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4 Big Changes Lurking Behind Instagram’s Code

A look behind Instagram’s code has revealed some game­changing unpublished features. The image­sharing social network will soon be bringing analytics to businesses profiles ­- but it turns out that may not be the only feature social media marketers can look forward to… The potential changes were discovered by Elliott Murray,

Facebook Tweaks Trending Topics in Reponse to Bias Claims

Facebook have denied claims of a left wing political bias in their trending topics section, but have pledged to improve the feature regardless. On Monday, in both a press release and a direct letter to the chairman of the US senate commerce committee, the social networking giant claimed that the

Mountain Climbers Document their Everest Ascent on Snapchat

If you thought the influence of finite content sharing network Snapchat stopped at college, you’ve obviously never climbed a mountain. Two mountain climbers have been documenting their ascent up Mount Everest on Snapchat ­ and the results have been nothing short of tremendous. The professional mountain climbing duo Adrian Ballinger

Twitter Stop Including Images and URLS in 140 Character Count

Founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has made yet another move in a bid to help the network stand up among it’s competitors by allowing images and URLs to be discounted from the iconic 140 character count. Although a minor change it is nevertheless one that represents a departure

Twitter wants to Develop their Search Capabilities

Twitter is developing its search capabilities to allow users to discover content beyond basic tweets such as Vines and live streams from Periscope. The social network is aware of the restrictive nature of its current search option and is building a new information retrieval system called Omnisearch in the hope

Marketers leave Twitter in favour of other Ad Platforms

Twitter shares dramatically dropped by 16.3 percent on Wednesday, bringing their total drop so far this year to 36 percent. Analysts have warned that the network could face losing a significant chunk of their advertising revenue by marketers to rival social networks. Following an announcement by Twitter that marketers had

Twitter Steps Up to Halt Harassment

Twitter have taken a decisive step towards addressing concerns surrounding harassment on the platform by adding a new tool that will allow users to report multiple cases of abuse en masse. The social network believe that the changes will help give context surrounding the extent of a case of abuse

Students Favour Snapchat over Twitter

  Students across the UK are turning towards Snapchat over other social networks to communicate with their peers. In the past Facebook and Twitter have proven essential platforms for marketing to Students and now, as a majority of users begin to access from mobile devices, apps such as Snapchat could

Facebook Live gets Serious

Facebook Live, the live streaming service attached to the world’s largest social networking site, recently received a huge overhaul in attention after CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that users would soon be able to stream from any device. The social network is often at the forefront of industry defining developments and
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Snapchat Emojis Get Clingy in New Update

A recently released update by Snapchat included new 3D emojis that move alongside features in video messages. Snapchat is one of the most popular social networks for teens and younger people, and new features are often added in a bid to entice new users away from the likes of Facebook