Updates:

✔️Facebook announced that it will be contributing investment to the new 'Apricot' subsea cable connectivity project, which aims to improve web access in the Asia Pacific. Click here to learn more.

✔️It seems like Twitter's oft-troubled verification application process is struggling yet again, with the platform pausing the current expansion of access to its new and improved verification tool in order to refine the systems that it now has in place. Learn more here.

✔️Twitter has announced a new lead for its decentralization-focused bluesky initiative, which, according to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, will see the project 'move much faster' from now on. Click here to learn more.

✔️ TikTok announced new partnerships with both Vimeo and Canva to provide more ways for marketers to build better campaign creative in each respective app. Read more about the new TikTok integrations for Vimeo and Canva here.

✔️YikYak is back in app stores in the US. Learn more about this update here.

HOLIDAYS 8/18/2021:

Bad Poetry Day
Never Give Up Day
Pinot Noir Day
Serendipity Day
Mail Order Catalog Day
National Couple’s Day
National Fajita Day

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