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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 has announced that throughout the
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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 products introduced to increase safety

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 by hundreds of group admins,

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 support the newest round of

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 have missed out on the

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 an emoji. Reaction emojis were

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 revenues and earnings, investors cited
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Social Media News Roundup: April ’17 Week 2

In the news this week – Snapchat announce new product, Twitter tests a complaints bot and a guy is 15m RTs away from a lifetime of chicken nuggets… New Snapchat product confirms whether ads increase foot traffic Snap is launching a significant new product which will allow businesses to see
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Social Media News Roundup: April ‘17 Week 1

In the news this week – Twitter unveils new API, McDonalds take CVs via Snapchat and Facebook’s AI guy confirms robots won’t seek world domination… Facebook’s campaign to help people spot fake news Facebook in launching an educational campaign to help people understand, identify and limit the spread of fake

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