Social Media Facebook Tests Another Layout to Promote the Various Facebook Stories Options Facebook seems very convinced that more people would use Facebook Stories more often if they understood the various creative options available, and could more easily find them in their posting process. Last month, reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong revealed that Facebook […]
Social Media Instagram Will Now Enable Advertisers to Boost Branded Content Partnerships as Ads Instagram has officially announced the launch of its new Branded Content Ads option, which will provide additional ways for businesses to maximize their on-platform influencer partnerships. Up till now, brands have been able to work with popular Instagram users on ad […]
Social Media Twitter Adds New Account Switching Option on its Web Version, Reveals New Mac App Twitter has released a new, simplified account switching option on its web version, and within Twitter Lite. The process will make it easier for users working on multiple accounts to more easily move between them. In a separate announcement, […]
Social Media Facebook Adds New Page and Group Ranking Factors into News Feed Algorithm Facebook has now issued an amendment to that update to also add in new ranking signals for content from the Pages and Groups that people are most interested in. In the new amendment, Facebook says that it recently issued surveys focused […]
Social Media Pinterest Launches New Windows 10 App to Improve Desktop Browsing The newly listed company is looking to maximize its options by launching an integrated Windows 10 app, which adds Pinterest to your ‘Start’ menu options and facilitates more seamless browsing on PCs. The tool will provide another way for users to browse the […]
Social Media Twitter Officially Rolls Out ‘Go Live with Guests’ Option The new ‘Live Guests’ option will allow viewers to apply to take part in the conversation, with their avatar appearing on-screen (when permitted to join by the streamer), and their streaming audio available to all viewers. It seems to be a step behind other […]
Social Media LinkedIn Acquires Data Personalization Platform Drawbridge to Improve Ad Targeting The professional social network has this week announced that it’s acquiring data analytics company Drawbridge in order to utilize Drawbridge’s advanced personalization AI, and further refine LinkedIn’s targeting capacity. Drawbridge’s system utilizes advanced machine learning – “on 100 billion edges” – in order […]
Social Media Instagram Adds Alternate Stories Color Notifier for Pride Month To mark Pride Month 2019, Instagram is adding a new rainbow color ring for Stories which include a Pride-related hashtag. The new option, as noted, will be activated by relevant hashtags, turning your Stories activation border in a multi-colored circle, as opposed to the […]
Social Media Facebook Will Reportedly Launch its ‘GlobalCoin’ Cryptocurrency Next Year Facebook’s plan, is to build its own transaction network which would facilitate funds transfers across borders, without the need for deals with local banks and/or financial regulators. That could enable Facebook to become a global marketplace, with users in all regions able to quickly […]
Social Media Instagram Adds Support for Landscape Videos in IGTV Instagram has announced that IGTV publishers will be able to upload horizontal format videos to IGTV, straying from its initial focus on more immersive, vertical viewing. IGTV was essentially built to tap into the rising consumption of vertical video, largely popularized by Snapchat. And while […]
