#Newsfeed: Apple Music’s Facebook Messenger bot now gives emoji-based suggestions; Daniel Ricciardo pranks Lewis Hamilton with Instagram takeover; Ticket scalping bots to be banned in NSW
Plus why your friendships at work matter.
The war on fake news continues, with Facebook beginning a new test designed to give users “additional context on the articles they see in News Feed.” Intended to help individuals make more informed decisions about the types of news that they read, share, and ultimately, believe, the new “i” button – an initiative by the Facebook Journalism Project – will give readers additional information about the source.
Read more about Facebook’s fight against fake news here.
We reported last week that Instagram has added the Polls functionality to its Stories, but the aftermath of the new feature is one of the most entertaining to date, with users not realising that responses aren’t anonymous. Despite making in clear that results would have usernames assigned to them in the official blog post, some users have taken to Twitter to express their surprise – with some users confessing that they’ve been getting up to mischief, having assumed their identity would be hidden and protected.
Read some of the hilarious reactions here.
The Facebook messaging app got an update that now includes an Apple Music bot that can recommend playlists and songs based on emoji. It’s a pretty straightforward rollout, as sending the bot an emoji gets you a selection of albums or playlists to match up. The kick here is to get you to shell out actual money for these songs by either purchasing them or subscribing to Apple Music – otherwise, you’re limited to 30-second clips of songs.
Read more about the new feature here.
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- Daniel Ricciardo pranks Lewis Hamilton with Instagram takeover [via ESPN]
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