Facebook has launched a free automatic video captioning tool to all US English Facebook pages that makes it easier to repurpose traditional clips. This new tool is powered by voice recognition software that takes the hassle out of transcription, while making it easy to edit the subtitles it suggests. TechCrunch and some other Pages only […]
Gift cards are impersonal and buying the wrong gift leads to annoying returns. With Snappy Gifts, the receiver gets to choose exactly what they want, reports TechCrunch. Snappy Gifts is a new startup offering a fresh new approach that takes the guess-work out of gift giving. You go to Snappy Gift’s app, choose a price […]
Earlier this fall, Twitter opened up access to its storytelling feature “Moments” to all Twitter users, allowing anyone to create their own stories using photos and tweets uploaded to the service. The Moments application was only available on the web, but Twitter promised that mobile support would arrive soon and it has. Twitter has announced […]
Snapchat surprised everyone by opening a legitimate storefront in New York City for their product, Spectacles. The company has been putting the wearable camera on sale in pop-up vending machines across the West Coast and now they finally made it to the East Coast opening at 5 East 59th Street near the corner of 5th […]
Facebook Messenger is preparing to launch a new “Instant Games” platform that allows friends to play lightweight games with one another. Facebook has been casted out of the gaming world by Apple’s iOs and Google’s Android. But by building this gaming platform into the Facebook’s App Messenger it uses the app as a portal to mobile […]
Twitter has announced that it’s shutting down its standalone short-form video app, Vine. TechCrunch says, that nothing is changing immediately- the website and apps will remain online for the near future and users will be given a chance to download their Vines before the official closure. Vine started off strong in 2012, becoming No. 1 […]
Facebook just launched Events, a standalone app to help navigate Facebook Events more easily. Facebook Events is a great way for the social media network to help you keep track of the important dates in your life. We often lose track of the events that we’ll “ maybe” attend and we might even lose track of […]
According to Techcrunch, Twitter now can help you register to vote and answer voter questions via direct message. Twitter has implemented a new feature that allows voters to direct message the company’s @Gov Twitter account in order to receive voter registration assistance over direct messaging, which is more private. What’s interesting about Twitter’s application is that it […]
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