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Facebook Wants You to Get the Facts on Coronavirus

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020Malika Karoum DubaiLeave a Comment

Facebook has promised to do more to stop the spread of misinformation about COVID-19. Because, despite its previous efforts, people are still sharing absolute nonsense about the cause of, and possible cures for, COVID-19 on the social network. Facebook Hopes to Dispel COVID-19 Myths The social network announced its new efforts in a post on […]

Amazon Wants You to Help Make Alexa Smarter

September 14, 2019September 14, 2019Malika Karoum DubaiLeave a Comment

While Alexa can answer a lot of different questions, there are still gaps in her knowledge. Amazon would like Alexa to know the answer to every single question. And the company is asking for your help in making that happen using Alexa Answers. Right now, it’s possible to argue that Alexa is stupid. Certainly as […]

Spotify Wants to Help Podcasters Get More Listeners

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019Malika Karoum DubaiLeave a Comment

Spotify has launched Spotify for Podcasters, a dedicated platform just for podcasters. With podcasting growing as a medium, streaming media companies are desperate to become the home of podcasts. Hence Spotify reaching out to podcasters in this way. How to Use Spotify for Podcasters As explained on the Spotify Newsroom, Spotify for Podcasters is a […]

Rotten Tomatoes Wants You to Stop Review Bombing Movies

March 2, 2019March 2, 2019Malika Karoum Dubai

Rotten Tomatoes is making changes to prevent people from review bombing movies. Review bombing is the best term for it, but, thanks to Rotten Tomatoes’ “Want to See” feature, this is actually affecting movies that haven’t even been released yet. What Is Review Bombing? Review bombing describes a coordinated effort to lower a review score. […]

Twitter Still Wants to Let You Edit Your Tweets

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019Malika Karoum Dubai

Ever since Twitter launched way back in 2006, users have been asking for the ability to edit their tweets. And yet here we are, over a decade later, and nothing. We’re still stuck with the binary choice of leaving a tweet as it is, or deleting it in its entirety. If you’re starting to doubt […]

Netflix Wants the Bird Box Challenge to Die

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019Malika Karoum Dubai

Netflix is loving the fact that millions of people have watched Bird Box. However, the streaming service isn’t quite so enamored with the Bird Box Challenge. And YouTube isn’t keen either, as it’s actively removing some Bird Box Challenge videos. What Is the Bird Box Challenge? The Bird Box Challenge is based on Bird Box, […]