Social Media Digital Data Tracking and Privacy: The Future Implications of COVID-19 YouTube has confirmed that it will reduce the recommendation and distribution of videos which promote conspiracy theories that link the spread of COVID-19 to 5G technology. This comes after a spate of attacks on cell phone towers in some regions – according to The Guardian in […]
Social Media YouTube Moves to Restrict Videos About COVID-19/5G Conspiracy Theory Over the past few weeks, both Google and Facebook have begun sharing location-tracking information with various authorities around the world in order to help them plan their COVID-19 containment strategies, and better ensure that they’re addressing key areas of concern. The data provided is anonymized and aggregated, […]
Social Media Facebook Adds Gift Card Discovery Tool, Service Impact Listings to Help Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 Facebook is rolling out some new measures to assist businesses dealing with the impacts of the COVID-19 shutdowns, including more specific detail on its $100 million small business grant program, and new tools that will enable people to support local […]
Social Media YouTube is Working on a TikTok-Like Tool to Fend Off Rising Video Competition Replication is normally Facebook’s key mitigation tactic, but increasingly, YouTube is also looking to “borrow” inspiration from its rivals in order to fend off competition, and maximize its market share within the video space. This week, The Information has reported that […]
Social Media Facebook Publishes New Guides to Help Businesses Deal With the Impacts of COVID-19 It feels like such a long time ago that Facebook was providing guidance for businesses impacted by major bushfires across Australia, and now, The Social Network has published a new set of guides to help businesses dealing with the latest major event – the […]
Social Media Pinterest launches Pinterest Shop for small businesses that make and sell products Pinterest has launched Pinterest Shop – a new dashboard curated by Pinterest that showcases the profiles and products of small businesses in an Etsy-style fashion. Shop currently includes 17 different small businesses that make and sell unique goods and have uploaded […]
Social Media Facebook’s Testing a New ‘Favorites’ Friend Listing for Facebook Stories Facebook is reportedly testing out a new option which would enable users to share their Facebook and Messenger Stories with smaller, selected groups of friends, as opposed to all of their connections. The option would provide a new ‘Favorites’ list option for you […]
Social Media Twitter Rolls Out Option to Hide Tweet Replies to All Users After months of testing, Twitter has now announced that is new ‘Hide Replies’ option will be rolled out to all users globally. You’ll now have the option to remove any tweet replies, and better control your tweet engagement. When you do choose […]
Marketing Google’s ‘Duplex on the web’ enables the Assistant to buy movie tickets for you Google is making it possible to use the Assistant (via Duplex) to buy movie tickets online. Back in May at Google I/O, the company announced that it was expanding the AI-powered Duplex beyond restaurant reservations to booking rental cars and […]
Social Media Instagram’s Testing a Display New Layout for IGTV Content As discovered by reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, Instagram is still working on new ways to get more people engaging with IGTV content. Instagram is working on a new format for IGTV content which would switch your main feed into a vertical scrolling […]
