Social Media Facebook is Removing its Group Stories Option as of September 26th After recently announcing a new multi-contributor Stories option for public figures, Facebook has followed that up with the removal of its similar ‘Group Stories’ functionality, which enables Facebook group members to contribute to a single, collaborative Story within that group. Facebook launched […]
Social Media Facebook is Expanding its Playable and AR Ad options Ahead of the Holiday Season Facebook has this week announced the expansion of its interactive ad options, including playable games, and AR tools which let you ‘try on’ make-up. First off, Facebook’s bringing video poll ads to your News Feed, an engaging, interactive way […]
Social Media Instagram Implements New Restrictions on Diet and Cosmetic Surgery Ads After consulting with various experts on mental health and wellbeing, Instagram has announced that it will implement new restrictions on posts related to diet products and cosmetic surgery. Various groups have raised concerns about the impact of such advertising, particularly on younger, more […]
Social Media Pinterest brings Shoppable Pins to visual searches for fashion, home products Pinterest announced on Tuesday it has advanced its Lens capabilities, making it possible for the visual search tool to now identify more than 2.5 billion fashion and home products. With this latest advancement, the company is adding fashion and home related Shoppable […]
Social Media Facebook video marketers get new tools, metrics for Live, Watch Parties, Creator Studio Facebook is releasing new features and metrics for its Live API, Watch Parties and within its Creator Studio, all of which can be used by marketers to advance their video efforts. Video creators on the platform are also getting a […]
Social Media Facebook Expands ‘Today In’ Local News Section to More Than 6,000 US Cities and Towns Facebook has this week announced that localized versions of the offering, which is designed to promote increased civic engagement, will now be made available to over 6,000 cities and towns across the US. Today In’, which is available […]
Social Media Instagram’s Reportedly Working on a New Tool Which Replicates TikTok’s Key Features This week, reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong has found that Instagram is once again replicating a competitors’ features, this time with TikTok in the firing line. As explained by Wong, Instagram is working on a new, TikTok like tool called […]
Social Media Facebook Adds New Tools for Public Figures, Including Multi-Contributor Stories and Product Tags Facebook has this week announced a new set of updates for public figures – and they provide an interesting glimpse as to where we might see Facebook Stories, in particular, headed in the near future. First off, Facebook is adding […]
Social Media Facebook Tests New In-App Shopping Ads for Both Facebook and Instagram Facebook is testing out two new shopping ad options, both of which are aimed at streamlining the path to purchase, and keeping users in-app, as opposed to filtering them off to other websites. First off, on Facebook – The Social Network is […]
Social Media YouTube Launches New, Dedicated Fashion and Style Content Hub With fashion and beauty content seeing significant increases in viewership across its platform, it makes sense for YouTube to give beauty and style videos their own dedicated focus, in order to better showcase what exactly it has on offer. This week, YouTube is rolling […]
