The Brussels Court of First Instance has issued a warning to Facebook, demanding the platform cease all tracking of Belgian citizens and delete their data, or face a €100 million fine. Europe against metadata The decision follows the German court’s declaration that Facebook data collection policies are deemed illegal for the purposes of advertising, spurring […]
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Facebook Messenger is introducing a new feature that lets you add new participants to chats already in session. Let me just conference you in At present, if you are already chatting with someone via audio or video chat in Messenger, users must hang up and reconnect if they want to increase the amount of members
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Facebook is adding new labels to their metrics tool and an education program in order to provide businesses a more concrete understanding of their latest marketing feedback. Clearing the fog The social media platform is adding clearer labels within Ads Manager to differentiate between estimated metrics and those in development, providing clearly calculated stats. Sampling
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Snapchat has partnered with popular GIF platform Giphy to enable users to peruse their archive and add animated stickers to snap, all in-app. Swift and nifty Giphy Snapchat’s new partnership follows a similar feature already available through Messenger, capitalising on the popularity of adding flare to text with Giphy. To access the new function, all
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Last year, Google announced a partnership with Salesforce to integrate their Sales Cloud with Google’s marketing and advertising data. Now that plan is coming into action. Battle of the numbers The first of several integrations between the two companies is a sales pipeline, which can import directly from Sales Cloud to Analytics 360 and offer
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Instagram’s latest push to incorporate ad-space in the news feed and Stories has been a global success, especially for engagement in the Asia Pacific. Brands getting notice Companies like Zexy, Tokopedia, Samsung Australia, and Netmarble Games are some of the first to see significant ad growth thanks to the new regional engagement. Zexy has used
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Facebook has made it possible for users to create and share 3D objects that others can interact with, using virtual and augmented reality. Sculpt, share, and enjoy As are apart of the platform’s latest innovation to spur creative content and more intimate interaction between users, virtual objects can be shared on feeds thanks to
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In the back-and-forth battle for relevance, Instagram is giving Snapchat-like control to users in choosing a time limit before content vanishes. Now you see it, now you don’t Users will notice that Instagram Direct messaging is allowing users to either have content remain permanently, or disappear after a single viewing – all part of the
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Facebook is stepping up its business analytics to offer better marketing solutions, based on what matters most to different businesses. How is your Page doing? In a bid to help industry clients better understand the impact of their own Page, Facebook is improving how they measure the organic and paid reach of Pages with their
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Google has taken an detailed look at the obstacles facing small business, and discussed their findings regarding several small business models. Small business grows big online Google analysis examined women-owned small businesses and rural-based small businesses while contrasting their adoption of online tools, which remains one of the most significant barriers. Women-owned business saw a
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