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Microsoft is targeting you with personalised news

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2 years ago

September 8, 2021

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One of the world’s biggest tech giants is tailoring the daily news to you

Microsoft has confirmed it has rolled out a personalised news feed called Microsoft Start, which will be available both as a website and a mobile app.

The new feature will allow the software company to better compete with news feeds provided by Apple and Google as well as third party apps such as Flipboard.

Microsoft Start’s feed will aggregate content from news publishers and tailor it to users based on user choices, the software giant said in a blogpost.

“This personalised news feed and collection of informational content provides news from premium publishers, timely updates tailored to your interests, and is available when and where you want it. Microsoft Start will begin rolling out today and is conveniently available”
Microsoft stated on it’s website.

The technology giant added that Microsoft Start will build on the company’s online services including MSN, which aggregates news from sources.

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Ticker News is available on podcast apps and iHeartRadio

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3 weeks ago

September 1, 2023

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Meta to launch microblogging competitor in wake of Twitter backlash

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3 months ago

July 5, 2023

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The recent backlash against Musk’s proposed tweet cap could prove to be the perfect time to launch the competitor

Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook, plans to launch a microblogging app called Threads on Thursday, to operate as a direct competitor to Twitter.

The launch comes just days after Twitter boss Elon Musk attracted criticism by announcing limits to how many posts users could read on the platform.

Threads will allow users to directly port their followers from Instagram, another app owned by the company, and to keep the same username. This feature will allow users to supercharge the often slow process of building a following on the new site.

While other apps such as Mastodon and Blue Sky have failed to present much of a challenge to Twitter, Threads is launching after a period of intense criticism and scepticism of Twitter, which followed Musk’s US$44 billion purchase of the platform in 2022.

Musk has made significant staffing cuts in areas like content moderation which has caused a rift with advertisers. He has also implemented several elements such as an US$8 per month account verification system which has proved unpopular with users.

Instagram boasts roughly 2.3 billion users compared to Twitter’s almost 400 million, which poses a significant user advantage from which to draw from.