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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

Twitter’s Battle with Hate Crime

Twitter has recently clamped down even further on hate crime and abuse as it removes posts with derogatory connotations and suspends people who promote negativity and abuse on individuals and groups in society. The one site that emphasised this idea of free speech seems to have taken a
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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

Making the Most of the Festive Season

Your company’s office may be decorated with the tallest Christmas tree and brightest baubles, but your brand will gain nothing from beautiful décor in the working environment. It’s time to get digital and turn your spirit for the festive season to your social media. The Christmas
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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?

A ‘Social Media’ Christmas Carol

Let’s all gather round for a not-so festive story I call ‘A Social Media Christmas Carol’ – a brief history of how online networking has changed. Social media has undergone a journey over the years, from a fearful, misunderstood and somewhat unknown entity, to a

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
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Changing Your Online Voice for the New Generation

The modern social era brings more and more problems for people wanting to advertise their products and services online. Although, apps and social media sites are adding more to their advertising and promoting tools, many are hindered by other aspects that block people from seeing
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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
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Bye Bye Brevity – Twitter’s Move to 280

After testing an increase of characters on some of its users, Twitter have finally made the move to 280, doubling the number of letters and punctuation in a tweet for everyone. All Twitter users have experienced the horror of having the best moment of their