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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 Surprise Instagram has released 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 Facebook means posts that ask
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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? Facebook begs to differ with

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 diverse network that connects, improves

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 easier for users. Here’s the
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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 direct brain-to-computer interface which would

Social Media News Roundup: March ’17 Week 5

In the news this week – Facebook tests a new News Feed, Twitter removes names from tweet replies and Instagram is officially labelled as narcissistic… Facebook tests new rocket ship News Feed Facebook is testing a new feed of alternative content that users may be interested in, in the shape

Social Media News Roundup: March ’17 Week 4

In the news this week – Instagram announce a bunch of updates, Twitter consider a premium Tweetdeck, and Ed Sheeran stands up to Facebook for a busker… Instagram rolls out option to save live videos to your phone Instagram has begun offering users the option to download their Live streams

Social Media News Roundup: March ’17 Week 3

In the news this week – more options for live streaming on social media, attack of the Twitter bots, and the discovery of Skull Island on Google maps… Up to 48 million Twitter accounts are bots A new study released by University of Southern California and Indiana University has suggested

How To Build Your Brand with Facebook Live

Harnessing Facebook Live as a key aspect of your marketing mix gives you a much better chance of building brand notoriety on social media. Here’s how to do just that. I’m going to go out on a whim here and make a pretty bold claim about your marketing strategy and