Scheduling prerecorded videos has been available to YouTubers for years – now they have a platform to build anticipation for upcoming content. Prerecord to victory Dubbed 'Premieres', the new public landing page is meant to keep a sort of go-to for upcoming content which will provide an in-home alternative to using Instagram and Twitter to foster […]
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A new genre of programming is coming to Snapchat that will offer non-scripted episodes featuring social media personalities. Doc + series As other social media platforms continue to add and experiment with new content mediums, like Instagram’s IGTV and Facebook’s Watch, Snapchat is determined to carve its own original programming. Whether unscripted proves to be
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In its continuing mission to project a squeaky clean image and distance itself from everything fake-news and Russian hacker related, Facebook is brining yet another layer of transparency tools to Ads and Pages. Through the Looking Glass Should they choose, users can now view which ads a Page is running across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook's
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Facebook wants to allow users to automatically post across platforms, thanks to their latest test feature. Post-to-post coverage Crossposting has become a trend at Facebook HQ, and the rumours are proving true as updates to crosspost from Pages to Instagram has come to fruition. Still in testing, the feature was first spotted by social expert
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Despite Facebook’s best efforts, the issues of privacy and fake news have taken their tole as users flock less and less to the social network to get their news. What’s up? More and more users are getting their news coverage from other Facebook owned apps like WhatsApp and Instagram, while Facebook’s news street cred diminishes.
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Instagram wants to stay in step with YouTube, with the announcement of IGTV, along with some interesting programing. One Hour Video Instagram is setting its sights on the multi-media gambit and leading with the news that users can now upload up to one hour in length of video. Home to the new hour-long content is
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The adage of look-but-don’t-touch is going out of fashion as Instagram brings shopping fashionably in-app. Peruse, ponder, purchase Instagram users will soon notice that if a post happens to contain an adorable shopping bag icon, you can tap for details and even buy the item being pictured. Louis Vuitton, Aritzia, and Adidas are just a
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A change has come to Instagram Stories. When a user mentions another user within a story, that user can repost while adding an additional video or photo. Stories upon Stories The new feature is being called @mention Sharing and works when users are tagged within another story. When the original poster mentions someone, a message stating
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Roll the clock back two years and Snapchat was living large, charging brands up to $500,000 a pop to sponsor Lenses. Now advertisers can purchase ad space for as low as $2.95 per thousand impressions. Desperate or clever? To put that into context, Facebook charges $5.12 per thousand while Instagram bills $4.20, the difference is that
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