In the flutter of tweets, Likes and paid ads, it can be easy to forget about the "social" aspect of social media. Helping keep it real is Tapatalk. Up for discussion Tapatalk is an iOS and Android app that lets you access and join discussions about your interests. There are currently over 200,000 blogs and forums […]
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YouTube has launched a range of new translations features and legal support for its growing community of content creators. Subtitles and subtext YouTube announced the updates in a blog post, explaining that creators can now add subtitles to their videos. Creators can either crowd-source for subtitles, or employ professional translation services through YouTube. On average,
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Sometimes, looks are everything. Especially on social. Which is why visual marketing continues to grow in optical leaps and bounds across stills, video and infographics. Ahead of the silly season here's the latest from the vivid world of visual marketing. Snapshot While we're easily distracted, visual stimulus can help keep our attention – at least
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A few months back Facebook launched the Page Plugin, which allows Page owners to embed and promote Facebook Pages on their website. A new update now lets retailers more effectively connect with clients and promote events. Turn the Page Facebook announced the update in a blog post, explaining that customers can now send messages directly from their
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While our Instagram feeds might be cluttered with photos of lunches and puppies, love still rules the day. The ubiquitous #love was the most popular hashtag on Instagram in 2015. #Warmandfuzzy Instagram revealed the most popular hashtags of the year in a blog post. The love hashtag was used in 800 million posts this year,
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At Socialbakers, we studied 18,547 posts made by 642 branded Instagram pages from Australia and New Zealand in October to find the largest, fastest-growing, and most engaging profiles. The results showed that Australian E-commerce, Fashion, and Retail industries dominate the top of the list. They are responsible for posting 46% of all the content published
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You could never accuse Facebook of being inflexible when it comes to digital world domination. The latest pivot sees Messenger testing a Snapchat-esque self-destruct function. It's a snap Select Messenger users in France have reported that their Messenger posts have been self-destructing. While there's not much official info about the test, Facebook gave the following
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Santa might have his elves, but the rest of us have Google. And following the recent Black Friday spending spree in the US, Google has revealed the top searches for gifts ahead of Christmas. Flying high According to Google, drones are so hot right now. The flying gizmos topped the list for trending toy searches,
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While Facebook and Twitter might get all the headlines, it's worth remembering there's are plenty of social networks with seriously impressive numbers. Today's case in point: Snapchat. Triple treat Snapchat has confirmed its users now watch six billion videos every day. This figure is more startling considering that in July Snapchat had 2 billion daily
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Do you want to let someone on Twitter know you care, but hashtags and retweets seem a bit passé? Now you can spread the love by sending cold hard cash via new app One. $1 Shop One is an iOS app that lets you send $1 to anyone you follow on Twitter. If you're feeling
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