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Alexander Shatov/Unsplash Facebook is starting the first test of its Live Audio Rooms product with public figures and creators in Taiwan, part of an expansion of the company’s audio services that will over time include podcast hosting and creation tools. The social media giant announced a sweeping set of updates to its audio services in April, with Live Audio Rooms being the Clubhouse-like centrepiece, allowing users to participate in group voice conversations. It intends to expand the trial’s availability over time and the service will eventually be accessible in the Facebook and Messenger apps. Taiwan is one of Menlo Park, California-based Facebook’s most vibrant markets, where celebrities and politicians constantly debate important issues and freely interact with their audiences. For the initial roll-out, Facebook is limiting the test to what it says is a handful of public figures while planning to bring Live Audio Rooms to Facebook Groups as well. The company is integrating its Stars feature into the audio chat product, letting fans buy tokens to support their favourites,  » Read More

BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Instagram and Twitter have blamed technical errors for deleting posts mentioning the possible eviction of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, but data rights groups fear "discriminatory" algorithms are at work and want greater transparency. Palestinians living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood claimed by Jewish settlers have taken to social media to protest as they face eviction, but some found their posts, photos or videos removed or their accounts blocked starting last week. It came as a long-running legal case over evictions from homes in Sheikh Jarrah has fuelled tensions in Jerusalem where hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police on Monday. By Monday, 7amleh, a nonprofit focused on social media, had received more than 200 complaints about deleted posts and suspended accounts related to Sheikh Jarrah. "On Instagram, it was mostly content takedown, even archives from older stories were deleted. On Twitter, most cases were an account suspension," said Mona Shtaya, an advocacy advisor at 7amleh. Instagram and Twitter said the accounts were "suspended in error by our automated systems" and the issue had been resolved and content reinstated. Instagram said in a statement that an automated update last week caused content re-shared by multiple users…

Umang GalaiyaIt was a lazy weekend in mid-April, when software engineer Umang Galaiya was scrolling through his Twitter feed. It was when he came across a tweet that asked if someone could write a software program that would pull all tweets pertaining to verified Covid-19 resources and put them together on a website. “It was a time when out of 10 tweets on anyone’s timeline, seven were asking for or providing Covid-19 resources,” says Galaiya. He replied to the tweet, saying it didn’t need the creation of a new website and the resources could be looped back to Twitter itself, like an advanced search, avoiding the extra step of going to a new website and then back to Twitter. In about 10 minutes he had the first prototype of the page covid19-twitter.in going, with simply the input words ‘verified’ and the name of the city. Since the 25-year-old hadn’t had the need to hunt for Covid-19 resources himself, he asked people for details that needed to be added to the page. Replies and messages poured in, and he added and updated the engine to look for everything from hospital beds and ICUs, to medications and tiffin services. The page throws…

Courtesy of Nayong Pilipino website MANILA - The Nayong Pilipino Foundation is not opposed to building a mega COVID-19 vaccination facility on the park's property, its former executive director said Tuesday, but noted several concerns about the proposal. The ICTSI Foundation, which is the corporate social responsibility arm of billionaire Enrique Razon Jr's global port operating firm, earlier offered to build the vaccination facility at no cost. Atty. Lucille Karen Malilong-Isberto, who resigned last week following the issue, said the state-run park operator required strict compliance with all laws before constructing such facility on reclaimed government land. "Actually, we gave our approval for the use of the land as a vaccination facility on April 8. What we ask is that we follow all the legal processes for use of the land under an emergency," she told ANC. Malilong-Isberto noted that the law requires "that the use of public land should be public, which means it should be a government agency running it." "In this case, we were waiting for DOH (Department of Health). It would be illegal for Nayong Pilipino to give the land for free use to ICTSI Foundation on the basis of a mere letter and a YouTube…

With Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month now underway, Snapchat has shared some new research into how its users are planning to mark the event, and also, what they expect from brands and other organizations in regards to showing their support for API communities. The API community has been subjected to increased tension in recent months, with race-based violence on the rise. That makes the event this year even more important, and Snapchatters are looking to use it as a prompt to increase their understanding of the key issues at play. As explained by Snapchat: "We found from many Snapchatters a desire to educate themselves about API communities, and see brands commit to fighting racial discrimination publicly. Nearly 3 in 5 Snapchatters say brands have a responsibility to condemn racism, hate, and discrimination." The brand element here is significant, and is obviously an important note for businesses that are active in the app. Indeed, Snapchatters expect that brands will be looking to use their voice to show solidarity with API communities. "According to Snapchatters in Canada (46%) and the US (39%), the most important step brands can take during Asian Pacific Islander Heritage month is to speak out against anti-Asian hate crimes.…

Los Angeles, United States, May 2021,- QY Research has recently published a new report, titled Global Mobile Social Software Market Report, History and Forecast 2016-2027, Breakdown Data by Companies, Key Regions, Types and Application. The report has been put together using primary and secondary research methodologies, which offer an accurate and precise understanding of the Mobile Social Software market. Analysts have used a top-down and bottom-up approach to evaluate the segments and provide a fair assessment of their impact on the global Mobile Social Software market. The report offers an overview of the market, which briefly describes the market condition and the leading segments. It also mentions the top players present in the global Mobile Social Software market. Get a PDF Sample Copy of the Report to understand the structure of the complete report: (Including Full TOC, List of Tables & Figures, Chart) : https://www.qyresearch.com/sample-form/form/3122837/global-mobile-social-software-market  The research report on the global Mobile Social Software market includes a SWOT analysis and Porter’s five forces analysis, which help in providing the precise trajectory of the market. These market measurement tools help in identifying drivers, restraints, weaknesses, Mobile Social Software market opportunities, and threats. The research report offers global market figures as well…

It's only been three days since Resident Evil Village launched on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, but the game has managed to become one of the top sellers on Steam. After the warm reception of Resident Evil VII: Biohazard, fans had high expectations from Resident Evil Village, and it seems from the reviews on Steam that the game did not disappoint awaiting fans. Resident Evil Village Photo: Steam Surprisingly, the game also witnessed over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam. This is the first time that a Resident Evil game has seen such a concurrent player count. According to SteamDB, the game managed an all-time peak of 106,631 players, which is significantly higher than the franchise's second best-selling Resident Evil 2: Remake. The remake had an all-time peak of 74,227 players.In addition to being a best seller and breaking concurrent player count records, the game is also boasting huge numbers on Twitch. As per SullyGnome, the total Twitch viewers for Resident Evil Village peaked at 645,130. Moreover, the game is among the most played games on Steam right now, surpassing even competitive titles like Rainbow Six Siege. The new RE game isn't just performing exemplary on PC. Resident Evil Village is a…

Snapchat is looking to foster inclusion by redesigning its camera to capture a broader range of skin tones. Axios' chief technology correspondent Ina Fried joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to explain the this new technology and how it could change the camera app landscape.

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As a technology lead for Airbnb , 30-year old Vinay Gaba leads UI Infrastructure and Design Systems on Android for the company in San Francisco. Having worked on Android systems for over a decade now, Vinay has always had a strong preference for this specialisation. He feels that his single-minded focus on building what he is good at even got him through the ups and downs that AirBnB faced during the pandemic year. He believes focussing on what one is good at and doubling down on that makes all the difference. Vinay has always worked for companies whose products he personally uses. “For me, it then becomes personal. It is about making my experience as a user better, and you end up working harder to build a world-class product,” adds Vinay.Vinay Gaba at Airbnb, San FranciscoHe has built systems at Spotify and Snapchat, and has been a speaker and panelist at multiple international conferences like Droidcon Americas 2020, Android Summit 2020, 360 AnDev 2020, Multimedia University of Kenya 2020, Droidcon SF 2019, Droidcon SF 2017, Columbia University 2016, Droidcon Montreal 2015, GDG Ahmedabad 2014. He is also an active contributor to open source, and author of popular open source libraries. An engineer by…