In its constant quest to make content and ads more targeted, Facebook now wants to make the news feed customised. News Grab Select mobile Facebookers are now able to separate their news feed into categories including TV and movies, food, travel, and music. Feeds can be further tweaked by adding sub-genres to these categories. For […]
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Google has just released Gboard, a new keyboard for iOS that lets users bypass a browser when searching for content. G spot Google announced the news in a blog post. "Searching and sending stuff on your phone shouldn’t be that difficult. With Gboard, you can search and send all kinds of things—restaurant info, flight times,
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Earlier this month we focused on Facebook promotions. This week, we’ll review requirements of other key platforms used for promotions. Instagram Instagram’s guidelines are far less prescriptive than Facebook. You can condition entry on following your page, uploading an image (with a promotional hashtag), commenting on an image/ promotional post, or sharing (‘regramming’) a post.
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While 360 degree videos have been making a big splash on Facebook recently, photos are about to get the whirl and twirl treatment. In a spin Facebook will soon be converting panoramic images into 360 creations. The images will appear in the News Feed and function in a similar way to 360 degree videos, allowing
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WhatsApp has just released an update that will make it easier for its millions of users to keep chatting. The app's now available on desktop for Mac and Windows. Get the message? WhatsApp for desktop mirrors the functionality of its mobile cousin, as much as possible. The app is synched with your mobile device yet
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Over the past year there's been a lot of noise about Twitter dropping the 140 character count. Depending on who you listen to, this is either the jumpstart Twitter needs, or marks the beginning of the Apocalypse. Now it looks like a middle ground has been found. Middle Earth According to Bloomberg, Twitter wants to
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While live video streaming has been hot property for some time now, catching up on all these ephemeral streams has been a challenge. This dilemma might soon be solved for video junkies, thanks to a new update from Periscope. Long Play Periscope is reportedly working on a feature that would let users permanently save their
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In a world full of uniform iPhones, expressing yourself can be a challenge. Now a crafty app called Patternator lets you customise your mobile far beyond novelty covers and ring tones. Ring a ding ding Patternator lets you create your own mobile backgrounds, wallpapers, and lock screens. And patterns. Plenty of patterns. The app lets
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Facebook Groups may not be the most high-profile feature on the social network, but that doesn’t mean Facebook isn’t trying to make you love Groups that little bit more. A new Discover feature is aimed at helping users find like-minded individuals. Group Think Facebook Groups are communities of Facebook users united by a common interest.
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While Apple Pay and Square might have a certain cultural chic, PayPal remains the undoubted king of the online payments block. The Facebook of transactions, if you will. Now 18 years old, today we’re looking back at the venerable, and very powerful, pay master. Growing Pays PayPal was conceived back in 1998 as a payments
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