Snapchat has just rolled out Suggest, a feature that helps you find new accounts, and hopefully more followers. Suggestive search To access Suggest, go to the Stories list and tap on a user's name. This brings up a blue arrow, which allows you to send the account to other users. Your friends will be alerted […]
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Online Circle Digital has just released its Mid-Year Australian Facebook Performance Report for 2016. Through the analysis of 30 different industries and over 2600 Australian brand accounts, the report ranks the largest and most engaged Facebook accounts in Australia, using data from January 1 to June 30 this year. Which brands performed best? The report reveals
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As Pinterest matures into monetisation, we're about to see an expansion of its advertising offering to include keyword search. Pin the wheel on the bargain The platform is preparing to offer keyword-based buying search to marketers, according to Pinterest’s head of global sales Jon Kaplan. This feature will work in a similar way to
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Like to swap it up? Now it's even easier if you're a marketer using Messenger on iOS. Change is good Now iOS users can add multiple Messenger accounts to their iOS device, and switch between them at will. The update brings Messenger into lockstep with the the rest of the Facebook app fold, which all
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Can you defame someone on social media? Some notable cases quite clearly demonstrate that those who post in haste will repent at leisure. Tread carefully In 2012, writer and TV personality, Maireke Hardy, wrongly identified Joshua Meggitt as the person behind a number of nasty blog posts written about her over a period of five
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Amazon is many things to many people, but did you know it also owns the world's most profitable cloud services company? Beam me up Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a decade ago, initially as the cloud computing arm of Amazon.com. Today AWS has expanded its operations globally to become the largest cloud infrastructure company on
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It’s been awhile since Instagram was the Enfant Terrible of social, a mantle perhaps now claimed by Snapchat. Reflecting its newfound maturity: Instagram is cracking down on offensive language. Speak up Instagram’s newish Business Pages now feature a Comment Moderation option. The feature lets you to block comments containing words or phrases considered offensive from
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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. With that in mind, Messenger is now testing a self-destructing private conversation feature, a la Snapchat. Temporary times The new feature, appropriately called Secret Conversations, will reportedly encrypt messages end-to-end. The announcement was made on Facebook by Messenger's David Marcus, who stressed the app is already secure
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As Snapchat continues to grow in numbers, it's spitting out updates quicker than a Kardashian with a selfie stick. The latest: a new featured called Memories intended to make snaps more lasting. Remember this? Memories lets you save snaps or stories indefinitely. Snapchat describes it as a collection of "personal moments". And it's a snap to
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It's been a long time coming, but now there's a way to schedule Instagram posts, thanks to the helpful folks at Buffer. 'Gram time The social management app has added 'Gram scheduling to its dashboard, similar to Bufffer's existing Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn functions. After being scheduled, you'll get a notification advising your post is
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