COLIN KIRKLAND

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• DoorDash, Meet Facebook Marketplace in Social Media Insider on 08/17/2022
  

  DoorDash Drive is testing a service that will allow its drivers to pick up and deliver Marketplace items to customers.

• Carhartt Makes Workwear Available On Bitmoji in Digital News Daily on 08/16/2022
  

  Carhartt, in partnership with Snap Inc., has launched a digital collection of workwear for Bitmoji avatars. Fans will see their Bitmoji avatar in experiences on and off Snapchat -- in Chat and games, on the Snap Map, in Lenses, and personalized content like Bitmoji Stories, and more, Snap says.

• Meta Invests In Singaporean App That Helps Merchants Sell On WhatsApp in Digital News Daily on 08/15/2022
  

  Meta's WhatsApp has become the most popular social-messaging app in the world, with monthly active users up from 1 to 2 billion and 100 billion messages sent daily across the globe.

• Twitter Launches Election Integrity Features To Curb Misinformation Ahead Of Midterms in Digital News Daily on 08/12/2022
  

  Twitter is taking steps to protect against the spread of misinformation on its platform, with a cluster of election integrity features and info hubs to help facilitate credible information.

• Meta Announces New AI Advantage Program Features in Digital News Daily on 08/11/2022
  

  Meta is adding several new automated ad tools to its "Meta Advantage" program. The update, which will launch Aug. 15, helps large and small businesses quickly understand which ads are working best. The most notable update, for its "Advantage+ Shopping" campaigns, eliminates the manual steps of ad creation by automating up to 150 creative combinations at once.

• TikTok Gives Users More Control Over Data With New Transparency Ad Targeting Tools in Digital News Daily on 08/11/2022
  

  As part of a pledge of transparency around collecting, using, and sharing data for advertising, TikTok is launching new ad-targeting tools to provide users with information about the ads they see on the fast-growing social media app. TikTok's new "About this ad" feature allows users to tap on any ad in their feed

• Instagram Is Having An Existential Crisis: What Should It Do Now? in Social Media Insider on 08/10/2022
  

  "If Instagram changes its platform even more to compete with TikTok, the whole platform will collapse," says Highkey's Luke Lintz.

• Twitter Blue Subscribers Will Soon Have Early Access To Edit Tweets in Digital News Daily on 08/09/2022
  

  On Friday, app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi tweeted a photo instructing users to join Twitter Blue -- the platform's paid subscriber feature -- to get early access to "Edit Tweet."

• Starbucks To Incorporate NFTs Into Its Rewards Program in Digital News Daily on 08/08/2022
  

  Starbucks, which announced plans to enter the Web3 space earlier this year, is moving ahead with NFT collections built directly into its widely successful Starbucks Rewards loyalty program.

• TikTok Teams With Ticketmaster To Deliver In-App Ticket Buying in Digital News Daily on 08/05/2022
  

  "Select" creators are now able to add links to their TikTok content, directing viewers to the in-app ticket sale service.

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• TikTok Honors Top Creators With Discover List by Colin Kirkland (Digital News Daily on 10/20/2021)
  

  Hi John, sorry it's 13.8 billion dollars. 

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