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Facebook expands professional profiles worldwide

Facebook's Professional Profile Mode is now available to users around the world, allowing everyone to showcase their skills and abilities in a new way."Facebook's Professional Mode, first launched last December for U.S. individuals only, is a profile setting that gives access to features that were once exclusive to Pages.Professional Mode eliminates the need to create a Facebook Page to present…

Avoid the debt trap for your business

Have you ever wondered why some companies offer up to a 10% discount when you pay with cash?Here's one scenario that unfortunately plays out all too often.Call it the Debt Trap.Here's one scenario that unfortunately plays out all too often.Call it the Debt Trap.You own a restaurant. You need repairs, supplies, maybe even a new air conditioning system. To gain…

Why poor restaurant service can be a plus for your business

The next time you're in a restaurant, you can hope for long waits and poor service.That's what Diane Swank, KPMG's chief economist, says about how the economy is healthy and the workforce is in short supply. Says Swank, who takes note of the quality of service when she dines out, "The longer the wait, the better the economy. Staffing problems…

Twitter expanded its campaign planner

Twitter is expanding its campaign forecasting tool for advertisers to 15 more countries and adding support for video views targets.Initially launched in three countries, Campaign Planner estimates the size of the audience you can potentially reach with Twitter ads based on the parameters you set. Using Campaign Planner, you'll get an idea of how your campaign will perform before it…

TikTok presents Photo Mode

TikTok rolls out Photo Mode, a new slideshow editing tool that mimics Instagram features, along with some other new features, including advanced editing capabilities and longer captions.TikTok introduces photo modeTikTok announces in a blog post that it is rolling out Photo Mode, a carousel format made specifically for sharing more images in the app. In addition to still photos, creators…

YouTube launches @username handles to help Drive traffic

Video sharing site YouTube launches handles and supports @username format tags on channel pages, in shorts, and in comments.YouTube has a new way for users to find and interact with content creators directly by tagging their descriptors. Announced through the video sharing platform's News and Events page, it allows channels to use unique identifiers with the format @username. These tokens…

Signal plans to stop Android support for SMS

Signal, an encrypted messaging app aimed at prioritizing security and privacy, announced that it will soon stop supporting SMS on Android. "We have now reached a point where SMS support no longer makes sense," the platform announced.The company announced the change in a blog post, writing, "We are beginning to phase out SMS support from the Android app to include…

Video creation app Meta uses AI to create videos

Researchers at Meta have made great progress in the field of artificially generated artwork with their new method, Make -A-Video, which is fitting because it allows you to create video from nothing but text. There is a wide range of impressive and varied results, all of which are a little creepy. Text and video models already exist; they are the…