Social Media Zuckerberg Faces US Congress on Libra, Privacy and More This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was put to the test on Libra before the US House Financial Services Committee. And while Zuckerberg’s testimony was primarily focused on Libra, Zuckerberg also faced questions about a range of other issues related to Facebook and its […]
Social Media Instagram Adds IGTV Series Option to Categorize Videos Instagram Adds IGTV Series Option to Categorize Videos Instagram has added a new IGTV ‘Series’ option which will enable creators to segment their videos into dedicated collections. The new Series option will help creators better brand their content, and encourage return viewing, by giving their […]
Social Media Instagram Tests New Following List Categories to Help Manage Your Content Feed Instagram is testing out a new process which would categorize your ‘Following’ list into both topic categories and listings based on your engagement with each, in order to help users better manage what content appears in their main feed. Instagram would […]
Social Media Snapchat Launches ‘Dynamic Ads’ Which Will Create Ads Based on Uploaded Product Catalogs Snap ads in vertical view format. Advertisers will be able to choose from various templates, which will guide Snap’s systems in building the relevant ads. You then select an audience for prospecting or re-engagement, and then enable Snap’s system to […]
Social Media Instagram is Looking to Bring Direct Messaging to its Web App According to a new finding by reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, Instagram is looking to bring its Direct messaging functions to its web interface. That would make Instagram’s messaging tools more widely accessible, with specific benefits for those in regions where […]
Social Media Instagram Updates its Stories Camera with New ‘Create’ Mode to Highlight Creative options Instagram’s now rolling out a new format for its Stories Camera, which will make the app’s various Stories tools – including GIFs, Countdown Stickers and Polls – easier to access and apply, direct from the main function bar. The biggest […]
Social Media Instagram Adds New ‘Emails from Instagram’ Security Confirmation Listing Instagram has added a new, anti-phishing element, with a listing of any and all official emails which Instagram has sent to you now available in-app. The new listing includes two elements – ‘Security’ emails, and ‘Other’, for official communications sent to you. Now, if […]
Social Media Instagram Launches a New Messaging App for Close Friends Called ‘Threads’ Instagram’s ‘Threads’ is rolling out to all users on iOS and Android. Threads is another messaging app, with all the regular messaging features users have come to expect. Threads opens to the camera – like Snapchat – and provides quick, easy options […]
Social Media Twitter’s Testing a New Option to ‘Stream’ Tweets in Real-Time Twitter is testing out a new option which would enable users to ‘stream tweets’, meaning that their timeline would be updated as tweets happen. Functionally, the option doesn’t appear to add anything new – while the other option listed in the new pop-up […]
Social Media Instagram Adds New ‘Restrict’ Option to Limit the Exposure of Trolls and Cyberbullies Late last year, Facebook began testing a new keyword alerts feature for groups, which would provide another way for Facebook group admins to stay on top of relevant discussions within group interactions. Late last year, Facebook began testing a new […]
