to Home on the app. The Feeds tab will allow users to curate a Favorites list of friends and Pages they care about and filter out content they don't care about — like, say, Suggested For You posts. "As

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

A new study suggests that feeding your pup fresh food fit for a person might have an added welcome effect: smaller poops. The findings suggest that a fresh human-grade diet is more easily digestible for dogs than standard diets made of dry processed food, and it may also satisfy a dog’s appetite with fewer calories… Read more.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 20, 2021

adults say they regularly get their news fix from Facebook’s feeds—even if their own trust in Facebook itself is plummeting to new lows for, oh, whatever reason. At a time when American’s trust in the news media is plummeting to record lows , one recent Pew poll reported that about a third of U.S. Needless to say, the… Read more.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Forging ahead with plans to attract new users with TikTok-like short video feeds, Netflix will begin testing a “Kids Clips” feature on its iOS app this week that will help to expose young viewers to its vast library of children’s content. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

You might also start seeing missing children as you scroll through selfies and reels on your Instagram feed. While ‘Meta’ and ‘children’ aren’t typically two words anyone wants to see near each other, this time they’re coming together for some good news. Starting today, Instagram users can start seeing and sharing… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 28, 2022

As apex predators, orcas can basically feed on whichever marine animal they want, but biologists weren’t entirely sure if these aquatic killers feast on the biggest of them all: blue whales. New evidence suggests they very much do, and it ain’t pretty. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 31, 2022

A “massive ranking failure” in the Facebook News Feed promoted content it pegged as bad for the past six months. The flaw in the News Feed’s ranking algorithm elevated misinformation, violence, and the Russian state media outlets Facebook pledged to downrank in response to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of… Read more.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 1, 2022

Captions are coming to your IG Feed. On Tuesday, Instagram announced that it would be adding auto-generated captions for IG Feed videos, in order to make the app "more accessible for those in the deaf/hard-of-hearing communities." Users also have the ability to turn them on or off. Tweet may have been deleted.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2016

With hundreds of millions of photos shared on Facebook each day, being able to share more immersive views of the world could make the News Feed that much more engaging. 360 photos are easy to identify in the News Feed, showing a compass icon on the right-hand side of the photo. For those of you on desktop, you can just click and drag.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 6, 2022

Instagram has started testing three formats: Following for a chronological feed, Home for algorithmically curated feed, and Favorites for close friends only.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 23, 2022

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook , announced Tuesday that, after almost six disjointed years , Instagram users can once again view their feeds in chronological order. The company unveiled two new feed options, Favorites and Following, tacitly acknowledging that its algorithm-fueled home timeline isn't cutting it for some users.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Instead the first thing you see when you put on a headset from the company, or launch its companion smartphone app, is some kind of dynamic ‘feed’ with content you weren’t looking for in the first place. But no, apparently in Horizon Feed you’ll find all manner of games, apps, and of course, Reels!

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Digital Trends

MARCH 24, 2022

Instagram is bringing back the chronological feed after pulling it over half a decade ago. Users can now choose between two chronological feed formats.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 9, 2021

A hacker group claims to have broken into the networks of cloud-based surveillance startup Verkada, gaining unfiltered access to thousands and thousands of live security camera feeds in the process. Read more.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Florida environmental officials have resorted to feeding West Indian manatees in a last-ditch effort to prevent potentially hundreds of them from starving to death. The reason the gentle ocean mammals are starving in the first place, though, is partly humans’ doing, a result of polluted waterways and climate… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

Meta Quest 3, the first truly mixed reality headset by Meta (Image taken during a Meta event) The reason is that Meta is playing the extra safe way and it is preventing developers from accessing the camera feed seen by the user in MR applications , both as input (getting the image) and output (writing on the image). in the toilet).

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GizModo VR

JUNE 30, 2020

Today the company announced a major change to the way it prioritizes news articles in your feed. It seems like Facebook is really trying (for real this time, guys!) to get a handle on its fake news problem. Instead of prioritizing news content that has the most engagement , the social media giant will now show users… Read more.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 10, 2022

Vivaldi has just added a slew of quality-of-life updates to its browser, including a built-in email client, calendar, and feed reader. Should rivals worry?

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Slashgear

APRIL 10, 2022

Spotify is rolling out a feature that helps users discover new music using looping GIFs, though the test will only be available in some countries.

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Technology 136

Oculus

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

That’s right, it’s time for v57, which ushers in a convenient “unsend” feature for messaging on the platform, your new and improved Horizon Feed, and more. As you enjoy this liminal seasonal space, why not join us for another Meta Quest software update?

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AR Insider

JANUARY 3, 2023

Product inspiration and discovery were in its DNA social feeds like Instagram. When discussing image-based product discovery, one of the original players is Pinterest. Now, with that visual shopping DNA, it’s blitzing AR. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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AR Insider

JULY 6, 2022

We break down the business case for its more strategic play to reside on, and feed off, a much larger open metaverse. There's a common misperception that Meta wants to operate an insular metaverse that it wholly owns. It's all about network effect. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 21, 2022

If your Instagram experience is anything like mine, you might’ve noticed that things are feeling rather stale lately; every day seems to bring a new deluge of aggregated makeup tutorials from YouTube, Reels of lifehacks ripped from TikTok, and vlogs from Instagram accounts that are wholly unrelated to the anonymous… Read more.

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2023

How does AR feed into that strategy? Pinterest has conditioned product discovery into its core use case from the beginning. So as it continues to evolve its monetization, it finds natural places for brand marketing. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Slashgear

JULY 10, 2022

Twitter's algorithm works hard to surface the tweets it thinks you want to see, but there are a couple of good reasons to disable this sorting option.

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Technology 137