While it might be the sensible (some may say slightly dull) cousin to cooler members of the social family, LinkedIn is quietly going about its business, kicking lots of goals. Linking In – Big Time Microsoft has reported that in Q1 2019 LinkedIn's revenue increased 33%. Not only that, engagement is at record levels, with […]
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A new report shines some light into the browsing and buying habits of Generation Z. A – Z impact The Gen Z: Decoding the Digital Generation report by AdAdge and UNIDAYS surveyed 20,000 young people across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and US. Some of the results may surprise you. Offline en masse It turns out
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Proving once more what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, Facebook is bringing a GIF keyboard to Instagram. There’s a meme for that Some users may remember when Facebook added GIFs to their interface a year or so back, now Instagram is also adding a Giphy-powered keyboard for direct messaging. In a
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Continuing its push into more intimate virtual spaces, Facebook is nearing their next run of hardware products. Behold, a new quest Yes, Facebook has announced the the Oculus Quest Virtual Reality, which will now include a pair of wireless controllers as well. Mark Zuckerberg’s hope was to have 1 billion users engaging through Facebook’s virtual spaces when
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Microsoft has announced a few enhancements for their spreadsheet app Excel, integrating AI with the aim of helping to boost productivity. Four AI features Microsoft is working to sure-up Excel’s position as spreadsheet-extraordinaire with four new tweaks, including: ‘Ideas’: intelligent productivity suggestions Stock Quotes and Geographic data types Simplifying complex formulas with ‘dynamic arrays’ The
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Facebook is releasing Messenger 4.0 for the social media masses. Slow roll Taking a slow and easy approach, Facebook is rolling out Messenger 4’s latest integration over several phases. Messenger 4 is expected to slowly trickle out with smoother navigation, new Chat tabs, and a new Camera layout. A new Dark Mode along with a
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Eventbrite and YouTube are partnering up to sell live performance tickets. Event-Tube! The streaming provider is launching YouTube Official Artist Channels, which will included Eventbrite concert listing for the US. All of it is accessible without leaving the video page. Users can see ticketing option through official channels which are a major source of revenue
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After several months of testing, Facebook is updating the way publishers show breaking news. Read all about it Posts featuring the Breaking News tab are now available to publishers in Australia, France, Germany, Mexico, Spain, and the UK. These stories will be tagged as "breaking news" in CrowdTangle, and presumably be prioritised over regular content.
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In a long awaited update, Facebook Pages can now interact with communities on Facebook Groups. Set for new settings! Within Facebook Group settings is a new option for admins to “allow Pages to request to join as group members.” Previously, only individual accounts could associate with Groups. According to Facebook, “We previously launched the ability
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In an effort to tame the timeline, Twitter will soon allow users the option to view feeds in either ranked or chronological order. Feeds with flexibility Twitter's latest attempt is the “Show the best tweets first” option. Clicking this feature will revert timelines to a non-algorithmic mode, and a reverse-chronological order. A return to form While
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