Snapchat has launched an online store in their media section, in order to generate more e-commerce amid lacklustre profits last quarter. Digital world to real world The Discover section is now offering Snapchat-branded merchandise directly through the app, meaning you too can own a plush dancing hotdog. Originally reserved for publishers including BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, […]
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Instagram is bringing the success of its Carousel Ads format to the popular Stories section. And round the wheel it goes With more than 800 million monthly users, Instagram has a robust base for ad potential, which makes sense that it would incorporate an already established ad format like Carousel to Stories. Advertisements in Stories
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Twitter plans to release an update allowing users to post video content with greater efficiency by removing the number of taps required. Record, tweet, done In ever increasing competition with Snapchat and Instagram, Twitter is allowing users to access camera functions with near instantaneous navigation, giving more emphasis to video content. A prototype has been
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Instagram has added the ability to place GIF stickers on any photo or video within a user’s story. The stickers are alive! Now, when you go to place a sticker on a given video or photo in stories, fashionable users will be happy to find a new GIF option. A library of trending GIFs brought
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Maisie Williams—famous for her role as Arya Stark on ‘Game of Thrones’—has co-founded a social app designed to facilitate talent discovery and creative collaboration. It’s called Daisie. Daisies in the chain The publicly stated objectives of the app include to give creatives a hub to ‘like, share and collaborate on projects in communion’. Refinery29 calls Daisie the
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A recent Harris Poll reveals that social media may be at an all time high, but usage doesn’t translate to appreciation for the medium. America loves to hate social media The recent poll surveying 2000 adult online users stated that out of 89% who were familiar with Twitter, 43% were in favour and 46% wished
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Recently leaked stats show sgrowth in Snapchat Stories has halted, while Instagram Stories continues to grow. What is the Story? Snapchat is finding itself at a loss of momentum and learning it's difficult to recruit new talent amidst the recent slump in avenue growth. According to Taylor Lorenz of the Daily Beast, Snapchat’s Snap Map
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Instagram is jazzing up content by rolling out Type, a feature which allows users to overlay text in different fonts and backgrounds. Not new, but new to Instagram Type is really a means to keep up with the Snapchat and Facebook fashion of adding a bit of the written word to any photo, album, or
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A recent survey by investment firm Cowen has downgraded Snapchat shares by 5%, and predicts they will continue to lose ground to Instagram. All snaps must fade Cowen lowered its rating of Snapchat’s value, predicting a 30% drop in stock price over the coming months. Finance analyst John Blackledge is predicting investors prepare for shortfalls
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In findings that will surprise few, it turns out many of us no longer trust news sources on social media networks. Stop the Press The Edelman Trust Barometer, now in its 18th year, surveyed over 1000 social media users in the UK. The report found less than one quarter (24%) of users trust news sources
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