Facebook has announced its new endeavour to connect users with restaurants via third-party ordering services. Social networked meals to go With people already using Facebook to figure out where to eat, the social giant is officially launching its own ability to order for pickup and delivery. Along with shared photos of fine dining and posts …
Twitter will soon give users the ability to save tweets to help keep track of interesting content for future reading. Separating “likes” from later The announcement was made on Twitter via Head of Product Keith Coleman, under the tag #SaveForLater. The new addition is a result of popular user requests with many people keen for a …
Facebook continues to gain momentum in reach but YouTube remains the most watched online video platform in the world. YouTube takes the lead A sizeable gap has been growing between the world’s favourite steaming site and social media platform. According to a new report from Ampere Analysis, Facebook is now ranked second for online video …
Facebook is testing a new feature allowing users to build and maintain their CV on the platform. Facebook goes professional The new feature will allow users to list education and professional experience as well as relevant contact details, images, and other relevant work information. Though few official details have been released, preliminary reporting suggests the …
The film editing web and software developer Filmora has created an infographic around the latest facts for YouTube. YouTube’s numbers tell a story Since its founding in 2005, YouTube has ballooned to over 1.5 billion monthly active users. According to Filmora’s infographic, over 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. As of …
In the hopes of populating Facebook Stories with active users, the platform is opening the feature to brands, publishers, athletes, non-profits, and celebrities. Ghost town to gain new residence Since its debut, Facebook Stories has received very little activity, nothing compared to Snapchat Stories or even its Instagram subsidiary. The social network giant hopes high …
LinkedIn has announced it's currently beta testing video ads as Sponsored Content. Much ado about video In the wake of enabling native videos to user profiles, LinkedIn is now exploring the advertisement potential of sponsored promotional content. Prudential Financial and Microsoft Canada are among the first to test. Video ads will autoplay as standalone clips …
eMarketer's latest findings show teens are engaging more with Snapchat and Instagram, and less with Messenger. Messaging is so passé The research firm calculated lowered growth projections for Facebook Messenger from 2017 through 2021. Even thought Messenger’s 1.2 billion users proved to be championing the chat app market with a 7.5% increase since 2016, ages …
Snapchat has given users a new way to share links to content, and it should make it easier for brands to ‘go viral’ on the platform. Share from other apps The latest update to Snapchat’s iOS app has introduced a new link sharing dynamic that makes it play more nicely with other apps. App version …
Google’s gone and put a booking button right there on the Search results page. Yes, right there When a search is narrow enough to focus exclusively on one business, the new booking button can appear in the info panel, along with the business summary, contact details and map. In the early preview, the button CTA …