YouTube has entered the somewhat cut-throat, very lucrative world of online gaming with YouTube Gaming. Game, set, match YouTube Gaming features over 25,000 pages of game titles, promotional videos and in-game footage. Gaming enthusiasts can view live-streams of gaming tournaments, and subscribe for updates and videos from game developers and YouTube content creators. YouTube Gaming profile …
Any casual glance around a public place will confirm we're all hooked on mobiles. So it's no surprise that mobile marketing is a raging beast of a thing: constantly evolving, tweaking and testing new strategies to keep up with our unquenchable thirst for all things on-the-go. Here's a few massive mobile stats around this monolith. …
Facebook wants to know all about your next event, whether it's private or public. Eventful update The Facebook Events feature is now being segmented between private and public events. Public events now feature larger profile photos and display more information about the location and details of the event. Users can chose from 36 cover art themes to …
They say good things come to those who wait. Well, it's been a long time coming but Instagram ads are finally being rolled out globally. Open for business Instagram announced the news in a blog post. "Over the past few months, we’ve been working to make ads on Instagram available to more types of businesses …
At the end of July, Google relaunched Dynamic Search Ads, or what we call Zero Keyword Search Ads. Instead of supplying Google with a list of keywords you would like to show ads on (ie. the searcher’s query), you ask Google to scan your website and show ads based on your existing content. Next steps Extrapolating …
LinkedIn has just released the modestly titled Big Rock Power Chords, a content strategy guide aimed at helping marketers master killer content. Rock 'n' roll LinkedIn announced the news in a blog post. "We’ve compiled a quick set of checklists being used by leading content marketers around the globe (including LinkedIn Marketing Solutions) to create content …
A few months ago Facebook re-embraced the GIF and allowed users to add them to their Pages. Now Facebook is trialling the feature with brand posts. GIF-erent approach A select groups of brands including Coca-Cola, BuzzFeed and Wendy’s are now able to share GIFs in posts and paid “Boosted” posts. At the time of writing …
If you love taking photos but feel constrained by Instagram's square format, you can now give your creativity full flight. Instagram finally supports portrait and landscape photos. Thinking outside the square Instagram announced the news in a blog post. "Square format has been and always will be part of who we are. "That said, the …
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If you're juggling stocks and want to keep across market trends on-the-go, now Robinhood can virtually leap to the rescue. Stock broker Robinhood's premise is simple. It's a stock-trading app that charges zero fees. The app also gives you market data in real-time, and lets you schedule notifications for events such as earnings and dividends. All data …
Who says digital giants can't play nice? Google and Twitter have just got a little cosier: now tweets are discoverable in Search. #Search Google announced the news, appropriately enough, in a tweet. It means that users can now search for, and view, tweets and hashtags directly from Google on desktop. For example, if you were …