You know something is big when it doesn't need the prefix 'Facebook' to be readily identified. And so it is with Facebook Messenger, the wildly popular messaging app more commonly known simply as 'Messenger'. Today we're having a look at Facebook's superstar app. Loud and clear Messenger was released for iOS and Android in August […]
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Back in September a digital landmark was quietly passed. For the first time consumers are now spending more time on their tablets than PCs. Tablet lime The September edition of the IAB Australia and Nielsen Mobile Ratings Report found that Australian adults are now glued to their tablets more than PCs, by about half an
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Christmas might be coming early to marketers with a visual bent. It looks like Instagram is testing multiple-account support – for Android users at least. The more the merrier According to Android Police, select users are now able to manage numerous Instagram accounts from one Android device. The feature is currently live on the 7.12.0 version
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2015 was the year that digital marketers chose Instagram as their favourite social channel, turning online influencers into rock stars. Yet while Instagram is the prince of social, Facebook is still the king. During the impressive third-quarter earnings presentation in November 2015, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg hinted at where Facebook is heading
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Are you an early adopter, or just like going really fast? Then Google’s newest Chrome extension might be right for you. Canary in a digital coal mine Chrome Canary is designed to run on the HTTP/2 web standard. Translated, that means it goes (theoretically) very fast. HTTP/2 is the new web standard designed to make
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If a picture says a thousand words, how many characters does an emoji constitute? A lot, considering Twitter is testing a new way for users to interact using a new range of emojis. Happy face Twitter user Ben Cunningham (@codeblue87) first tweeted the news. Select users can choose additional emojis to add to tweets Some
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Most would agree that less workplace meetings are a good thing, but that doesn’t mean they can't be great opportunities to generate ideas and boost productivity. At least that’s the thinking behind new service Solid. Solid start Solid’s first step in getting you up-to-speed is sending you an agenda for your upcoming meetings. It does
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Facebook has just launched Music Stories, a new service that lets mobile users discover and share music. Tuning in Music Stories is now available on the Facebook iOS app and streams content from Spotify and Apple Music. The feature lets users listen to a 30-second preview of a shared song or album that's played directly from
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Twitter is testing a way to deliver ads to Tweeters, even if they're logged out. Virtual reach Twitter explained the update in a blog post. "Earlier this year we broadened the availability of ad syndication, so that marketers can —with a single click — expand their campaigns from Twitter to a much larger audience. "Now,
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Google Drive, Apple Music, Netflix, Amazon. Have you lost track of all your online subscriptions and sign-ups? A clever new free service called Trim lets you track and trim your subscription list. Trim and terrific Here's how it works. You enter the details of your primary credit cards with Trim (which uses bank-level security). Trim then scans
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