Twitter has responded to criticism regarding its role in Russian misinformation campaigns with the establishment of a new centre aimed at clearing the air. Or at least the tweets. Rhetoric of tweets Twitter’s new Advertising Transparency Centre allows users to view all of the ads on the platform, an analysis of their creative and content, […]
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Instagram has announced they will be enhancing video streaming, with a feature that allows users to add guests to live feeds. Bring more to the party Following a limited test that was rolled out last August, the newest update is meant to encourage more user engagement with Instagram’s expanding video and messaging services. By simply
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LinkedIn has announced it's adding predictive smart reply technology to its messaging platform. Machine learning to help you chat LinkedIn Product Manager Arpit Dahariwal revealed the new messaging feature will be available in English, with other languages to be added down the road. The feature will use AI to craft replies based on the message
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Snapchat has unveiled plans to allow users to share links from other apps, and the ability to hide live location sharing for a set amount of time. Bumping up referrals The popular photo and video sharing social app is hoping to bolster itself as a legitimate source for traffic referral available to e-commerce and news
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Facebook recently enabled a 60% to 80% drop in news outlet referral traffic in six countries, thanks to a test which removed Page posts from News Feed and placed in the relatively new Explore Feed. No news is bad news, users say Facebook VP of News Feed, Adam Mosseri, has stated they have no current
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At the most recent Marketing Next Summit, Google announced a brand new tool that will soon become the third essential piece for all Google advertisers: Google Attribution. What is it? The new Attribution tool fills the gap that currently exists with Analytics' Multi-Channel Funnels that only compares different attribution models. With Google Attribution, we’ll also
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Google has made it super easy to natively save a copy of a video conference/chat session to the cloud. Yet only enterprise users need apply. [Rec] G Suite Enterprise users can now record Hangouts Meet sessions, so long as the Meet organiser is set-up to create recordable sessions. At the admin level, a system administrator
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Feedback facilitator SurveyMonkey has found a new way to interface with Facebook, running surveys directly within Messenger. Talk to an interested ape The Messenger-integrated surveys look pretty-much the same as a standard Messenger conversation. Instead of chatting with a real friend, the respondent chats with a friendly SurveyMonkey. Questions show up in the chat window,
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Much like Trump, there doesn’t seem much that sticks to Facebook. Fake news, allegations of Russian meddling, phoney accounts – none of made a dent in the social network’s bulbous bottom line. Monopoly money Facebook’s Q3 earnings report surprised few by revealing the platform’s earnings hit US$4.7 billion. However Facebook’s revenue growth for the quarter
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Here’s a tempting way to blow some time on Facebook: attempting to eat virtual marshmallows. I Scream for Digital Ice-Cream? Ben and Jerry’s recently created a Facebook AR filter to promote their new ranch of ice-cream called Marshmallow Moon. Users take a selfie, and the filter overlays a pair of glasses and ice-cream cones. Tapping
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