Social Media Instagram Launches Personal Fundraisers to Provide Assistance for Businesses and Causes During COVID-19 Instagram is rolling out a new personal fundraisers option to help people and businesses raise money for selected causes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. For the full article click here Snapchat Adds 9 Million More Daily Active Users in Q2, Reports 17% Increase […]
Social Media Snapchat Launches Meditation Tool from HeadSpace, the First of its New Mini-Apps Back in June, at its 2020 Partner Summit, Snapchat previewed its upcoming ‘Snapchat Minis’, which are essentially micro-versions of full apps, built within Snapchat. For the full article click here TikTok Faces More Challenges, Pausing Expansion Plans in UK and Dealing with Penalties […]
Social Media Twitter Outlines Specific Detail of Recent Hack: 130 Accounts Impacted, Personal Information Compromised As its investigation continues, on late Friday night, Twitter provided an update of the latest information about the recent hack which targeted the accounts of several high profile users. To recap the situation, at around 1pm on Wednesday, several celebrity accounts began tweeting […]
Social Media Instagram’s TikTok-Like ‘Reels’ Functionality will Be Launched in the US Next Month In a move that will surprise no one, Instagram has confirmed that it will launch its TikTok-like ‘Reels’ functionality in more regions next month, including the US, as TikTok itself faces more questions over its future, and TikTok users seek out alternatives as […]
Social Media Several High Profile Twitter Accounts Hacked in Massive Security Breach With the US Presidential election only months away, this is an especially concerning incident. From about 1pm on Wednesday, a range of celebrity and brand accounts started tweeting out a message promoting a crypto giveaway, in which funds sent to a specified bitcoin […]
Social Media LinkedIn Continues to Add More Quick Creation Option in the Post Composer Over the past few months, you may have noticed LinkedIn’s post composer quick links growing, with more options to help guide what you post about on the platform. For the full article click here Facebook Publishes New Report on the Impacts […]
Social Media Byte, the Second Coming of Vine, is Seeing a Surge in Downloads Amid Debate About TikTok’s Future With India moving to ban TikTok, and other nations reportedly also considering outright bans of the app due to its potential exposure to the Chinese Government, last week, Byte, which is the second coming of Vine, saw a massive surge […]
Social Media Facebook Weighs Ban on Political Ads in the Days Leading into the US Presidential Election Despite standing firm in the face of ongoing calls for it to change approach to political content, despite criticizing other social platforms for taking action on such, and adding warning labels to comments from leaders. Despite Facebook CEO […]
Social Media TikTok, Spotify, Tinder, and Many Other iOS Apps are Crashing Again Due to a Facebook Issue A number of popular apps and services including TikTok, Spotify, Pinterest, and Tinder are currently broken on iOS devices. There are widespread reports on social media of different apps crashing whenever they’re launched on iPhones and iPads, […]
Social Media Less Than a Third of Consumers Aware of Facebook Ads Boycott, Gen Z Most Engaged There are now nearly 1,000 advertisers that have formally signed on to the Stop Hate for Profit Facebook ads boycott. The organizations behind the campaign have lobbied brands to promote the boycott and its objectives, but there has been […]
