Real momentum: Buzzy app BeReal is starting to struggle
**\!/ Time To BeSafe \!/** Damien Kieran, Twitter's ex-chief privacy officer who left the company when Musk took over, has been recruited by BeReal — last year’s official iPhone app of the year . Be...
Facebook: Meta's flagship platform is still growing
Maximum efficiency Meta’s share price soared nearly 20% on Friday, after an earnings report in which CEO Mark Zuckerberg heralded 2023 as the “year of efficiency” for the company that turned 19 on S...
It's a steal: Digital piracy never really went away
Knives out The day many of us have feared could be just around the corner — Netflix has outlined exactly how they’ll be catching out and cracking down on password sharers . After a tough 2022 for the...
TikTok: US lawmakers are probing the world's most addictive app, again
In the dock In devastating news for lip-syncers and procrastinators, TikTok looks to be edging closer to a potential ban in the US as a House panel gears up to vote on the motion next month . Shou Zi...
Plus adds ads: Disney+ has a new ad-supported tier, just like Netflix
Plus adds ads Last Thursday Disney announced their new pricing model for their streaming service , which included Disney+ Basic , a $7.99 per-month ad-supported tier. That move follows their biggest ...
Roblox rising: The gaming platform just keeps growing
Roblox rising Mariah Carey is putting on a Christmas show for young fans. That’s not particularly big news for the self-proclaimed Queen of Christmas, given that we’re well into December. The twist,...
Spotify (un)Wrapped: Plotting the Swedish streamer's progress
Spotify (un)Wrapped If you’ve been on social media in the last 48 hrs, you’re now no doubt familiar with the listening habits of your nearest and dearest. The music tech company’s Wrapped — one of ou...
Elon vs. Apple: App Store fees are back in the spotlight
Elon Musk is in another fight — this time with Apple. Earlier this week, Musk tweeted that Apple had “threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store”, unleashing a tirade of tweets criticizing the ...
Teens & TikTok: The love affair continues
TikTok’s top for teens TikTok has tightened its grip on the attention spans of teenagers. That was the conclusion from a new survey from Piper Sandler, which revealed that 38% of teens selected the s...
Blue tick badge: Breaking down Twitter's new business model
We implemented a rule over the summer that we would only chart about Twitter once the will-they-won’t-they saga with Elon Musk was completed. So, now that the $44bn deal is done and Musk is the self-t...
Netflix: The streaming company keeps its crown
Netflix's crown is intact Netflix reported yesterday that they had added 2.4m new subscribers last quarter, confirming that they still wear The Crown in the streaming wars — for now at least. The re...
ByteDance: TikTok's owner is spending big to get bigger
The WSJ has released a report revealing the latest financials of TikTok’s parent company Bytedance, detailing just how expensive going viral really is. Hockey stick growth, and costs Of all the mind...
Quiet quitting: The latest trend that sets boundaries at work
One of the hottest topics on social media in the last few weeks has been "quiet quitting", with videos using just one associated hashtag racking up nearly 40 million views on TikTok. The movement — o...
Parks & recreation: How the Disney machine works
Disney is officially beating Netflix at their own game, as the media giant revealed on Wednesday that they’ve pushed past 221 million subscribers across their three streaming services — Disney+, Hulu,...
Are you still watching? Netflix lost almost a million subscribers last quarter
Are you still watching? Almost a million people decided that their lives, and their wallets, would be better off without a Netflix subscription in the last 3 months, as the streaming service reported...
To the Twitter end: Musk and Twitter are gearing up for a lengthy legal battle
Elon Musk is attempting to terminate his $44bn takeover of Twitter. It's a move that probably won't have shocked anyone — Musk is once again citing Twitter's inability to provide him with details that...
Stranger Things: Netflix has a mega-hit on its hands... now it just needs a few more
Netflix needs a few more Stranger Things **** Data out this week suggested that new Netflix subscribers were cancelling their subscriptions at higher rates than competitors — a rare thing for the st...
Zero to $12bn: TikTok is hitting revenue milestones very quickly
Zero to $12bn TikTok is on track to reel in $12bn in advertising revenue this year, according to new reports from people familiar with the company's financials. When compared to the established big ...
Adult in the room: Meta's Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down
The adult in the room Sheryl Sandberg, the long-time Chief Operating Officer of Meta, is stepping down after 14 years at the company. When she joined in 2008 she was often described as the "adult in ...
SNAP back to reality: Snap Inc. is not feeling great about 2022
This week Snapchat spooked the digital advertising world as it warned that the economy had deteriorated further and faster than it had anticipated. Investors, who have already fallen out of love with ...