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Hangouts—Google’s G Suite communications solution—is being divided in two: a live calling app and a team messaging app. Hangouts Meet First, there’s Hangouts Meet. It’s an app that focuses on video and audio communications, much like Google Duo does at the consumer level. Hangouts Meet promises to streamline the process of getting into virtual meetings […]
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Instagram's at it again: the platform has announced geostickers for Stories. Unsurprisingly, they work very much like geostickers on Snapchat. Out and about When adding images to Instagram Stories, you can now add a stickers showing where your pics was taken. For example, adding the Statue of Liberty sticker to a NYC pic. There are
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Are you dabbling in Snapchat and looking for solid stats around your snaps? Look no more: Snaplytics is here to help. Stats in a Snap Snaplytics is an all-in-one Snapchat management service that covers analytics, publishing, and follower insights. Metrics are refreshed hourly and presented in a dashboard, where you can access data around your Snapchat
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Facebook has tweaked its algorithm to favour Reactions over Likes. Are you prepared? Smiley Face All five Reactions (Love, Haha, Sad, Wow, and Angry) are weighted equally, and will result in your post getting more News Feed traction. Getting multiple Reactions will give an even bigger visibility boost. “Over the past year we’ve found that if people
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Here's a small but welcome update for Gmail users: Google has doubled the size of attachments you can receive in Gmail. Beam me up, Gmail Gmail now lets you receive attachments up to 50MB in size. That's double the previous 25MB limit. Oddly, 25MB is still the maximum file size permitted for outbound attachments. Tab-less
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Facebook is testing that long awaited tool of expression: the Dislike Button. Thumbs down Facebook is trialling a 'thumbs down' icon in Messenger, that can be activated during chats. During a conversation, simply tap the emoji button and an inverted yellow thumb can be employed to display your disdain. Chatterbox At the moment the feature
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Pinterest has finally launched their most popular advertising format in Australia and New Zealand- Promoted Pins. Pins are available for self-serve directly on the Pinterest ad website. What are Promoted Pins? Pinterest claims that Promoted Pins have a higher chance of users saving it to their boards of wish lists, inspirations and interests, just like
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Google has released a set of new guidelines that outlines which organisations can be featured on Google My Business. Here's what you need to know. Keep it real First off, virtual offices are out. Only businesses with a physical location can be featured, and they must make in-person contact with customers during its stated hours. Ineligible
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Facebook looks to enter the travel market with the launch of City Guides. Have Facebook, Will Travel At this point, we shouldn’t be surprised. Facebook has demonstrated a consistent desire to make itself integral to virtually all aspects of daily life. Their latest addition takes them into one of the few territories they’d yet to
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Last year Google made two surprising physical product launches. Google Home, the voice driven home assistant, and Google Pixel, the iPhone beating fully integrated Google-from-the-ground-up phone. Smart tech Both devices have very different functions, but there is one common feature which PPC advertisers should be paying attention to: Google Assistant. Both the Google
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