About a year after its launch, Threads has topped 175 million monthly active users. “Threads now has more than 175M monthly actives. What a year,” Meta Founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Wednesday (July 3) post on the text-based social media platform....
X CEO Linda Yaccarino has reportedly reshuffled her inner circle amid pressure to reduce costs. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (June 23), three sources say that Yaccarino fired head of business operations and communications Joe Benarroch — described as her right-hand man —...
X is reportedly preparing for a multiyear campaign to launch its payments business. But when that happens, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Tuesday (June 18), the Elon Musk-owned social media app sees payments as a way to bolster its business via “increased participation and engagement” on its platform. The...
For as long as cars have existed, entrepreneurs have chased the dream of autonomous vehicles. Self-driving vehicles, across commercial, personal and industrial use, have the potential to transform — and connect — nearly all facets of commerce and the digital economy. But with news reported...
June 05, 2024
For as long as cars have existed, entrepreneurs have chased the dream of autonomous vehicles. Self-driving vehicles, across commercial, personal and industrial use, have the potential to transform — and connect — nearly all facets of commerce and the digital economy. But with news reported Tuesday (June 4) by CNBC that Elon Musk is diverting […]
June 04, 2024
Meta’s recent news that it is seeing a surge in younger users may help set the stage for a rising tide in social commerce. The platform model — not just...
October 11, 2023
Fake news is getting more real, and so is the problem for companies and their audiences. That’s because as the capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI) advance, the images and...
August 03, 2023
Super apps like Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat have become super successful in Asia. Their market dominance in turn has made Western entrepreneurs “super” interested in building their own, perhaps...
July 09, 2024
User growth at X has reportedly slowed since Elon Musk’s takeover in 2022. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (July 9), the social media platform once known as Twitter is dealing with new competition from Meta-owned Threads, while Musk’s presence continues to be divisive. The report cites “previously unreleased” figures from X showing its […]
July 03, 2024
About a year after its launch, Threads has topped 175 million monthly active users. “Threads now has more than 175M monthly actives. What a year,” Meta Founder, Chairman and CEO...
June 23, 2024
X CEO Linda Yaccarino has reportedly reshuffled her inner circle amid pressure to reduce costs. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (June 23), three sources say that Yaccarino fired...
June 18, 2024
X is reportedly preparing for a multiyear campaign to launch its payments business. But when that happens, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Tuesday (June 18), the Elon Musk-owned social media app sees payments...
