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Twitter began testing a new sidebar menu with some of its iOS users. The social network said in a tweet, “New sidebar menu? Yeah, we thought it could use some organizing. We’re testing it with some of you on iOS so everything has its place and it’s easier to find what you need. We fold…

The move is a blow to Meta’s metaverse efforts and signals a shift in how the Federal Trade Commission is approaching tech deals.

LinkedIn debuted a new community for business-to-business marketers, LinkedIn Collective, with LinkedIn Marketing Solutions vice president of marketing Jim Habig calling it “a community of insightful, knowledgeable and provocative thinkers in b-to-b, for discussion and debate that will move our industry forward.” The professional network also shared some highlights from parent company Microsoft’s financial results…

Twitter allows users to mute notifications from certain groups of users on the social networking platform. For instance, users can mute notifications from Twitter users who have a “default profile photo.” Our guide will show you how to mute notifications from certain users from within the Twitter mobile application. Note: These screenshots were captured in…

A community of “X-Men” fans — notably young, self-identified queer people of color — is growing around podcasts and on social platforms including Twitter, TikTok and Discord.

Regulators have raised competition concerns over a proposed merger between French media holding companies Groupe TF1 and Groupe M6–owned by Groupe Bouygues–and RTL Group (part of German multinational Bertelsmann), particularly around the impact on the advertising market. The two companies had agreed a merger to form a broadcasting giant in March in a deal that…

Green, it turns out, isn’t always the greenest option. Although green plastic made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, is recyclable, it doesn’t always get recycled. Any additives, such as color, make plastic more difficult to repurpose, which means fewer facilities are willing to process it. “There is no value for green [plastic],” Jan Dell, founder…

New tool gives some insights to agencies and brands about how money gets to publishers on its platform.

Chipotle, PacSun and Trident Gum are among the brands experimenting with the latest internet craze. 

In February, start-up brand Voylok launched its website. A week later Russia invaded Ukraine. The brand had been working for a year to build an ecommerce platform to sell traditional boots handcrafted in Northern Russia and sold from the U.K. After the invasion, the burgeoning brand became untouchable. It is still fighting to survive five…