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 […]
Social Media YouTube’s Adding More Ads, with Mid-Roll Breaks Available in Shorter Videos Have you ever noticed how every YouTube influencer creates videos that are around the exact same length – which is about 10 minutes? For the full article click here Instagram Launches Test of New ‘Shops’ Tab with Selected Users Have you noticed your in-app […]
Social Media Google Plus is Officially Gone After Its Mobile Apps are Rebranded as Google Currents Google Plus, the company’s failed social network, is officially gone as of today. After Google Plus personal accounts were shut down last year, Google announced that it would be replacing the social network for enterprise users with Google Currents. Currents is […]
Social Media YouTube Explains Some Common Algorithm and Video Distribution Queries YouTube has sought to answer some common questions about how its algorithm works when highlighting certain content to users – and why your video metrics may not always reflect performance. In a new video on the Creator Insider channel, YouTube product managers Patricia and Rachel focus […]
Social Media Best Buy, Ford Join Over 150 Companies In Massive Facebook Boycott An advertising boycott of Facebook called for by top civil rights groups continues to gather momentum with over 150 marketers—most recently joined by Best Buy, Ford, Adidas, Starbucks and Unilever—announcing they will not work with the tech giant until “meaningful action” is taken […]
Social Media YouTube’s Working on a New Analytics Overview Summary to Help Creators Maximize Performance YouTube’s working on a new video analytics display which is designed to help creators better understand where their views are coming from, and how they can maximize each video’s performance. For the full article click here Zuckerberg Says That Facebook […]
Social Media Facebook Ad Boycott Gains Steam As Companies Join ‘Stop Hate For Profit’ More corporate advertisers are pulling ads from Facebook for the month of July, joining the Stop Hate for Profit boycott organized last week by the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP, Color of Change and other civil rights groups. The campaign urges advertisers to […]
