Meta changed ad creative selection: upload multiple creatives in different aspect ratios and customize each with crops, text, and destinations. You can exclude placements per media. Without customization, Meta auto-crops media for each user and placement. It's advised to exclude some placements manually, like vertical ones for 4:5 images. Meta adds related media automatically; review and remove to maintain control.
Google is moving its JSON files listing IP ranges from /search/apis/ipranges/ to a more general location at /crawling/ipranges/ on developers.google.com. The files will remain accessible at the old path temporarily, but users are encouraged to switch to the new location soon. The old URLs will be phased out and redirected within six months.
Googlebot is part of a centralized crawling platform for various Google products, not a single crawler. It fetches up to 2MB per URL (64MB for PDFs), including headers, ignoring bytes beyond this limit. Linked resources are fetched separately with their own limits. The Web Rendering Service processes fetched bytes, running JavaScript and CSS but works statelessly. To optimize, keep HTML lean, place key elements early, and monitor server response times.
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Ray-Ban Meta launches AI glasses optimized for prescription wearers, available in two styles with adjustable features for comfort. New colors and lens options for Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta frames debut, including Transitions® and Prizm™ lenses. Software updates add hands-free nutrition tracking, WhatsApp summaries, neural handwriting, and expanded pedestrian navigation. Pre-orders start at $499, with wider release in April.
Instagram is testing Instagram Plus, a new premium subscription similar to Snapchat+. It offers perks like creating multiple story audiences, story rewatch insights, extended story expiration, super hearts for stories, and spotlighting stories. The service is being tested in the Philippines for about $1.05 USD per month and in Mexico for around $2 USD. Confirmation from Instagram is pending.
Microsoft Advertising ecommerce customers can now update their Merchant Center store name and domain directly from Merchant Center. Store name changes need editorial review and ads run with the current name during review. Domain changes require ownership verification, with ads running on the old domain until verified. Product URLs must match the new domain after approval. Store names and domains can be reused if approved and verified.
The Ad Manager API now offers a read-only OAuth scope allowing developers to access user data without write permissions. This scope is exclusive to the Ad Manager API and not supported by the legacy SOAP API. It enhances security for read-only integrations like reporting tools. Existing apps need no changes, but migrating to this scope is recommended if write access isn't needed. Usual access controls still apply.
The BatchJobService in Google Ads API has increased request size limits for AddBatchJobOperations from about 10.48 MB to 41.94 MB, allowing more large assets like images to be uploaded in fewer requests. Single mutate operations remain capped at 10.48 MB. This change simplifies workflows and may improve throughput, though operation count limits still apply. Support is available via forums and Discord.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Live is Google's latest voice model offering improved precision, lower latency, and more natural, fluid interactions. It enhances real-time dialogue with better reasoning, task execution, and tonal understanding, making it reliable for developers and enterprises. Available across Google products, it supports multilingual, real-time conversations and includes a watermark to detect AI-generated audio, aiming to prevent misinformation.
