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Wed. 03/31 – Everything Old Is New Again In The News Feed

Tech Brew Ride Home

Amalgamated Internets, LLC

News, Tech News, Technology

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Facebook has announced News Feed changes to bring chronology back. LinkedIn is working on a Clubhouse rival and I think that makes total sense. Apple actually leads an interesting investment round. Deliveroo has a disastrous first day on the public markets. And how about Roblox, but inside the Unreal Engine? Sponsors: PingIdentity.com TinyCapital.com Links: Facebook Adds New 'Most Recent' Timeline to Switch to Chronological Posts (MacRumors) LinkedIn confirms it’s working on a Clubhouse rival, too (TechCrunch) Apple invests $50M into music distributor UnitedMasters alongside A16z and Alphabet (TechCrunch) Android sends 20x more data to Google than iOS sends to Apple, study says (ArsTechnica) Deliveroo drags on the LSE; closes down 44% on debut (TechCrunch) Maker of NBA Top Shot Scores $305 Million in New Funding (WSJ) ConsenSys Lines Up Damien Hirst to Launch New NFT Art Protocol (Decrypt) Manticore Games raises $100M for user-generated games in the ‘multiverse’ (GamesBeat) RideHome+ Feed: tech.supercast.tech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Wednesday, March 31st, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.

0:09.6

Facebook has announced newsfeed changes to bring chronology back.

0:14.0

LinkedIn is working on a clubhouse rival and I think that makes total sense.

0:18.0

Apple actually leads an interesting investment round.

0:21.0

Deliberu has a disastrous first day on the public markets, and how

0:25.1

about Roblocks, but inside the Unreal Engine?

0:29.1

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

0:39.4

Facebook has announced some changes to news feed including a most recent mode that will show posts in chronological order.

0:44.0

So everything old is new again.

0:46.0

This is available on Android right now and iOS in coming weeks.

0:51.7

Imagine that. A pure feed with no algorithmic juicing, quoting Macrimmers.

0:58.7

Facebook previously rolled out a new favorites timeline allowing users to specify their favorite friends, family

1:05.2

members, and pages and access their posts in one place. Facebook's now

1:09.4

building on that

1:15.0

the functionality with a new most recent mode that will show posts in chronological order instead of based on algorithm.

1:17.0

Other changes coming to the Facebook timeline

1:19.0

include the social media giant offering users

1:22.0

more context as to why they might be seeing a

1:24.7

specific post for content labeled suggested for you. Users can now learn what

1:29.6

factors triggered Facebook's algorithm to suggest the post to you. Factors may include

1:34.5

past related posts you've engaged with, topics that interest you or your location.

1:39.1

Lastly, following in the footsteps of Twitter, Facebook will now allow users to specify who can comment on their posts.

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