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Instagram is introducing its lite app in India today in test mode on Android. The app is sized under 2MB to cater to phones that have memory and size constraints. Vishal Shah, VP of Instagram made this announcement at the Facebook Fuel for India virtual event. Earlier in May, Facebook killed the earlier version of the Instagram lite app and said that a new iteration is in the works. In September, a new version of Instagram lite came to the fore. However, this is the first time the company’s officially announced the product. The new app has more prominent features…

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Facebook has been trying to get a foothold in the news space for many years. Last year, the company launched a dedicated section on its site called Facebook News for users in the US. It also wants to expand this program to other countries such as Brazil, Germany, and India. But that’s not the only project the social network is working on in the news space. According to a report from BuzzFeed News, Facebook is testing an AI-powered tool called TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) to summarize news pieces, so you don’t even have to click through to read those articles. The…

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Down, Periscope: Twitter will pull the plug on its stand-alone videostreaming application by March 2021. The social network acquired Periscope in March 2015 and almost immediately rolled out an iOS version of the app. Mobile app intelligence provider Sensor Tower said Periscope had been installed over 101 million times worldwide via Google Play and the…Read More

Amazon Web Services will provide global cloud infrastructure to deliver Twitter timelines under terms of a multiyear agreement announced Tuesday. The social network will tap AWS’ infrastructure and portfolio of services to support the delivery of millions of tweets per day, marking the first time Twitter is leveraging the public cloud to scale its real-time…Read More

Reddit has had a busy early part of the holiday season, detailing several new features that were released between Nov. 30 and Dec. 15 in its latest changelog blog post. The platform wrote, “Ah December … the holiday season is upon us and, along with festive lights, sweater weather and shorter days comes another type…Read More

Nintendo announced in today’s Indie World Showcase that sleeper hit multiplayer phenomenon Among Us is coming to the Switch… today. Prep the airlock and join your crewmates in a multiplayer game of teamwork and betrayal!!#AmongUsGame by @InnerslothDevs is available today on #NintendoSwitch! #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/RTrsLS02tV — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 15, 2020 Up to now, Among Us has been exclusive to PC and mobile, meaning this is the first time the game is available on console. It makes sense too: the game just looks right alongside Nintendo’s console staples. Since we’re getting the game today, it makes sense Switch players will also…

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TikTok detailed a host of updates to its community guidelines Tuesday. Head of trust and safety for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Cormac Keenan said in a blog post, “Our community guidelines support the authentic and entertaining TikTok experience that people know and enjoy. They define a common code of conduct and encourage a…Read More

Facebook finally responded to criticism that its indefinite ban on political ads was negatively impacting campaign efforts tor the two Senate runoff elections in Georgia. Google lifted its ad ban last week, but Facebook’s had remained in place since being imposed Oct. 27, much to the chagrin of the campaigns for the two Democratic challengers…Read More

Add Kellogg’s Pringles to the nascent list of brands advertising during the 2021 Super Bowl. The snack brand will air a 30-second spot made by the Grey Group in the first half of the game, according to a spokesperson. The upcoming appearance will mark the fourth year in a row Pringles has aired a spot…Read More

Facebook removed three separate networks for coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf of foreign or government entities: one that originated in France and two in Russia. Head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher and global threat disruption lead David Agranovich wrote in a Newsroom post Tuesday, “Each of the networks we removed today targeted people outside of…Read More