Social Media

TikTok, Spotify, Tinder, and Many Other iOS Apps are Crashing Again Due to a Facebook Issue

A number of popular apps and services including TikTok, Spotify, Pinterest, and Tinder are currently broken on iOS devices. There are widespread reports on social media of different apps crashing whenever they’re launched on iPhones and iPads, and there are also outage spikes for the same apps on DownDetector.com. Although the exact cause of the problem isn’t yet confirmed, early reports suggest the outages are caused by Facebook’s SDK, which apps use to manage user logins. Facebook said on its developer platform this morning that it was “aware [of] and investigating an increase in errors on the iOS SDK which is causing some apps to crash.” A similar problem involving the Facebook SDK occurred in May and affected dozens of apps.

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Leaked Documents Show What it Looks Like When TikTok Hands Over a User’s Data to Police

Like all apps, TikTok is constantly collecting information about its users. Newly leaked documents show what happens when that information is requested by police. The documents first surfaced as part of BlueLeaks, a data dump of hundreds of thousands of sensitive police files from across the globe obtained by anonymous hackers and published by the transparency group DDoSecrets. The server that hosted BlueLeaks was taken offline by German authorities this week, but before they were removed Business Insider obtained copies of TikTok reports on specific users sent to police departments.

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WhatsApp Adds QR Codes for Businesses, and Catalog Links to Simplify Sharing

While Facebook is slowly rolling out its new Shops feature on both Facebook and Instagram, the company is also taking the next steps into eCommerce within WhatsApp, as it looks for ways to monetize the app’s 2 billion active users. And this week, WhatsApp’s added two new features to help brands better promote their presence on the platform.

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Marketing

Google Makes ‘Swirl’ 3D Ad Option Available for Display and Video 360 Campaigns

After testing it out in closed beta over the past year, Google has today announced that its ‘Swirl’ 3D ads will now be made available to all Display and Video 360 customers globally.

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Stella Artois’ Dreamy New Spot Embraces Summer Personas

Stella Artois has a history of playing up positive human connections in its marketing, and this latest effort aims to similarly inspire people to enjoy summer and bring them together through a positive collective daydream during a stressful year. The daydream theme encourages people to make the best of their homebound pandemic lives by daydreaming their way into a better mood with a refreshing beer. Likewise, the partnership with TripAdvisor aims to help people make the best of canceled vacations by rediscovering their hometown.

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7 Google Ads Shortcuts for Better Paid Search Results with Less Effort

PPC can suck up some major time if you’re wasting time on elements that don’t matter, unnecessarily bloating your account, or skipping time-saving tools. Here are seven Ads shortcuts and features to help you save time. These processes can not only help you save time, but also give you insights faster so you’ll be on your way to better results even sooner.

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