While Facebook and Instagram have been pretty loose in 'reimagining' Snapchat's best features for its own ends, Snapchat is now fighting back against social sticky fingers. Sending a message Snapchat users can now instantly chat with their friends on the platform, and even include personalised Bitmoji widgets for them, along with avatars. These widgets can […]
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Since late 2016, Instagram has been toying with possible implementation models for on-platform shopping experiences. Now, they’re unveiling the results of their play—a tagging system designed to be uber-useful to marketers while remaining unobtrusive to the established Instagram experience. It’s tags, but for products Shopping tags are going to work in much the same way
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Instagram has allowed users to stream live video via their social accounts for awhile now. However, those streams have been a broadcast-then-blow-away phenomenon. If you reckon you should be able to save them for posterity, then read on. Live Vid Insta-catch-up Facebook has done live video since January 2016. Twitter has had Periscope for ages,
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Live, 360, VR, TV – it seems a week doesn't pass without Facebook making another move into video. Perhaps its unsurprising then that the social network has just released a study about the persuasive power of video. Mobile first The Facebook IQ team studied users in the UK and UAE to find out what makes
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A new app called Flyr. aims to shake up the Stories production process, making it easier and quicker to get rich content onto social media. It promises to shortcut the creation of things like Instagram Stories and Snapchat Discover-style content. Free and far ranging Flyr. is a free app that gives anyone the ability to
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Sprout Social has recently released a new study breaking down the various social platform habits of Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers. Millennials represent untapped product potential According to Sprout Social’s data, Millennials are the leading user base of Snapchat (23.3%), Instagram (22.2%), YouTube (11.5%), and Twitter (7.55%). Facebook usage shows Generation X and Baby
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Instagram's at it again: the platform has announced geostickers for Stories. Unsurprisingly, they work very much like geostickers on Snapchat. Out and about When adding images to Instagram Stories, you can now add a stickers showing where your pics was taken. For example, adding the Statue of Liberty sticker to a NYC pic. There are
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Instagram recently released an update allowing users to upload multiple images and videos in a single post. More or less Users can now add up to 10 images and video at once. Content can viewed by swiping through the post. You're able to edit the order your photos or videos appear, and apply a universal
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What's even better than a successful Instagram post? One with emojis – at least according to a new study. Thumbs Up A report from Quintly analysed over 6.2 million Instagram posts from 20,000 business and individual accounts. Quintly found Instagram posts using emojis received 17% more Likes and comments, compared to those that relied on old-fashioned
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Hot on the heels of Snapchat, Instagram added some new features for a surge at the start of the year. Make your Instastories pop with stickers Stickers have proven incredibly popular with Snapchat users. Hoping to emulate that success, Instagram now lets users add stickers to their video and photo stories. Instagram's spin on Snapchat’s
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