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Social Media News Roundup: August ’18 Week 3

In social media news this week, Instagram wants to give you some recommendations, Pinterest widens its advertisements and Snapchat wants to connect Creators and brands. Recommended For You This week, Instagram has been testing a new feature in the news feed – recommended posts. This comes after the success of
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Social Media News Roundup: August ’18 Week 1

In social media news this week, Facebook cuts ties with Twitter reports, Messenger wants its users and friends to have fun in AR and Snapchat utilises your voice for its Lenses. Facebook Says Its Goodbyes Facebook puts an end to its time with Twitter as it stops users being able
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Social Media: Are You Paying Attention?

As our attention spans drop, what has social media done to try to get us to stay? From Facebook’s timed articles to quick snippets from brands, social media has had to adapt to a new generation who just cannot be bothered to scroll further than the first two paragraphs. It’s
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Social Media News Roundup: July ’18 Week 2

In social media news this week, Instagram wants to put a halt to the dream of paid verification, Snapchat works on a feature that will help users visually search from products and music and Twitter tackles more meaningful follower counts with an online purge. Apply to be Verified Instagram is
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Social Media News Roundup: July ’18 Week 1

In social media news this week, Facebook lets its users archive their shared Stories, Instagram also adds to its Stories feature with a musical twist and Snapchat aids those in need…of getting rid of their embarrassing sent snaps and messages. Archive Your Day in Stories Like its post-sharing counterpart, Facebook
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Social Media News Roundup: June ’18 Week 1

In social media news this week, Instagram wants to extend video upload limits, Snapchat wants to seamlessly sell tickets, LinkedIn wants your #feedback and Facebook boosts its Marketplace. Instagram are thinking of extending the time limit on users’ videos posted on the social site. At the moment, people can only
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Social Media News Roundup: May ’18 Week 2

In social media news this week, Facebook tries to get back to the top of its game with new features that emphasise its original values like communication and transparency and Snapchat prolongs its advertisements. Slow down Zuckberberg! If last week’s news wasn’t Facebook orientated enough for you, then this week’s
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Social Media News Roundup: April ’18 Week 3

In social media news this week, Snapchat becomes a foodie, Instagram turns its focus to new camera features, Pinterest updates profile layouts and Facebook tests new features for their Stories. Snapchat is on the Menu Snapchat is working with restaurants to create an augmented reality menu, which is definitely a
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Social Media News Roundup: April ’18 Week 2

In social media news this week, LinkedIn gets a new profile layout, Snapchat helps advertisers and brands looking to sell, Boomerang makes it to Facebook Camera and Gmail goes full spy mode. New LinkedIn, Who This? LinkedIn has had a bit of a makeover – in new hairstyle terms, it’s
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Social Media News Roundup: April ’18 Week 1

In social media news this week, Snapchat announces a feature that brings users closer together with video chat, Pinterest creates a ‘following’ tab to spice up users’ inspiration and Facebook expands its ‘Today In’ feature to more cities. “Let’s Catch up on Group Chat!” Say goodbye to meeting up for