AI & DIGITAL MARKETING NEWS
Vine gets Personal Channels for brands
Vine is probably the best place for short-form videos on the internet, but finding those snippets of video gold can be difficult. This is something Vine is looking to address with its latest update: personalised channels. Bespoke in beta Vine ann ....
09/02/2016
SMK's app of the week: Cortana
09/02/2016 SMK Editor
Siri might get all the press, but there are plenty of other digital assistants out there in the electronic ether. Today we're looking at Microsoft's ....
Number Crunch: Podcasts
08/02/2016 SMK Editor
Say the word "podcast" and you might envisage a few geeks in a basement debating the merits of Star Wars vs Star Trek. However podcasts have recently undergone a quiet revolution, and in 2016 are poised to becoming one of the fastest growing mediums for ....
Gmail gets into superstar territory with 1 billion users
08/02/2016 SMK Editor
The 1 billion club is a rarefied field, composing such superstars as Facebook and YouTube. Now that space is a bit more crowded with the inclusion of Gmail. Mail room The news came amidst Google's recent earning report, which revealed Gmail n ....
Facebook's latest News Feed tweak: what you need to know
05/02/2016 SMK Editor
The mysterious world Facebook's News Feed has just received an important overhaul: it now delivers content based (in part at least), on what users want to see. Like and Learn Facebook announced the update in a ....
Privacy compliance: Put simply
04/02/2016 SMK Editor
Privacy compliance is one of those areas that seems to confound and confuse. So today we're taking a look, in simple terms, at what’s involved. Do I need to comply with privacy and spam laws? If your annual turnover is $3 milli ....
Microsoft releases new 'smart' selfie app
03/02/2016 SMK Editor
Are you a selfie fanatic looking to take your power portraits to the next level? Microsoft's newest release might have the answer to you ....
YouTube to support HDR video for brands
03/02/2016 SMK Editor
At the recent CES in Las Vegas YouTube announced it will soon support HDR (high dynamic range) video. Brighter brights, blacker blacks HDR video provides users with an extended range of colour palettes and contrast ratios. The press release says th ....
Amazon WorkMail gets wider roll out
02/02/2016 SMK Editor
They say good things come to those who wait. Well, after a year in preview Amazon WorkMail is now getting a wider roll out. Work in prog ....
SMK's app of the week: Repost
02/02/2016 SMK Editor
Sharing really is caring on social, a sentiment new app Repost helps you action when you're Instagramming up a storm. Pay it forward As the name suggests, Repost lets you repost Insta ....
Number Crunch: YouTube
01/02/2016 SMK Editor
If 2015 was the year video overtook photos as the most popular form of social content, it was also the year that YouTube's crown was sniffed at, if not exactly threatened by Facebook. Still Google's prized possession remains the undoubted king of online vi ....
Facebook moves on YouTube with 360 video update
01/02/2016 SMK Editor
Facebook is starting off 2016 with an unsubtle shot across YouTube's bow: enhanced support for 360 and Virtual Reality (VR) video. Big screen Mark Zuckerberg recently ....