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Social Media News Roundup: November ’17 Week 3

In social media news this week, it appears social sites have indulged in new apps and improvements to their services, with Facebook taking on video content, Google aiding hungry users, a simplified Twitter promoting system and Instagram acknowledging the hashtag as a trend to follow.

Social Media News Roundup: August ’17 Week 2

In the news this week – Facebook muscles into the online video scene, apple launches Instagram account and social media usage tops 3 billion… Facebook muscles into the online video scene with Facebook Watch Facebook have taken an officially stand to leap into the world

Social Media News Roundup: August ’17 Week 1

In the news this week – Facebook heralds faster webpages, Instagram Stories celebrates first birthday and celebrities on Twitter are robots… Facebook update gives preference to faster loading web pages An upcoming Facebook update will soon give preferential treatment to faster loading web pages. Facebook

Social Media News Roundup: July ’17 Week 3

In the news this week – Twitter updates users on safety, Amazon is building its own messaging app and Snapchat will have a daily news show… Twitter updates users on work to make network safer A recent post on Twitter’s official blog provides data on

Social Media News Roundup: June ‘17 Week 4

In the news this week – Facebook announces new features for group admins and Instagram wants to buddy up with Hollywood movie stars… Facebook is adding new features for group admins On Thursday 22nd of June Facebook held their first Communities Summit in Chicago. Attended

Social Media News Roundup: May ’17 Week 4

In the news this week – Twitter adds 69 new emojis, Facebook allows fundraising for personal causes and Instagram begins to understand links… Twitter adds 69 new emojis, becoming the first social network to support Emoji 5.0 Twitter has become the first social networking site to

Social Media News Roundup: May ’17 Week 2

In the news this week – Twitter signs deal to live-stream NFL content, Instagram allows uploads from it’s mobile site and that guy who really wanted some chicken nuggets gets some chicken nuggets… Twitter signs deal to stream NFL content (but no games) Twitter may

Social Media News Roundup: May ’17 Week 1

In the news this week – Facebook tests new loyalty rewards scheme, Twitter’s TV app made available on Roku and Pinterest releases top 10 travel destinations… Facebook rolls out emoji reactions for comments Facebook users are now able to react to comments on posts with

Social Media News Roundup: April ’17 Week 4

In the news this week – Instagram reaches 700 million users, Pinterest looks to reinvent itself and Twitter wants to live-stream 24/7… Twitter shares rise as users grow at higher-than-expected rates Shares in Twitter surged more than 10 percent this week. Alongside better than projected

Social Media News Roundup: April ’17 Week 3

In the news this week – major announcements from F8 Facebook Developer Conference and Instagram automation crackdown… Mind-reading brain-computer typing interface Perhaps the biggest reveal of Facebook’s F8 conference was the announcement that the company’s immensely secretive Building 8 R&D lab were working on a