Recap of this week’s news.
Holidays:
On Saturday
Genealogy Day
Debunking Day
International Fanny Pack Day
Dream Day
No-Code Day
World Plumbing Day
Worship of Tools Day
Wash Your Nose Day
And on Sunday
Check Your Batteries Day
Girl Scout Day
Plant a Flower Day
Working Mom's day
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Facebook announced that hashtag topics in groups, which were added in 2019, will be depreciated next month. Click here to learn more.
Elon Musk says that longer long tweets, up to 10k characters, are coming soon to the app. Read the full article here.
There are reports that Microsoft is planning on integrating ChatGPT into apps like Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Read the full article here.
Microsoft is making Outlook for Mac free to use today. Outlook is now available free in Apple’s App Store, and you no longer need a Microsoft 365 subscription or Office license to use it. Click here to learn more.
Holidays: 3/10/23
Pack Your Lunch Day
International Day of Awesomeness
International Bagpipe Day
International Day of Women Judges
Mario Day
International Wig Day
Middle Name Pride Day
Landline Telephone Day
Preschooler's Day
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Meta announced some new updates for Facebook Reels. Click here to learn more.
Twitter plans to roll out full messaging encryption this month. Read the full article here.
LinkedIn has introduced a feature called collaborative articles, which uses “AI-powered conversation starters” to start discussions between “experts” that use the platform. Read the full article here.
Holidays: 3/9/23
Barbie Day
International School Meals Day
Nametag Day
Get Over It Day
Popcorn Lover's Day
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Twitter’s paid plan Twitter Blue is now available to more than 20 new countries in Europe. Click here to learn more.
TikTok announced automatic 60-minute daily screen time limits for all users under 18 years old. Read the full article here.
A new enhanced audio mixer is coming to Windows 11 that allows users to make individual volume and audio output adjustments directly from the taskbar. Read the full article here.
Holidays: 3/8/23
International Women's Day
Proofreading Day
Fill Our Staplers Day
No Smoking Day
Retro Video Game Day
United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
World Maths Day
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Twitter last month officially banned third-party clients, putting a sudden end to popular apps, including Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and others. Click here to learn more.
The White House has already announced a full ban of TikTok on government-owned devices, following similar moves in over 30 US states. Read the full article here.
Microsoft has added a new feature to its Bing chatbot that lets you toggle between different tones for responses. Read the full article here.
OpenAI has announced that it’s now letting third-party developers integrate ChatGPT into their apps and services via an API and that doing so will be significantly cheaper than using its existing language models. Click here to learn more.
Holidays: 3/7/23
Be Heard Day
Cereal Day
Flapjack Day
Library Workers Day
Sportsmanship Day
Plant Power Day
Town Meeting Day
Sock Monkey Day
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Recap of this week’s news.
Holidays:
On Saturday
Grammar Day
Courageous Follower Day
International Scrap Booking Industry Day
Marching Music Day
Snack Day
Backcountry Ski Day
Global Day of the Engineer
And on Sunday
Cinco de Marcho
Finisher’s Medal Day
International Open Data Day
Cheese Doodle Day
Reel Film Day
World Information Architecture Day
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Meta is updating its approach to platform penalties, in line with recommendations from its independent Oversight Board, which will put more focus on explaining why content has been removed, as opposed to arbitrary suspensions. Click here to learn more.
Microsoft is bringing access to iMessage on Windows through its Phone Link app. Read the full article here.
TikTok announced that it’s launching Sounds for Business, a collection of sounds that are designed as templates for easy marketing content creation. Click here to learn more.
Canva, the online graphic design platform, launched Canva for Campus, a new paid subscription for universities and colleges.. Read the full article here.
LastPass says that a bad actor was able to steal corporate and customer data by hacking an employee’s personal computer and installing keylogger malware. Read the full article here.
Holidays: 3/3/23
Day of Unplugging
World Wildlife Day
Caregiver Appreciation Day
National Anthem Day
World Hearing Day
Employee Appreciation Day
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Meta now has a team dedicated to building tools powered by artificial intelligence, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post on Monday. This could eventually include “AI personas” designed to help people in “various ways” in addition to new AI tools across its apps and services. Click here to learn more.
Meta has announced a new initiative to help young people avoid having their intimate photos distributed online, with both Instagram and Facebook joining the ‘Take It Down’ program, a new process created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which provides a way for young people to safely detect images of themselves on the web. Read the full article here.
Canada has become the latest jurisdiction to ban TikTok on government-owned devices, with the Canadian Government calling on staff to remove the app from all government mobile devices by March 1st, due to concerns around potential data collection and misuse. Click here to learn more.
You now have more ways to target your ads on LinkedIn, with the platform adding a range of new Service interest attributes, and over 120 new Product interest options, to help refine your audience targeting. Read the full article here.
Spotify’s heart icon is changing to a “plus” button that lets you save music and add songs to specific playlists. Read the full article here.
Snapchat is the first social platform to jump aboard the generative AI bandwagon, with the launch of a new chatbot element for Snapchat+ subscribers called ‘My AI’, which will integrate ChatGPT into the platform, and provide AI-generated responses to queries. Click here to learn more.
Holidays for the month of March 2023:
Nutrition Month
Women’s History Month
Social Work Month
Peanut Month
Craft Month
International Ideas Month
Caffeine Awareness Month
Rising Star Month
Credit Education Month
Cheerleading Safety Month
Umbrella Month
Music in Our Schools Month
and tomorrow is:
International Rescue Cat Day
American Citizenship Day
Hospitalist Day
Old Stuff Day
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