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YouTube’s Shorts may impact long-form videos

YouTube’s TikTok competitor Shorts may cannibalise the core, long-form video business of the Google-owned video streaming platform, the media reported. According to a report in IANS, citing veteran YouTube staff, the short-video platform Shorts “risks cannibalising its core business”. Google recently ...


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Meta mulls paid, ad-free FB, Insta services in EU

Meta Platforms is considering paid versions of Facebook and Instagram with no advertisements for users residing in the European Union (EU) as a response to scrutiny from regulators. Those who pay for the subscriptions would not see ads while Meta would also continue to offer free versions of the...


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WhatsApp launches its native macOS app

According to WhatsApp, a new native app for Mac has just been released. Users of the app will be able to hold audio and video calls with up to 32 people and up to eight participants respectively. On his Facebook page, Mark Zuckerberg published a message announcing the app's release. The app can be downloaded by users from the WhatsApp website...