That didn't take long: oldies flooding to Snapchat
Snapchat is going through the growing pains every successful platform faces at some point: it's beginning to appeal to the mums and dads of its core users. Mum's the word According to a report in the ....
20/07/2016
Yelp Knowledge launches to help brands understand customers
19/07/2016 SMK Editor
Yelp has just launched Yelp Knowledge, a service to help brands better understand their customers. Dial it in Yelp Knowle ....
MarTech Mashup: LinkedIn Programmic Buying Ads
18/07/2016 SMK Editor
LinkedIn has just launched a new feature for marketers: Programmic Buying for LinkedIn Display Ads. Add it up LinkedIn announced the new units in a ....
Twitter introduces #Stickers for Photo fun
18/07/2016 SMK Editor
Twitter has promised it will soon unleash #Stickers, a new way to add more bling (and hopefully reach) to your images. Stick it Twitter says # ....
Facebook brings easy translation tools to all
15/07/2016 SMK Editor
In a bid to make it easier to reach more of Facebook's 1.28 billion users, the social network now lets you translate posts into different languages. Chatterbox Now when you compose a post, Facebook automatically scans it and offers to translate into ....
Game, set, tweet: Twitter ups its live stream game
15/07/2016 SMK Editor
While everyone is talking about Facebook Live, Twitter is positioning itself as a potential star of the live streaming scene. Game, set Tweet Twitt Twitter first live streamed highlights from the NBA finals earli ....
BitTorrent Now streams music and video, powered by ads
14/07/2016 SMK Editor
BitTorrent has just launched BitTorrent Now, a new service that streams video and music while serving up ads to pay the bills. Stream machine BitTorrent Now works in a slightly differen ....
Facebook unveils Featured Events
14/07/2016 SMK Editor
Facebook Events has just got a quaint, almost old-fashioned update. Humans, not algorithms, are now curating and recommending upcoming events. The Human Touch Dubbed " ....
Snapchat enters Real Life
13/07/2016 SMK Editor
Sometimes you're allowed to go off script and try something new. Snapchat, the company worth roughly $16 billion on the back of its 100 million daily users and 10 billion daily video views, has made the bold move into publishing with an online magazine called ....
What Microsoft snapping up LinkedIn means
13/07/2016 SMK Editor
Microsoft has recently announced the acquisition of LinkedIn for US$26.2 billion. If confirmed later in the year, the deal will be among the largest technology buys of all time. Reasons for the deal The acquisition ....
Messenger comes Home
12/07/2016 SMK Editor
Facebook Messenger has come home. The app has received a serious upgrade to its Home page as Facebook looks to boost chatter among its 900 million users. Finding friends Where the old Home page would display a simple list of conversations in desc ....
YouTube rolls out Live Streaming on mobile
12/07/2016 SMK Editor
2016 may well be defined by the advances and arm-wrestles across live video streaming. The latest arrow to be launched in the jostling space: YouTube now allows live-streaming on mobile. Mobile first YouTube announced the update on its ....