The war between Meta and TikTok shows no signs of slowing as Instagram has announced another fresh update for videos. Videos on Instagram will now have an auto-generated caption option, just like they have over at TikTok. It will be available in 17 languages, with more to follow. Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, via Twitter […]
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TikTok has officially confirmed a massive change to how the platform will operate. Users will now be able to upload videos up to 10 minutes long, an increase in seven minutes from the previous maximum. The option to film longer videos will be rolled out across the globe in the next few weeks, but users
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There’s bad news for all those Instagram aficionados out there – engagement is down by 30%. A report by Rival IQ has illustrated how the engagement rate per post dropped from 0.98% in 2021 to 0.67% in 2022. However, the drop is not necessarily unique to Insta, with Twitter and Facebook also witnessing declining engagement
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Meta will not stop in its quest to beat TikTok at its own game. Its latest attempt is to bring the Instagram-debuted Reels to Facebook. Facebook publicly launched Reels in the U.S in September 2021, and it’s now available in 150 countries, allowing Instagram content creators to cross-post Reels from Insta to reach a broader
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has provided an overview of the site’s key areas of focus for 2022 – and no surprise – it includes plenty on where it intends to take its short-form product, Shorts. YouTube says Shorts has now passed the five trillion view mark, which shows how important it’s become to the platform.
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Instagram has announced some pretty exciting changes to the way content creators can use its Remix feature. Previously, only short-form Reels could be remixed, but now creators can Remix any video uploaded to Instagram. Before you rush off and explore a back catalogue that just opened up, a word of warning: you can only use
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Facebook made one, last-ditch change to its ad objective listings in Ads Manager before 2021 ended. If you missed it, that’s no surprise as Mark Zuckerberg’s boffins got it done just days before Christmas. The change aims to make your ad campaign set-up process easier by increasing focus on the options and tools most relevant
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YouTube engineers explain video recommendation rankings YouTube has published an overview of how its recommendation system works, which will help brands and marketers understand how the system ranks videos to users – with that insight, it should be easier to attract more views and earn a better response from your audience. Cristos Goodrow, VP of
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Facebook upgrades on-platfrom features due to Apple privacy clampdown Facebook has unveiled new engagement, lead generation and customer acquisition tools in a broad update that includes a whole raft of changes. Apple's new privacy features are undoubtedly a threat to how Facebook allows businesses to conduct business on the platform. These new features can be
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Social media accounts for 44% of all time spent on mobile According to the latest App Annie report, people are spending more and more time on social media apps – a trend that shows no sign of slowing down. Users spent 740 billion hours on social apps in the first six months of 2021 (H1
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