Instagram adds more DM management features

If you're an Instagram user with 100,000 followers or more, the Meta-owned app is adding more features to your direct messages to make them easier to manage. These options made their way to creator and verified accounts last November, but they are rolling out to more users now (including both professional and personal accounts).

Some of the features include additional filters to help you sort through your DMs. The app also allows you to create shortcuts by letting you rearrange the filters you know you'll want to access quickly. You can also create folders to better manage the messages that come in.

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TikTok rolls out voice memo, picture support for DMs

Source: The Verge

TikTok is boosting its direct messaging capabilities by adding support for voice messages and photos. According to The Verge, you can send up to nine photos at a time or a voice memo up to a minute long. Direct messages on the platform still support video messages, which are also up to a minute long.

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Apple is launching the 'Awe dropping' iPhone 17 series on Sept. 9

Source: Apple

We finally get a launch date for Apple's newest iPhones. And the company claims they will be "awe dropping." The iPhone 17 event will take place on September 9 at the Steve Jobs Theatre in Apple Park at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT.

Aside from the standard iPhone lineup, media reports have claimed that Apple will unveil a new 6.6-inch iPhone 17 Air, its slim and light model that's a step away from the company introducing foldable devices into its roster.

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YouTube wants to host the Oscars

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The newest company vying to host the Academy Awards might be your friendly, neighbourhood video platform, a.k.a. YouTube. Bloomberg, citing two people familiar with the matter, claims the Alphabet-owned site has inquired about purchasing the rights to air the Academy Awards. Walt Disney's ABC currently holds the air rights for the awards show through at least 2028, but Bloomberg reports that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is in talks.

YouTube might be a behemoth in the video streaming space, but it still faces tough competition. There isn't just Disney or ABC, there's Comcast's NBCUniversal, Netflix, Amazon, and even Paramount's CBS. But YouTube hasn't shied away from live events. They have acquired the rights for NFL Sunday Ticket and are bidding on other live sports events. So, it might not win the rights for the Oscars outright, but it may get a chance to acquire them.

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