Never one to shy away from a good old fashioned beta test, Twitter is trialling a new way to show users what other tweeters are, well, tweeting about. It’s called Happening Now. Right here, right now Select users are now seeing trending current events in a tab at the top of their timeline, under the […]
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Making up for lost time, Snapchat has rolled out some sweet new tools for advertisers. They are the Snap Publisher tool, the Snapchat Certified Partners program, and a self-serve Ad Manager. Self-Serve The Snap Publisher tool is designed for building vertical video creative, Snapchat’s bread and butter when it comes to advertising. This will help
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The recent testimony of FBI Director James Comey has sparked a renaissance in live news coverage across major affiliates, all through Facebook Live. Live like never before With 26 million live views total, the Sinclair Broadcast Group set unprecedented numbers with innovative coverage, all made possible through Facebook. NowThis garnered 1.5 million views on their
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With Google, bigger is almost always better. And so goes the thinking behind a sizeable update for Google Drive. Drive me Home Google Drive will soon be able to back up your entire computer, via a new app called Backup and Sync. If that’s a bit of overkill, you’ll soon be able to direct Drive
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Google has updated its search protocol with an algorithm that lowers the ranks of heavy affiliate sites, and sponsored content. Putting an end to the reuse of fake news In what has been playfully dubbed the “Fred update,” sites with ad-focused content have been targeted, meaning faux-blogs and masked advertisements prioritising revenue over content are
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While 360 videos are cool (Mark Zuckerberg certainly thinks so), making sure viewers look in the right place at the right time can be challenging. Especially when creating narrative-based video. However YouTube has made life a little easier for creators, with new tools showing where viewers look during their 360 and VR videos. Now Look
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Facebook has rolled out two new targeting tools aiming to connect brands with the users most likely to buy their products. Match made in data Heaven? The first, Value Optimisation, analyses previous purchase data to determine how much a user might spend in your store over a week. Based on the requirements of your campaign,
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Here’s a cute little update for all you emoji lovers out there. Google's keyboard app Gboard now lets you draw and send your own emojis. Thumbs Up Gboard has tapped into Google’s recent advances with image recognition to come up with a way of recognising your hand drawn emojis. For example, if you draw something resembling a
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Facebook has just given Group Admins a lot more power on the platform. Here’s what you need to know. Group Think? Mark Zuckerberg announced the tools at the first-ever Facebook Communities Summit in Chicago. These tools are aligned with Facebook’s new mission over the next decade: “Give people the power the build community and bring
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Twitter has kitted out Direct Message with shiny new Customer Service tools, giving users more scope to engage with brands. Message in a Button Brands can now add buttons to Direct Messages, which allow customers to take certain actions. For example visiting a web page, following an account, starting a Direct Message with another account,
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