In its continuing efforts to fight fake news and bring balance to the News Feed, Facebook is letting select users follow Topics, not just friends and Pages. Topical update The “Topics to Follow” box appears in the News Feed and is populated with topics – presumably pulled from your interests. Categories cover the gamut from […]
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The speculation is over – Amazon is coming. It has confirmed that it will launch physical retail operations in Australia with “Amazon Marketplace” platform for third party sellers. The question now is: how should businesses respond? Look beyond the headlines Largely based on the US experience, most media commentators are predicting doom for
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Google is relaxing its rules around certain types of mobile ads previously restricted on the AdSense platform. Mobile dollar signs Google will now allow mobile ads to appear “above the fold” (that is, ads which can be viewed without scrolling down the page). Eligible ads are 300×250 medium rectangle, and Google says they must not
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Facebook and Dropbox have launched a new collaboration for cloud storage and social fans: a better way to access Workplace by Facebook. Work-around Workplace by Facebook is the platform’s enterprise offering and rival to Slack and Atlassian. To get more SMEs and marketers interested, it’s now being offered for free. Drop in Dropbox was quick
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Twitter continues to up its video arsenal, with updates set to bring full-screen video advertisements to the mobile Twitter app. In to interstitials In a presentation about how to monetise their Moments feature, Twitter has revealed they’re going to launch full-screen vertical video interstitial ads in twitter feeds on Android and iOS mobile devices. For
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In its continuing march to world domination under the approving wing of Facebook, Instagram now lets users share content via its mobile website. Mobile first, but only just Until now, the vast majority of people use Instagram via its native app. Indeed, web and desktop options for the platform have been virtually non-existent. The strategy
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It doesn’t seem that long ago the world was gobsmacked when Facebook breezily sailed passed the 1 billion user mark. Since then that club has been joined by Messenger and WhatsApp, and soon Instagram. But 2 billion, no platform's done that yet. It looks like Facebook will be the first. Billions In its recent earnings
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It may be news to some, but Apple pays some sites—known as ‘affiliates’—to link to apps on the App Store. Heretofore, the base commission rate has been 7% for both app downloads and in-app purchases. Now, those commissions are going to be cut. Reality Best information indicates that the cut in affiliate commissions is only
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In a welcome piece of UX redesign, Snapchat is halting its habit of automatically adding a white border to old photos that users share from Memories. Old snap memories Until now, sharing a photo that was more than 24 hours old would incur a compulsory white border. The border was presumably meant to signify the
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As if tagging along with Masterchef aspirants, Google is pitching Home as a hands-free cooking-assistant. What better way to catch an ear for a potential advertising opportunity? Steps to cuisine Home’s value as a quality cooking facilitator is one of Google’s promotional focal points of the week. They’re boasting ‘step-by-step cooking instructions for more than
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