Facebook has announced ability for Instagram users to cross-post directly to Facebook Stories, in a bid to bolster Facebook’s lack of Stories. Efficiency is key Following preliminary tests in Portugal, Facebook is looking to launch the new functionality in the US, with the rest to follow. Yet the cross-posting only works one way. Instagrammers can […]
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Facebook announced plans to launch “Venues,” an app for watching live concerts, sports, and movie premiers with friends. Virtual venue for you and your friends Unveiled at the Oculus Connect conference, Mark Zuckerberg said the new Oculus Go VR headset will feature inside-out tracking, and he hopes to see 1 billion users in VR by next
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Following its first foray into job ads, Facebook has teamed with job ad aggregator ZipRecruiter for a major push in the recruitment sector. Lookout LinkedIn ZipRecruiter posts across sites such as LinkedIn, Google, and Twitter, creating larger and more efficient coverage of the job marketplace. In focusing on more career-centred features, ZipRecruiter is making it possible
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Facebook is introducing new tools to aid publishers and developers in creating more efficient Facebook Live broadcasts. Reaching audiences with better tools The improved tools include of a new automated encoder configuration and frame-accurate start times. The former boasts enhanced encoder settings, to improve Facebook Live streams. While frame-accurate start will help publishers better determine when a
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Facebook has released a group video chat app called Bonfire through the Denmark iOS App Store. Facebook gets (video) chatty Announced last July, Bonfire, Facebook’s new app, allows users to hold video chats with several other members simultaneously. Users will be able to chat while overlaying several Snapchat-like filters and effects as well as share
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A “Movies” section is being rolled out on Facebook's app’s for select users, providing nearby theatre locations and showtimes. Facebook, films, and you The new “Movies” tab will be powered by a hybrid of Fandango and Atom Tickets booking services, with the feature also letting users purchase tickets directly through the app. Last year, Facebook
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Facebook has been testing new templates for Collection Ads, to help transition print catalogue culture to mobile devices. Retailers get new creative format Facebook unveiled a new format for Collection Ads last March. Collection uses video to bolster sales for retailers through ad units of video, coupled with four products. The new templates are meant to
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Facebook recently announced their move toward corner-less Facebook profiles to create “a more engaging look for your page profile.” The future is circular According to Facebook’s Social Pro Daily page, profile pictures will be rounded in News Feed and Timeline sections, but remain square on users’ page covers. The change follows the social media giant’s
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Facebook is rolling out coloured backdrops for user comments. Comments: loud and vivid Back in December, Facebook gave the option for coloured backgrounds and gradients for statuses when creating new posts. Now the same theme is coming to comments. Currently in the hands of select users, comments will be made visible to anyone using Facebook,
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Facebook is currently testing a new feature that allows pre-loaded and cached videos to be accumulated when connected to Wi-Fi and viewed later without use of data. Download now, enjoy later Like Facebook’s Instant Articles, the new feature is designed to use less data and promote faster load times, with slow downloads being the greatest
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