Macroeconomic factors usually impact major social media companies in similar ways. But in Q4, the three social giants — Meta, Snap and Twitter — all outlined different narratives and mixed messaging for the future of their businesses.
Overall TV usage rose 8% in January compared with December, an uptick driven by a boom in streaming and viewer interest in a gripping series of NFL playoff games. The stats were delivered today by Nielsen in its monthly snapshot of viewing, The Gauge.
Roku reached 60.1 million active users in the last quarter of 2021 as total revenue for the company fell below Wall Street expectations at $865.3 million.
Popular sports streaming site Rojadirecta will remain outlawed in Spain for now. The Supreme Court has denied a hearing of the site's appeal against a previous order which required the site to block Spanish visitors. Meanwhile, criminal prosecution against several Rojadirecta defendants is also about to start.
The mobile user count in India fell by 12.8 million in December 2021 compared to the previous month, with Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea suffering subscriber losses, even as Bharti Airtel added customers, TRAI data showed on Thursday.
In a landmark ruling, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSA) has directed Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corp (TACTV) to pay Rs 138.75 cr to Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) for underreporting the subscriber base as revealed in the DAS audit, leading to financial loss to the broadcaster.
Twitter India will introduce bot badges on its platform, a feature that may help users identify ‘good’ bots or computer-operated accounts that share legitimate information without human intervention.
"Internet traffic is already 80 per cent video and has been growing at a 30 per CAGR. Our team projects that even modest metaverse usage could drive a further 37 per cent CAGR in the next decade to 20x current data usage." the report said.
Twitter is giving millions of users access to its anti-abuse tool that will protect them from hate speech and bullying on the platform.
A new report maps the effect of the cryptocurrency boom last year on the total crypto holdings tied to criminal activities. The report highlights that the crypto assets of cybercriminals rose to $11 billion by the end of 2021, as opposed to just $3 billion at the end of the previous year