February 28, 2023

• Microsoft has once again accidentally offered the Windows 11 upgrade to PCs with unsupported hardware. Click here to learn more.

• When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October last year, the company had around 7,500 staff,

  By January, Musk claimed that Twitter’s headcount was down to around 2,300 staff in total – a reduction of around 70%

  Read the full article here.

• TikTok has announced a new set of official measurement partners, which will provide third-party data on TikTok ads placement and performance, in order to provide more reassurance to ad partners. Click here to learn more.

• If you are in the market for a new Mercedes, you’ll be able to watch Tiktok on the screen. Read the full article here.

Holidays 3/01/23:

• Peanut Butter Lover's Day

• Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

• Baby Sleep Day

• Wedding Planning Day

• Public Risk Management Awareness Day

• Zero Discrimination Day

• World Music Therapy Day

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February 27, 2023

• Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is releasing a new AI language generator named LLaMA. Click here to learn more.

• One of the Google Pixel’s best photo-editing features, “Magic Eraser,” is now making its way to other Android and iOS devices. But it won’t be free. Read the full article here.

Holidays 2/28/23:

• Chocolate Souffle Day

• Pancake Day

• Floral Design Day

• Essay Day

• World Spay Day

• Science Day

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February 24, 2023

• Recap of this week’s news.

Holidays:

On Saturday

• International Sword Swallowers Day

• Quiet Day

And on Sunday

• Letter to an Elder Day

• Black Lives Matter Day

• Carnival Day

• Carpe Diem Day

• Tell a Fairy Tale Day

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February 23, 2023

• Meta reiterated its push to monetize messaging, and enable businesses to tap into the growth of private messaging across its apps. Click here to learn more.

• Microsoft evidently hasn’t been daunted by the often wild outbursts of its AI chatbot Bing and is launching the service on iOS and Android mobile apps today as well as integrating the bot into Skype and adding voice access. Read the full article here.

Holidays 2/24/23:

• Tortilla Chip Day

• Discover Girl Day

• Skip the Straw Day

• Trading Card Day

• World Bartender Day

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February 22, 2023

• Google has released optimization features designed to improve battery life and memory usage on machines running the latest version of its Chrome desktop web browser. Click here to learn more.

• A new tweet by Elon Musk suggests the company is preparing to open source its algorithm as soon as next week. Read the full article here.

• Instagram’s testing a new way to provide more transparency on Reels content, by listing the location of the profile that created the clip on the video itself. Click here to learn more.

• Microsoft is preparing to launch a new version of Microsoft Teams next month that has been rebuilt from the ground up to significantly improve its system resource usage on PCs and laptops. Read the full article here.

Holidays 2/23/23:

• Diesel Engine Day

• Digital Learning Day

• Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day

• Dog Biscuit Day

• Play Tennis Day

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February 21, 2023

• Google Meet’s launching new 360-degree virtual backgrounds for video calls on mobile. Click here to learn more.

• Microsoft, which is in early testing with its new Bing chatbot experience, has provided some early pointers on this, explaining to ad agencies that, soon, it will allow paid links within AI-generated responses to search results, along with contextual pop-ups around relevant queries. Read the full article here.

• LinkedIn has added another way to keep track of your messaging chats in the app, with the ability to ‘star’ chosen conversations. Click here to learn more.

• WhatsApp has started to roll out picture-in-picture mode for video calls on iOS. The feature, which WhatsApp first started testing last year, should let you open up other apps during video calls without any disruptions. Read the full article here.

Holidays 2/22/23:

• Walking the Dog Day

• Be Humble Day

• Cook a Sweet Potato Day

• Inconvenience Yourself Day

• Recreational Sports & Fitness Day

• Single Tasking Day

• Supermarket Employee Day

• World Thinking Day

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February 20, 2023

• Meta’s testing paid verification for Instagram and Facebook for $11.99 per month on web and $14.99 per month on mobile. Click here to learn more.

• Effective March 20, only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method. Other accounts can use an authentication app or security key. Read the full article here.

• Twitter announced that they are relaxing their regulations around cannabis-related advertising in certain US states, with brands now able to promote ’brand preference and informational cannabis-related content for CBD, THC, and cannabis-related products and services’. Read the full article here.

• YouTube’s looking to make Shorts a more responsive engagement option by enabling users to reply with a Short in the comments feed. Click here to learn more.

• TikTok has added another 70,000 new insights to its TikTok Insights tool, which is an interactive app that you can use to drill down into specific usage trends and shifts. Read the full article here.

Holidays 2/21/23:

• Pancake Day

• Card Reading Day

• Fasnacht Day

• International Mother Language Day

• Language Day

• Grain Free Day

• Sticky Bun Day

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February 17, 2023

• Recap of this week’s news.

Holidays:

On Saturday

• Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

• Pluto Day

• Battery Day

• Drink Wine Day

• Pangolin Day

• Thumb Appreciation Day

And on Sunday

• Tug of War Day

• Lash Day

• Arabian Horse Day

• World Whale Day

• Prevent Plagiarism Day

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