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Top 10 TikTok statistics for 2023
Below are Top 10 revealing TikTok stats in 2023 1. TikTok Overtakes Facebook As Most Valuable Social Media Brand Data from Q1 2023 shows TikTok is valued 11% higher than Facebook. How is TikTok faring against its competition? The popular app has surpassed its competitor Facebook as the most valuable social media brand in the world. According to Brand Finance’s annual Global…
ShinyShiny snippets: Meta to cut another 10,000 jobs
Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced that it will cut 10,000 jobs. It comes months after the tech giant laid off 11,000 employees in November 2022. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts would be "tough", and formed part of a "year of restructuring".In addition to the 10,000 jobs being lost,…
ShinyShiny snippets: Donald Trump allowed back on Facebook and Instagram
Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts will be reinstated after a two-year suspension following the 6 January insurrection. Facebook parent Meta said in a blog post on Wednesday it would be adding "new guardrails" to ensure there are no "repeat offenders" who violate its rules....Nick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs, said Mr Trump is now…
ShinyShiny snippets: Why M3GAN is the perfect AI ‘monster’
M3GAN is Hollywood's latest attempt to turn AI into a horror genre. Pic: Universal There is no shortage of robot uprising fiction in the Western canon (see: the works of Ray Bradbury and Philip K. Dick; classics like “The Terminator”; family-friendly spins like “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”). It’s a conceit that…
ShinyShiny snippets: Meta slashes 11,000 jobs to cut costs
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has become the latest big tech player to wield the axe in the tougher global economy, laying off 13% of its workforce. The firm announced on Wednesday it will cut its global headcount by more than 11,000 employees as part of a wider shake-up of the business that…
ShinyShiny snippets: Amazon may have to pay UK shoppers £900m compensation
Amazon shoppers in the UK could receive a share of £900m in compensation, once a legal claim is submitted against the technology giant. The proposed claim alleges the company breached competition law and caused customers to pay higher prices. It is being led by consumer-rights champion Julie Hunter, who alleges independent sellers are excluded from…
Instagram: 5 Tips to make the most of Golden Hour
Step up your Instagram feed and make the most of golden hour glow with the following top tips.... If you’ve ever looked out of your window and instantly wanted to take a photo of the sky – it’s likely you were looking out at golden hour. Often known as ‘golden light photography’ or ‘magic hour…
Getting the perfect selfie is obsession for Brit holiday makers
A study of 2,000 adults who travel abroad found nearly one in 10 people who take pictures have gone as far as standing on a cliff edge to get the perfect selfie. Others have paid for extra luggage allowance so they can take more ‘props’ or multiple outfits, have eaten food they didn’t really like…
ShinyShiny snippets: Samsung records record profits
Technology giant Samsung Electronics has said it expects to post a 52% jump in profit for the last three months of 2021, amid the global chip shortage. The world's biggest memory chip maker estimates that it made 13.8tn won ($11.5bn; £8.5bn) in the period. That would be its highest fourth-quarter operating profit in four years.…
Most beautiful cities to visit at night, according to Instagram
Photo by Recal Media from Pexels Premier Inn has researched over 250 cities in the world to reveal the places that are being photographed the most at night - at least according to Instagram. The number of hashtags for #citybynight were counted and compared for cities in the UK, USA,…
