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The latest on Elon Musk's attempted takeover of Twitter and lots more

Hello!

I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable Easter!

This week I've got an interesting variety of training starting this morning with Aneurin Bevan Health Board who I'll be showing how to make the most of Microsoft Teams, then social media training for Digital Marketing apprentices at Cirencester College and ending the week with LinkedIn training for the British Council senior team.

There's lots of news, new features and useful resources to get stuck into this morning which I hope you find useful.

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Whatever you're up to, have a great week!

Jonathan

Number of the day

We love TikTok in the UK more than anyone

UK users spend the most time on TikTok at an average of 27.3 hours per month, while US users spend 25.6 hours TikToking and Canadians 22.6 hours.

Source: SEMrush

Social news

Twitter Takeover Battle: Elon Musk - And Jack Dorsey - Turn Up Pressure On Board

It's not unusual for an assailing investor like Elon Musk to attack the board. It's much stranger for cofounder Jack Dorsey, a board member, to publicly criticize the board.

Behind Mark Zuckerberg big plans for AR glasses - The Verge

With the company’s first AR glasses coming in 2024, sources say "he wants it to be an iPhone moment."

LinkedIn Can't Block Profile Scraping, Judges Confirm 04/19/2022

Siding against LinkedIn, a federal appellate panel has upheld an order requiring the company to allow analytics firm hiQ Labs to scrape publicly available profiles.

New features

Twitter is working on a new feature called 'Twitter Circle'

Twitter Circle is like a cut down version of Communities although with Circle only members of your up to 150 person circle can see your tweets and reply to them. With Communities, all tweets are public but only Community members can reply.

WhatsApp to launch ‘Communities’ — more structured group chats with admin controls | TechCrunch

Meta introduced plans for an update to its WhatsApp messaging app that will allow users to participate in larger discussion groups, called Communities.

Emoji reactions are coming to WhatsApp starting with 👍❤️😂😮😢🙏

Will Cathcart on Twitter: "We’re excited to announce that reactions are coming to WhatsApp starting with 👍❤️😂😮😢🙏 and with all emojis and skin-tones to come. https://t.co/086JnVS5Ey" / Twitter

Tools

Mental health support for those that work in media (including social media)

A network for those who care about improving mental health in the media.

LinkedIn Founders Guide (Guide for small businesses)

How to utilize LinkedIn to maximize their opportunities, and reach new customers via their platform presence.

Twitter Trends Report 2022 (Registration required)

The talk on Twitter today reveals where the world is going tomorrow. Analyzing billions of Tweets over a two-year period, we uncovered three must-know trends about to go big. We’re diving deep into what’s now, what’s next, and what we’ve got our eyes on in the future. Download the full 2022 Twitter Trends Report to keep your marketing ahead of what’s ahead.

Videos

Vacuum cleaner company makes air-purifying headphones, for real | PC Gamer

Keep out air pollution and noise while looking like a sci-fi weirdo all at the same time!