Daily Minute Master Series
January 29, 2026
by Corey Padveen
Marketing News and Updates
LinkedIn Adds New Generative AI Qualifications
LinkedIn’s looking to help its members showcase their generative AI proficiency, with a new qualification that you can display on your profile, which is backed by AI training providers to support reflect your skills.
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Meta Posts Increases in Users and Revenue in Q4
Meta has published its latest quarterly performance update, which shows an increase in total users across its Family of Apps (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads), and a jump in revenue in Q4 2026.
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Zuckerberg Shares Vision of an AI-Powered Future
Get ready for a new era of digital connection and engagement, where social platforms reflect your personal needs and desires, without you having to do anything more than use them, with AI tools getting increasingly good at understanding a broader range of contextual clues and insights.
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Social Channel Insights In Search Console: What It Means For Social & Search
Google has been testing Social Channel Insights inside Google Search Console (GSC). This update may appear small, but it’s more than meets the eye. In the search landscape, these new social insights translate to a bigger shift happening behind the scenes, where search and social data converge to improve visibility.
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Chrome Updated With 3 AI Features Including Nano Banana
Gemini in Chrome has just been refreshed with three new features that integrate more Gemini capabilities within Chrome for Windows, MacOS, and Chromebook Plus. The update adds an AI side panel, agentic AI Auto Browse, and Nano Banana image editing of whatever image is in the browser window.
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Google May Let Sites Opt Out Of AI Search Features
Google says it’s exploring updates that could let websites opt out of AI-powered search features specifically. The blog post came the same day the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority opened a consultation on potential new requirements for Google Search, including controls for websites to manage their content in Search AI features.
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