[ad_1] Conversations trees were first seen in Twitter’s beta testing app, Twttr. The testing app allows Twitter to experiment with tweaks to the conversation formatting before rolling out any major changes to the main platform. As spotted by respected app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, conversation trees are now being tested on the main Twitter website. […]
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Instagram cribs TikTok with new music-heavy Stories features
[ad_1] Staring in Brazil, Instagram has begun testing a new format called Reels. TechCrunch reports that Reels lets you create “15-second video video clips set to music and share them as Stories,” which then have the ability to be shared wider via a new “Top Reels” section on the Explore page. Users can set their […]
Medium may offer its own version of Pocket and Instapaper
[ad_1] However, it appears that Medium creates a copy of webpages on their own platform without the paywall or ads Not sure how publishers and news publications will think about this I wrote about my opinions and suggestions on this unreleased feature: https://t.co/yZNLsthPsD pic.twitter.com/qhhRjlBi7P — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) September 5, 2019 She discovered that […]
Spotify is testing a ‘Create podcast’ button inside its app
[ad_1] The feature was uncovered by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who reverse-engineers apps to dig up preview features. She has a record of scooping new technology features, so it’s a pretty reliable finding. Spotify is testing “Create podcast” button to funnel their app users to Anchor, a podcast creation platform that Spotify recently acquired […]
Instagram finally tests a fast-forward feature for videos
[ad_1] In a move so overdue you’re probably checking the date stamp on this article, Instagram could finally be about to launch a seek bar on videos posted on users’ feeds. The feature, discovered by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, would let you skip backwards and forwards through a video without having to start it […]