Facebook photo exports, reducing ad discrimination; Instagram vibration?; Twitter nested threads, Business Calendar, Brand Surveys & Privacy Center; YouTube culls duds.
Read more#MidweekMinute 11/27/19: Keep your friends CLOSE
Cocoon; FB considers Close Friends & rewards your Viewpoints, but only Canada gets Whale memes; IG Explore AI; IGTV may go vertical-scroll; Twitter Hide Replies & native scheduling.
Read more#MidweekMinute 10/2/19: Trashing the trash talk
Facebook tests hiding Likes, swipe up to Messenger in Story ads, and works on AR glasses and a VR gaming space; Instagram product launch notifications, Branded Content in IGTV, and @creators; Twitter DM filters; YouTube comment filters, Google Fire; LinkedIn targets audiences.
Read more#MidweekMinute 9/18/19: Creators gonna create
Major Facebook Creator Studio announcements (including Instagram scheduling!); Facebook Chat posts; Portal TV; YouTube profile cards out trolls; LinkedIn skill verification.
Read more#MidweekMinute 7/10/19: Monetization and anti-bully-ization
Facebook pays creators (and skims a little off the top); Instagram anti-bullying action; IG engagement down.
Read more#MidweekMinute 6/5/19: Pinning more IKEA...
Bad news for Pixel advertisers; Facebook rolls out Avatars, enhanced Video Ad creator tools, Instant Article subscription features, a Portal app, and Audience Network game ads; Instagram “branded content” ads, Order sticker, and audience activity insights; Twitter live “call-in” feature; Twitter & LinkedIn both acquire some tech; IKEA embraces Pinterest.
Read more#MidweekMinute 5/29/19: Feel the rainbow
IGTV landscape videos; Story post creation button; rainbow Story rings for #Pride; YouTube hiding subscriber counts; Facebook’s “GlobalCoin”; group admin feedback; LinkedIn ad visibility; Sales Navigator updates.
Read more#MidweekMinute 5/22/19: Zuck's Swiss bank account?
Facebook updates the algorithm (again), Ad Relevancy Score reporting, external tracking , and brings back “View As Public”; their rumored cryptocurrency gets its own Swiss bank account; Instagram Explore gets new tabs and loses the Direct app; Twitter Developer Labs launching; TweetDeck gets GIFs and Polls.
Read more#MidweekMinute 5/15/19: Breakin' up is hard to do
Is Facebook too powerful?; Birthday Stories & new small business features; WhatsApp payments; Instagram @shop, fact-checking, and possible music video sticker; MailChimp gets serious about small business tools.
Read more#MidweekMinute 5/8/19: F8 wasn't the end of it...
And you thought Facebook got out all of its announcements last week at F8… nope! News on the video algorithm, Messenger features, Workplace layout, new Cryptocurrency rumors, and Instagram “join chat” sticker.
Also, Twitter did a thing.
Read more#MidweekMinute 4/25/19 (just past midweek...)
A day late… and WAY TOO MUCH news!
Basically, everyone’s making tweaks to their layouts and ads…
#MidweekMinute 5/2/18: A twist of F8
FB’s Hate Speech glitch; Messenger Bots, translation & AR; FB dating, 3D photos & VR Memories; Oculus Go VR headset & FB smart speakers. Instagram group video chats, third-party integrations, Camera Effects, feature testing rumors, customized Explore & anti-bullying AI. Twitter prioritizes news. Snapchat specs & Snappable AR game, Story Ads, non-skippable video ads & redesign rollback. Pinterest filters beauty results & enhances experience for the visually impaired.
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