With its acquisition of Wheel, the dating app already responsible for 10 billion matches looks ready to heat things up by adding video to its seductive repertoire. Not just a third wheel Originally called Ferris, Wheel was founded in 2015 as a collaborative video messaging app. Similar to Snapchat or Instagram in many regards, it […]
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While millennials are often considered the movers and shakers of social, a new study shows that Generation Xers are even more engaged. Rad! Totally Tubular The recent Nielsen report reveals that Gen Xers (35 – 49 years) spend more time on social than millennials. The average Gen Xer spends seven hours on social every week,
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Videos in your Facebook timeline are going to change. Autoplay sound, watch-and-scroll, and larger vertical videos are just some of the tweaks coming your way. Autoplay sound Until now, autoplaying videos in your Facebook newsfeed have been silent by default, required a click to activate sound. With the latest video revamp, videos will autoplay with
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Holo is an app that uses augmented reality principles to realistically embed celebrities, memes and zombies into people’s personal photos and videos. Tango only…for now Slated for official release later in the year, a Beta version of the Holo app has been available through the Android Play store since December. The Beta version that’s currently-available
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To some it's the mark of success. To others, a sign that a platform is beginning its slow descent into the dark depths of the less than hip. Yup, it looks like Snapchat is now most popular with those fuddy-duddies over 35 years of age. Oh Snap At its recent IPO filing, Snapchat revealed its
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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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Facebook has begun rolling out a feature that looks to compete with entrenched job search platforms. Apply Now Posting jobs on Facebook is nothing new—businesses have long shared listings on their pages. However, the new feature makes it a core, dedicated service that is sure to have other search networks sweating. The new feature from
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Below are three simple processes but often they are overlooked. And they can easily drive more traffic to content for just a little extra work. Seeding, tagging and sharing. Let’s have a look. Seeding We aim to do this as part of our daily social media strategy. The process is looking at our content and
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No episode of Law & Order (and its many offshoots) is complete without a scene where a tech-savvy detective uses the trusty "enhance" button to unmask this week's perp. Now Google is giving you superhero powers (kind of), in the form of its own Enhance function. Look sharp The entity behind the breakthrough is none
Hot on the heels of its desktop overhaul, LinkedIn has unveiled a new way to curate comments. Hot stuff LinkedIn recently changed the way longer form articles appeared on the platform, including an improved ability to target this content. Now LinkedIn allows you to enable, or disable comments entirely from long form articles. Inappropriate comments
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