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  • TikTok confirms pilot test of TikTok Stories is now underway

    Twitter may have shut down its Stories features known as Fleets, but the Stories format will continue to invade other social platforms. TikTok today confirmed it’s piloting a new feature, TikTok Stories, which will allow it to explore additional ways for its community to bring their creative ideas to life.The More

    TikTok confirms pilot test of TikTok Stories is now underway
  • WhatsApp Business, now with 50M MAUs, adds QR codes and

    The global COVID-19 health pandemic has raised the stakes for businesses when it comes to using digital channels to connect with customers, and today WhatsApp unveiled its latest tools to help businesses use its platform to do just that.The Facebook-owned messaging behemoth is expanding the reach and use of QR codes to More

    WhatsApp Business, now with 50M MAUs, adds QR codes and catalog sharing
  • TikTok likes and views are broken as community worries over

    TikTok likes and views are broken for some unknown portion of the video app’s user base this afternoon. The impacted users are seeing a “zero” like count on TikTok posts, including their own and those of other app users, as well as “zero” views. The company has acknowledged the More

    TikTok likes and views are broken as community worries over potential US ban
  • This Week in Apps: US ponders TikTok ban, apps see

    Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. More

    This Week in Apps: US ponders TikTok ban, apps see a record Q2, iOS 14 public beta arrives