Integration between Slack and Google Drive is taking a visual step forward, letting administrators see exactly what’s going on. Two-way notifications For a while now, teams that use the Google Drive integration for Slack have been able to look in Slack to see activity notifications of changes made to files via Google Drive. Now, after […]
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Facebook recently announced News Feed will begin prioritising trustworthy publisher’s links after users fill out new survey consisting of two single questions. Simple, elegant, and straight to the point The new “exhaustive” survey consists of the following questionnaires: Do you recognize the following websites? Yes or No. How much do you trust each of these
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Previously, you’ve been able to define who could edit a draft page in Google Sites. Now, Google’s added similar functionality to specify who can view a published site. How to publish for individual targets Site authors and editors can click the Share icon (a plus person icon). In the panel that opens up, change the
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MailChimp is doing more with e-commerce. Existing integrations are getting a mini-bundle of new functionality, and there’s a couple of fully-fresh ones to boot. BigCommerce, Ubercart & Drupal Commerce Users of these three popular suites can now get a bit extra from their MailChimp integrations, including auto-enabled popup forms and product retargeting emails. BigCommerce users
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A recent Harris Poll reveals that social media may be at an all time high, but usage doesn’t translate to appreciation for the medium. America loves to hate social media The recent poll surveying 2000 adult online users stated that out of 89% who were familiar with Twitter, 43% were in favour and 46% wished
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Recently leaked stats show sgrowth in Snapchat Stories has halted, while Instagram Stories continues to grow. What is the Story? Snapchat is finding itself at a loss of momentum and learning it's difficult to recruit new talent amidst the recent slump in avenue growth. According to Taylor Lorenz of the Daily Beast, Snapchat’s Snap Map
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Facebook is doubling down on its promise for more meaningful interactions. Now Messenger will apparently assist you not only online, but in real life too. Messenger about to get a whole lot more social Falling in line with Mark Zuckerberg’s endeavour for more intimate interaction, 2018 is looking to be the year of Messenger’s great
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In the wake of a few too many unflattering scandals, YouTube has announced a multi-million dollar investment towards ‘positive’ content creators. Changing the narrative Partnering with as many as 39 creators, YouTube's new push towards tolerance is focusing its talent base on spearheading racism, refugees, and stereotypes, just to name a few. YouTube’s two-year old
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How do consumers feel about the proliferation of chatbots on the web? A collaborative research project found that 15% of consumers engaged with a chatbot in the last year, and many more reckon they can be helpful. Why bot? Why not bot? Over half of consumers say chatbots can help with 24 hour service, instantaneous
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Instagram is jazzing up content by rolling out Type, a feature which allows users to overlay text in different fonts and backgrounds. Not new, but new to Instagram Type is really a means to keep up with the Snapchat and Facebook fashion of adding a bit of the written word to any photo, album, or
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