Daily Minute Master Series
October 20, 2025
by Corey Padveen
Marketing News and Updates
X Announces ‘Handles Marketplace’ to Sell Dormant Usernames
If you’ve ever wanted to get your hands on a better, more relevant @handle on X, you’re opportunity is coming, with X announcing its new “Handles Marketplace,” which will enable X Premium subscribers to purchase dormant usernames.
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X is Testing a New Way to Handle Links in Posts
X is looking to update the way it handles links in posts, in order to incentivize more topical discussion, and provide more opportunities for publishers in the app.
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X’s Algorithm is Shifting to a Grok-Powered AI Model
X’s algorithm will soon be fully powered by xAI’s Grok system, which should improve the quality of the posts that are highlighted to users in the app. Which could have a big impact on engagement, but then again, it may not matter all that much, depending on one key factor.
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Facebook’s new button lets its AI look at photos you haven’t uploaded yet
Meta has rolled out an opt-in AI feature to its US and Canadian Facebook users that claims to make their photos and videos more “shareworthy.” The only catch is that the feature is designed for your phone’s camera roll — not the media you’ve already uploaded to Facebook. If you opt in, Meta’s AI will comb through your camera roll, upload your unpublished photos to Meta’s cloud, and surface “hidden gems” that are “lost among screenshots, receipts, and random snaps,” the company says. Users will be able to save or share the suggested edits and collages.
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Opera’s Neon shows just how confusing AI browsers still are
The trick to understanding Opera’s Neon browser is recognizing that it’s not just a browser with an AI bot added to it, but a browser with three AI bots all living side by side. This is both a strength and a weakness, because while you don’t have to leave to do all the AI things you want, knowing where to go for which AI tasks can be really confusing.
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3 LinkedIn Strategies To Turn Your Founder’s Voice Into A Pipeline Driver
LinkedIn data proves executive-led content is now a competitive advantage fueling measurable growth, from stronger pipelines to faster close rates.
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