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Twitter begins rolling out photo collages on Android and the Web

May20
by on May 20, 2014 at 6:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

Twitter has begun rolling out the ability to post multiple photos as a collage from its Android app and Twitter.com. The feature lets you include up to four photos that will be displayed together in Twitter’s in-line image preview. Android & http://t.co/A55popJCPj users: we’re rolling out the ability to share multiple photos in a Tweet. Read more https://t.co/bgS8X1YyfA — Twitter Mobile (@twittermobile) May 20, 2014 Posting multiple photo uploads arrived on iOS back in March, but Android and the Web interface were listed as “coming soon” at the time. Here’s what it looks like on the Web: Also new to Twitter…

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Facebook expands Premium Video Ads to Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the UK

May20
by on May 20, 2014 at 6:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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Facebook today announced it is expanding its Premium Video Ads to international markets including Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the UK. The 15-second video ads will be available to a “limited group of advertisers” and will expand on a rolling basis, with users seeing them “over the next few months.” The ads will start playing without sound as they appear on screen and stop if you scroll past. If you tap the video, it will expand into a full-screen view with sound. Facebook first started testing Premium Video Ads back in December, and then rolled them out to…

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Bop.fm introduces embeddable playlists to its service-agnostic streaming music player

May20
by on May 20, 2014 at 6:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Music-streaming aggregator Bop.fm has added the option to embed playlists on its service. Previously, it was only possible to embed individual songs. Bop.fm, which is backed by Y Combinator, works by aggregating multiple music services, such as Spotify, Deezer and YouTube, in order to make music playable to visitors in different countries. For your listening enjoyment, here’s an embedded playlist from our TNW Conference Europe last month: TNW Conference 2014 | Listen for free at bop.fm ➤ Bop.fm Thumbnail: Tomer Turjeman / Shutterstock

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Kik sets its sights on becoming the Twitter of messaging apps

May20
by on May 20, 2014 at 6:07 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Kik, whatsapp

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Messaging app firm Kik quietly launched its own virtual currency last month, but today it has been a bit more public with an announcement that, while fairly minor in content, has interesting connotations for its future. The Canada-based company has updated its iOS and Android apps to give users more control over how they connect with new contacts. Gone is the old approach that effectively let any user contact anyone with messages and photos off the bat (users could later block irritating people); a new ‘screening’ system effectively mutes messages and media shared by a non-friend until the user explicitly adds the person…

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Kik sets its sights on becoming the Twitter of messaging apps

May20
by on May 20, 2014 at 6:07 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Kik, whatsapp

kik
Messaging app firm Kik quietly launched its own virtual currency last month, but today it has been a bit more public with an announcement that, while fairly minor in content, has interesting connotations for its future. The Canada-based company has updated its iOS and Android apps to give users more control over how they connect with new contacts. Gone is the old approach that effectively let any user contact anyone with messages and photos off the bat (users could later block irritating people); a new ‘screening’ system effectively mutes messages and media shared by a non-friend until the user explicitly adds the person…

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