Facebook is set to have another legal challenge on its hands, with The Washington Post reporting that a group of state attorneys general is on track to file antitrust charges against The Social Network over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. According to reports, the legal challenge will allege that Facebook’s purchases of rival social apps “helped create an anti-competitive social…
Instagram has announced a new update for its standalone Threads app, which despite seemingly not gaining massive traction is still holding on, a year after its initial release. As you may or may not recall, Thread is a messaging app for your Instagram inner circle – Threads provides a set of quick, easy options for…
If you haven’t got the new Twitter Story… sorry, ‘Fleets’ option as yet, you may have to wait a little longer – according to Twitter, it’s delaying the expanded roll-out of Fleets just a little bit due to performance and stability concerns. We’re slowing down the rollout of Fleets to fix some performance and stability problems….
Snapchat is looking to get ahead of the next creator shift by acquiring rising music creation app Voisey, which enables users to create their own tracks using a range of vocal effects. As you can see from these screenshots, Voisey‘s UI looks a lot like TikTok, and it has indeed been described as ‘TikTok for music creation’….
With Instagram putting more emphasis on Reels as it seeks to combat the rise of TikTok, a key area where Instagram can beat its rival is in monetization, and offering more lucrative brand partnership options and processes, in order to help users make money from their clips. Instagram has more advanced systems in place for…
YouTube has provided some new insights into how its search and discovery systems work, and what factors influence where your video is shown, and who its shown to, along with how creators can maximize their opportunities on the platform. YouTube addresses several key questions here, including: Will a few poor-performing videos impact future video/channel performance? YouTube says…
Facebook is testing some new visual effects options for still images posted to News Feed, which add simulated, video-like movement to your pictures. As you can see in these screenshots, shared by social media expert Matt Navarra, the new options provide two sets of visual effects tools for your still image uploads: ‘Layout’ provides different presentation styles for multi-image posts…
In what appears to be an expansion of its #LearnOnTikTok program, which it first announced back in May, TikTok is now testing a new, dedicated ‘Learn’ stream of videos within the app. Currently in testing, and appearing for only some users, the stream, as noted, looks to be an expansion of its @LearnOnTikTok program, which is…
After months of testing, WhatsApp has today announced that all users can now access its new ‘disappearing messages’ feature, which will see all new messages sent within the designated chat self-erase after 7 days. As explained by WhatsApp: “When disappearing messages is turned on, new messages sent to a chat will disappear after 7 days, helping the conversation feel lighter…
Yes, there are quite a few distractions around at the moment, but it is also worth noting that Christmas is only 47 days away, and that means that you need to get moving on your holiday marketing campaigns, and mapping out your upcoming efforts. And for many, that will involve ads on Facebook and Instagram,…