The battle of the clones continues as Snapchat strikes back at Instagram, copying one of their features for a change. Yes, Snapchat is adding their own Boomerang-esque gimmick. A bit of bounce to your post Instagram’s Boomerang lets users create short looping videos that can be shared across social. is a short clip set on […]
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Now that Instagram is getting serious about making in-app purchases,it's not surprising to learn team IG is developing a new standalone platform. Insta-shopping Very soon, users could find themselves able to browse collections direct from retailers, all via a new app rumoured to be called IG Shopping. Though only a whisper around the campfire, sources
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For version 8.29, Skype has ditched on Highlights and a few other recently introduced tools. They'll make way for a new feature, Call Recording. Bye bye Highlights Highlights was akin to Instagram’s Stories. Stopping its Stories experiment, Skype signals its re-evaluation of what it means to be social. Highlights was part of a socially-inspired redesign,
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Squarespace is launching a new suite of marketing tools integrating Instagram tags and posts to sell your products directly from their stores on the app. New tools for the kit Visually showcasing products is the bread and butter of advertisers, and shoppable posts through Instagram presents another avenue to discover new brands and products. To shop, users
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With the ever-evolving back and forth between social media giants, the tallies are in on the best of the best in youth demographics and social media. The winning horses Pew Research Centre has released their latest findings regarding the most popular social media platforms among teens. According to PRC, 95% of teens have access to
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Instagram is honing in on the university crowd by offering a new feature allowing students to join special communities or networks, based on school affiliation. Getting communal The new feature coming to Instagram is focusing on fostering communities amongst current students, while alumni can stick to LinkedIn and Facebook for their continued connections. The Instagram
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Do you watch hours upon hours of YouTube content and channels? If so, the world’s most trafficked website can track how much time spent watching videos. Do YouTube less In a recent official YouTube post labeled Tools to Take Charge of Your Digital Wellbeing, the platform focused on “time watched.” According to YouTube, “[the] goal is
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Want to freshen up your IG feed but not sure where to start? Instagram may soon have an answer (or at least advice) for you. Look at this Yes, Instagram is playing around with another recommendations feature. This one works, unsurprisingly, by crunching the data on the users you follow and content you like to
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Instagram’s direct message polls can be handy for all kinds of questionnaires and if you want to keep the answers to yourself, you can. Gather info quietly Now users don’t have to broadcast the info collected from Instagram Direct Message surveys, thanks to new poll sticker options. The feature was rolled out a few weeks
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App analytics giant Apptopia has released aggregated session time data for the world’s leading apps. Comms, socials and streams The ‘time wasters’ label is most commonly applied to games, Apptopia’s figures shows that communication apps are taking up many more hours of users’ time. WhatsApp tops the list for the most time spent in-app, with
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