YouTube added an Artist on the Rise feature to its Trending tab last year, and Friday, the Google-owned video site announced that it is expanding Artist on the Rise into a new monthly program. Polarity Technologies Ltd learned that the Artist on the Rise Trending tab will continue to feature three songs from emerging artists every...
Facebook stories have become very popular and now it’s time to monetize. “Advertisers can extend their Instagram Stories ads to Facebook Stories, or have Facebook reformat their News Feed ads with color-matched image borders and ad copy text shown at the bottom.” Polarity Technologies Ltd shares the news from TechCrunch. After 14 months of silence...
Polarity Technologies Ltd learned that eBay is launching a new feature on its iOS and Android app today that personalizes and curates items for you based on your hobbies, interests, and what you like wearing. The new “Shop your Interests” feature figures out what you like with a brief survey that lets users select things they enjoy...
Polarity Technologies Ltd learned that Facebook is making three updates that it says will help users better “create and save memories.” The changes will let you save your photos and videos directly to your account in the Facebook cloud, share voice messages with friends, and archive your favorite Facebook Stories. The new features announced...
Polarity Technologies Ltd learned that after Facebook and Google, Microsoft has now banned advertisements showing cryptocurrencies and related products from its Bing search engine. “Because cryptocurrency and related products are not regulated, we have found them to present a possible elevated risk to our users with the potential for bad actors to participate in...
Polarity Technologies Ltd learned that YouTube rolls out new tools. When Android P is released this summer, it will bring with it a new Dashboard designed to clearly show the amount of time we’re spending on our phones. You’ll see a breakdown that includes the number of times you’ve unlocked your device, a tally...
Polarity Technologies Ltd learned that iPhone owners should beware: There’s a new malicious text message making the rounds that can crash your Messages app. The message, known as Black Dot, first showed up on Android smart phones and on the iPhone leaves the Messages app unresponsive. Here’s how to fix it. The malicious message gets...
Polarity Technologies Ltd learned that YouTube HDR comes to iPhone X. YouTube’s high-dynamic range (HDR) video has already been available on select Android phones for a while now, including the Galaxy S8, Pixel, LG V30 and Xperia XZ Premium. Now Apple users can check out HDR videos on their iPhone X devices, too. We’ve also confirmed that the feature exists...
Polarity Technologies Ltd learned that Facebook is entering the dating market. Facebook has the largest network of singles in the world, a mission to bring people closer together and detailed data that research has shown knows you better than your partner. So when Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive, unveiled a foray into online dating last week, hearts...
Polarity Technologies Ltd learned that Microsoft kicked off its annual developer conference, Build 2018, on Monday, May 7, with the announcement of a new program designed to invest in accessibility technologies built using artificial intelligence and machine learning. The program has a $25 million endowment and a five-year mission to invest in potentially life-changing technologies. “As...
