College Newspapers tailor Content for Snapchat

25/10/2017 SMK Editor

Snapchat has released Campus Publisher stories for US college newspapers to create exclusive content for the platform. News in a Snap Weekly additions of campus newspapers will be made available through Snapchat Discover, accompanied wit ....

Twitter unveils Tweetstorm feature

25/10/2017 SMK Editor

Twitter is working on a new feature letting users draft strings of tweets, which can be sent out in one go. Forecast calls for tweetstorms Though not officially announced or being actively tested, an Android app developer recently uneart ....

No “Sponsored” tag? ASB says Instagram post “is an ad”

24/10/2017 SMK Editor

The Ad Standards Board (ASB) ruled a post by actor Kat Risteska was an ad, despite not including a “sponsored” (or other identifying) hashtag. What happened? Eco Tan sent Risteska samples of its body care products, and asked ....

Raccoon: Social Narrative Sharing

24/10/2017 SMK Editor

Raccoon, a new app from Wattpad, lets users share personal stories in 60 second videos. Talking heads Users of Raccoon find amusement with videos of everyday folks telling stories to c ....

Garmin 360 Director Mode

24/10/2017 SMK Editor

The folks at Garmin are enhancing the VIRB 360 camera’s editing capability. The new ‘Hyperframe Director Mode’ lets creators reframe their content. Hyperframing Hyperframe Director Mode lets a ....

Martech Mashup: Dropbox Project Manager

23/10/2017 SMK Editor

Dropbox announced new features to streamline work flow and group collaboration through their updated homepage and app. Dropbox ups the features In a bid to improve project management, Dropbox has made it easier to track files while track ....

Using Facebook Groups for ‘Extreme Engagement’

23/10/2017 SMK Editor

AL.com is using Facebook Groups to engage audiences with quality coverage, rather than a broadcasting one way to the largest audience possible. Quality over quantity The new approach included ....

Gmail tracking for G Suite Admins

23/10/2017 SMK Editor

G Suite admins can now access the post-delivery status of emails sent and received by users within their domain.  What you see As of now, full internal message details are accessible to G Suite admins via ‘Email Log Search’. Func ....

Snapchat users engage app more than Instagram, despite similar features

20/10/2017 SMK Editor

Snapchat recently announced that time spent on the app has risen nearly 20% in the last six months, despite Instagram’s similar offerings. Snap fights back The deluge of cloned features from Snapchat to Instagram has been on a stea ....

Atlassian competes with Slack, launches Stride

20/10/2017 SMK Editor

Atlassian has unveiled Stride, a collaborative messaging platform designed in appearance and function to rival Slack. Capitalising on the familiar Stride is poised to compet ....

Filmic mobile video via VSCO

20/10/2017 SMK Editor

Photography app stallwart VSCO has branched out into video. In the app Video editing in the VSCO app works intuitively enough: you select a video from your camera roll and apply one of VSCO&rs ....