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Social Media News Roundup: January ’18 Week 3

In social media news this week, a new app changes the way we could read the news, Facebook opens its Messenger app to children and Sony/ATV Music makes a deal with Facebook. Hear all about it…well some of it! New app Zig, which launched this week,

Social Media News Roundup: January ’18 Week 2

In social media news this week, we say goodbye to Facebook’s M, Instagram creates an app that separates its direct messaging feature and Twitter updates its policies on transparency. Goodbye Mr. M Facebook is ditching its beta virtual assistant this week and moving the human staff

Social Media Trends set for 2018

2017 was a year of great change in social media, and this year will be no different in terms of social media trends. The digital world is constantly improving and evolving, and every day an improvement is made to a social site to propel it

Social Media News Roundup: January ’18 Week 1

In social media news this week, Germany begins the war on hate speech online, Instagram adds a new feature that recommends posts on a user’s news feed, Facebook expands its Live users on New Year’s Eve and WhatsApp gets an Instagram Stories makeover. Germany V Hate

2017: It’s Not All Doom and Gloom

This year was plagued with doom and gloom and many horrific events, most of which were viewed through social media. However, it’s important to remember how social media has helped people this year! Here’s a few stories about social media from 2017, that will brighten

Social Media News Roundup: December ’17 Week 4

In the last, festive week of social media news, Instagram surprises us all with a new feature, a company release an app that turns likes into money and Facebook tries to get rid of the catfishes that plague the social site for good. Instagram’s Christmas

Social Media News Roundup: December ’17 Week 3

In social media news this week, Facebook changes its algorithm to downgrade certain posts and creates a feature to censor others, Apple buys out Shazam and an app makes it possible to turn your face into an emoji. Facebook Halts the Begging A new algorithm on

Social Media News Roundup: December ’17 Week 2

In social media news this week, Facebook asks the questions we all want to know, Twitter gets a new look in virtual reality and Instagram makes disappearing pictures a thing of the past. Facebook – Did You Know? Thought you knew everything about your friends?

Social Media News Roundup: December ’17 Week 1

As we enter December, social media begins a new era with Facebook looking into artificial intelligence to tackle suicide on its site, Twitter following in the steps of Facebook with a ‘Save for Later’ tab and Snapchat redesigning its ‘Stories’ and ‘Discover’ features to make it

Social Media News Roundup: November ’17 Week 4

In social media news this week, Facebook Messenger upgrades its sharing image resolution, Pinterest helps us find the picture we can’t search with words, Instagram improves its use on Mobile Internet browsers and Snapchat adds to its promotional features. Messenger’s High Res Upgrade Facebook has upgraded