Facebook has announced it's continuing a push into the music business, leveraging a new partnership with the Warner Music Group. Warner joins the social network In the wake of licensing a new deal through indy label ICE, Facebook is continuing its musical growth in signing a major label previous unengaged through social media. The new […]
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Every social media manager’s first productivity love, Hootsuite, is looking to increase its wingspan in both social network integration and global domination. Investing to integrate Hootsuite management has announced a $50 million in financing deal to fund accelerating growth, new partnerships and increased innovation. Geographically, they’re looking to build their brand in new areas, including
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Following upheavals in Facebook's News Feed and adding a “Breaking News” section, advertisers are taking a fresh look at advertising through Pinterest. Referral traffic finds new highway As Facebook continues to fine-tune and retool its many label platforms, Pinterest is becoming the new frontier for advertisers. Last year, Pinterest and Instagram expanded as sources of
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Instagram is expanding its shutter modes by quietly testing a new Portrait feature designed specifically for the Stories camera. Move over Boomerang and Superzoom Hidden amongst Instagram’s Android Application Package, developers have unearthed a new shutter feature incorporating lighting and bokeh effects. When opening the Stories camera, an icon will overlay the shutter button and
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Instagram is making a move toward real-time communication, as programmers have discovered telling code hidden deep within the company’s Android Application Packages. Lookout Messenger and Skype As the tug-of-war continues between Snapchat and Instagram, it seems the latter is determined to move beyond cloning each other’s features and offer Direct message voice and video calling.
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Feature after feature, Instagram continues to add to its photo-friendly arsenal. Now four more are reportedly in the works: a new portrait mode, cinemagraphs, convo organising, and data download. The wonderous new perks AI enhanced photos, minimalistic video, keeping track of past conversations, and better monitoring your own data are all part and parcel in
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Instagram’s latest push to incorporate ad-space in the news feed and Stories has been a global success, especially for engagement in the Asia Pacific. Brands getting notice Companies like Zexy, Tokopedia, Samsung Australia, and Netmarble Games are some of the first to see significant ad growth thanks to the new regional engagement. Zexy has used
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In the back-and-forth battle for relevance, Instagram is giving Snapchat-like control to users in choosing a time limit before content vanishes. Now you see it, now you don’t Users will notice that Instagram Direct messaging is allowing users to either have content remain permanently, or disappear after a single viewing – all part of the
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YouTube has beaten out Facebook to win the US competition for adult user numbers. YouTube The Pew Research Centre has released figures from their most recent study of social media usage in the US. It shows that more American adults use YouTube than any other social media platform. Overall, 73% of US adults use YouTube.
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Code analysis of the Google Photos app has found, hidden in the code, an as-yet dormant potential for a more social photos experience. What’s in a like? The ability to ‘like’ photos and videos has long been an intrinsic part of social networks. Now, a post at 9to5Google has revealed a plan to let people
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