Facebook has made it easier for publishers to make money from Instant Articles. Read on to find out how to get cashed up quick. Instant Money Over the past few months, Facebook has been testing ad units placed in the related articles section, at the bottom of Instant Articles. The results have proved promising, with RPM, …
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Facebook's anti-spam prevention system has been creating some big issues for us lately. Not because we send out spam, but because we have so many Facebook Pages we are often sharing the same content link across a number of these. And these links get caught up in Facebook’s spam filter and don’t publish. Bulk send …
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While certain wags have harped about the death of TV for ages, new data shows there’s life in the old girl yet. YouTube has released a report showing how the TV screen is being given a new lease on life, thanks to online content. Watch this space People are increasingly watching streaming content on their TVs, …
In its ongoing efforts to make sure we love Live video as much as it does, Facebook has launched closed captions for the service. Read my lips Publishers can now include closed captions on all Facebook Live videos. Once you’ve turned your captioning settings to On, they will appear automatically. Facebook says the captions will appear …
Perhaps getting sentimental in its old age, Facebook wants to get the kids together more often these days. Facebook recently tested unified notifications across Messenger and Instagram. Now it’s letting you place Messenger Ads on Instagram. Location, location This means you can now place ‘click to Messenger’ ads within Instagram. When a user clicks on the …
Facebook really does care how you’re feeling, if some new patents are any indication. Feeling good? A post from CB Insights outlines a range of recent Facebook patents, focusing around the ability to detect and respond to user emotions. One patent would pull data from your keyboard, mouse, touch pad, or touch screen, to determine …
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While spreadsheets may be the workhorse of many offices, frankly they're not the prettiest things to look at. Google thinks so too, and has released a few updates making it easier to visualise data with Google Sheets. Seeing is believing The Explore in Sheets feature uses machine learning to pluck insights from your data. You …
Here’s a small but nifty update for cloud-using Apple fans. Dropbox and Apple for announced deep new integration features. Play nice At the recent WWDC, Dropbox announced a collaboration with Apple for the launch of iOS 11. The soon-to-be-released Files app will give iPhone and iPad users the ability to move and manage Dropbox files …
Facebook’s been teasing us for months about whether or not it will allow GIFs in comments. Now it’s relented, and to celebrate the 30th birthday of the GIF Facebook has opened the floodgates. The GIF that keeps on GIFing When composing a Facebook comment there’s now a new GIF button, right next to the emoji …
The moment of truth is approaching: Facebook's getting close to launching its first scripted TV show. And it’s supposed to be quite funny. Candid Camera The series is the brainchild of comedian Nicole Byer, whose series Loosely Exactly Nicole was recently canned by MTV. The show is a semi-biographical account of Byer’s life and she …
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