Social news
Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Facebook after 14 years
Sheryl Sandberg, the No 2 executive at Facebook-owner Meta, who helped turn its business from startup to digital advertising empire, is stepping down.
Ms Sandberg has served as chief operating officer at the social media giant for 14 years.
metro.co.uk
Instagram puts Amber Alerts in your feed to help find abducted children
Amber Alerts are an important tool in helping locate abducted children. They’re authorized by law enforcement and broadcast via TVs, text messages, and other means. Now, Instagram will also push Amber Alerts into users’ feeds with the feature rolling out in the US today and set to be available in 25 total countries “in the next couple of weeks.” It shows how apps like Instagram have become basic communication infrastructure in the modern world.
theverge.com
New features
Meta rolls out new features for Reels on Facebook and Instagram
✅ Longer 90-second Reels on Facebook and Instagram ✅ Add polls, quizzes and emoji sliders ✅ Quickly create templates ✅ Import audio from camera roll or gallery videos ✅ New tools to create, edit and schedule Reels on desktop
techcrunch.com
Max out your Profile name
Instagram has increased the character limit for your Profile name from 30 to 64 characters.
New calls tab on Messenger
It looks like the Messenger app is going to have a Calls tab soon for audio and video calls.
Emoji Comment prompt on Facebook
I spotted over the weekend that Facebook are prompting to make a Comment on a previous Comment by using an emoji. New?
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