Better video from Apple iDevices

06/07/2017 SMK Editor

iPhone and iPad users can look forward to some video capture innovations, announced alongside iOS 11. iOS takes a pop at Pixel iOS 11 will give the Camera app more efficient video capture. New file systems could accelerate read/write rates, and updated c ....

Reddit pivots to become a social network. Are you ready?

05/07/2017 SMK Editor

Reddit is slowly but surely attempting to re-invent itself as a social network. Are you Reddit-ready? Reddit all about it Reddit is best known as an online community where content is di ....

Instagram makes it easier to share content with pals

05/07/2017 SMK Editor

Instagram has made it easier to share new types of content with your pals, all without missing an update. Share to Care dude F ....

iMessage can now settle your debts

05/07/2017 SMK Editor

Apple has been many things to many people over the years: innovator, disruptor, enfant terrible, bankrupt, and very, very rich. Now Apple is adding a new feather to its cap: debt collector. Offer you can’t refuse No, Apple isn’t quite ....

Double the fun? Side-by-Side Video Views comes to Facebook

04/07/2017 SMK Editor

As the News Feed becomes increasingly dominated by video, Facebook faces a problem: videos take up a lot more real estate than text updates. Facebook’s solution: side-by-side videos. More bang for your buck Now when a user plays a video in ....

Selfies and Snail Slime: Tracking beauty conversations on Facebook

04/07/2017 SMK Editor

We all know beauty ambassadors, posts, and products are incredibly popular on Facebook and Instagram. Now a study from Facebook IQ drills down into beauty conversations across the platforms. Beauty and the Bestie The wonderfully titled ....

Facebook tests new App for Teens

04/07/2017 SMK Editor

You can’t accuse Facebook of not adapting to the changing winds of social, and society at large. One could also argue that Facebook has some say in the direction these winds blow… Facebook is now looking to improve online safety while keeping millenni ....

Snapchat World Lenses: A new way of seeing things?

03/07/2017 SMK Editor

Snapchat is engaged in a game of follow-the-leader at the moment. It releases a new feature, and if it’s a hit Instagram (and increasingly other platforms) mimic it. Often within months. Here’s the latest: World Lenses now being transferred into floati ....

Instagram trials Direct Response Ads

03/07/2017 SMK Editor

Since launching in August last year, Instagram Stories has been a runaway hit. Now the platform is testing Direct Response Ads within the popular featur ....

Martech Mashup: The best Data Management Platforms

03/07/2017 SMK Editor

Adobe Audience Manager was recently recognised for the third consecutive year as leader in Forrester Wave: Data Management Platform ....

Enhance engagement via new Vimeo tools

30/06/2017 SMK Editor

Vimeo hopes to lure content creators with a new collection of features for Vimeo Business members. They’re calling them ‘interaction tools’. Calls to action Vimeo has new customisable options that let content creators control what appea ....