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Bluesky rolls out an in-app video and music player and a new ‘hide post’ feature

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Decentralized social network Bluesky is rolling out a new in-app video and music player for links, along with a new “hide post” feature. The new video and music player works with YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify and Twitch embeds. Unlike on X, where autoplay on videos […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Elon Musk says X is bringing video to Spaces soon

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Elon Musk has announced that X, formerly Twitter, will be bringing video to Spaces, the social network’s live audio conversation feature. ” “From a feature standpoint, we are working on adding video to Spaces,” Musk said. […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Revyze is building the TikTok of educational videos

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Meet Revyze , a French startup that is developing a mobile app for iOS and Android at the intersection of education and social. And that’s probably the reason why educational videos are so popular on YouTube and TikTok — the hashtag #LearnOnTikTok is massively popular for instance. There’s a three-minute limit on video length.

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On TikTok, videos promoting steroids are exploding — and at times targeting teens

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In a new report, a social media watchdog group details how steroid content is exploding in some TikTok communities, promoting potentially dangerous and often illegal substances while propagating unattainable body image ideals to boys and young men.

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4 video content tips for your startup’s growth marketing

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Teach yourself growth marketing: How to perform growth experimentation through A/B testing In recent years, video has morphed into the king of social media content across the globe. It means that you need to prioritize video content for your startup. What does all that mean for growth marketing? It helps to prioritize.

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Contra partners with TikTok to add a little LinkedIn flavor to the social video app

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Contra, a professional network for freelance workers, is partnering with TikTok to allow users to showcase their resumes and portfolios via TikTok Jump, the social media service’s third-party integration tool. With this new integration, creators can now add a “View My Portfolio” link to their TikTok content.

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X will make audio and video calls a premium subscriber-only feature

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Last month X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed that video calls would be coming to the app formerly known as Twitter as part of its transition into an “everything app.” ” Now, new code in the X app reveals that both audio and video calls will be supported. However, the feature will not be available to all […]

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