In the hopes of populating Facebook Stories with active users, the platform is opening the feature to brands, publishers, athletes, non-profits, and celebrities. Ghost town to gain new residence Since its debut, Facebook Stories has received very little activity, nothing compared to Snapchat Stories or even its Instagram subsidiary. The social network giant hopes high […]
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Snapchat has given users a new way to share links to content, and it should make it easier for brands to ‘go viral’ on the platform. Share from other apps The latest update to Snapchat’s iOS app has introduced a new link sharing dynamic that makes it play more nicely with other apps. App version
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Facebook has announced the ability for Oculus users to create 3D objects in Facebook Spaces and Oculus Medium and share them with friends without the headset. I made this At the recent Oculus Connect 4 event, Facebook demoed the new 3D posts where users can interact, rotate, and grab created objects. Zooming, pinching, and spinning
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LinkedIn has rolled out a feature for tagging geo-locations, to help organise and better direct attendants to conferences and events. Professional page taken from Snapchat playbook LinkedIn recently introduced a new video feature by which users can create and share videos straight from the official app with a bit of visual flare. Much like Snapchat’s
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Instagram has launched a new set of sunglass face filters for Instagram Stories, with faux reflections of popular global locales. Make-believe-stylish The new filter incorporates several styles of different sunglass frames, reflecting popular destinations, such as tropical islands and Parisians streets. The augmented-reality glasses can be cycled by simply tapping the screen or if the
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Facebook has announced ability for Instagram users to cross-post directly to Facebook Stories, in a bid to bolster Facebook’s lack of Stories. Efficiency is key Following preliminary tests in Portugal, Facebook is looking to launch the new functionality in the US, with the rest to follow. Yet the cross-posting only works one way. Instagrammers can
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Snapchat has announced the ability for brands to sponsor characters and products through 3D World Lenses. More than just a dancing hot dog For those familiar with Snapchat’s filter and lenses you may recall a dancing hot dog that was added in the filters, which placed users within a captured video. Now brands can sponsor
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Snapchat recently released a new line of augmented reality filters, this time turning to altering the sky’s horizon instead of just facial gimmicks. Look to the Sky Filters The new feature, simply called Sky Filters, can automatically differentiate the sky within a given photo, and alter it to provide a different time of day or
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Facebook has released a group video chat app called Bonfire through the Denmark iOS App Store. Facebook gets (video) chatty Announced last July, Bonfire, Facebook’s new app, allows users to hold video chats with several other members simultaneously. Users will be able to chat while overlaying several Snapchat-like filters and effects as well as share
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Instagram has breezily passed another major milestone: 800 million monthly users, at an average of 500 million daily active users. New growth for Instagram The uber-popular platform has added 100 million new monthly active users in just five months. At this rate, Instagram is on track to join the billion club in early 2018. And
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