LinkedIn has announced a new ‘Products’ tab for Company Pages, which will provide a dedicated space for businesses to showcase their product offerings, and highlight key features, via their LinkedIn presence. As explained by LinkedIn: “With Product Pages, you can spotlight product endorsements and testimonials by your users, gather ratings and reviews from current users, and generate leads with…
If Facebook is at all spooked by the announcement of a major investigation into its alleged efforts to squeeze competitors out of the market, it’s certainly not showing it. Today, Bloomberg has reported that Facebook’s working on a new option that would enable users to pay for video calls with celebrities, which is reportedly called ‘Super’, according…
TikTok has announced a range of new updates to its Community Guidelines as it seeks to evolve its rules and tools in line with increasing usage. TikTok has been heavily scrutinized over its approaches to content moderation, and what it allows from young users, and has even been banned in some regions over ‘immoral and indecent’ video…
Google is looking to make it easier for users to get in touch with businesses direct from Maps and Search in order to get quick answers to more specific queries. As explained by Google: “When people look for information online, they want to find the answers to their questions quickly. This is especially true for people…
This could be a big change. According to reports, TikTok is testing a new option that would enable users to upload videos of up to three minutes in length, an increase on the current 60-second limit. As you can see in this tweet from social media expert Matt Navarra, some users are being given ‘early access’ to…
Twitter is looking to beef up its account security options with the expansion of its support for physical security keys to mobile devices, which will enable anyone to use physical security keys to log in to Twitter via iOS and Android. What’s that, you say? Physical keys? Like your house keys? Kind of. Through Twitter’s WebAuthn API,…
It may not initially seem like an ideal fit, but Facebook is becoming increasingly influential in the car purchase process, and connecting users to relevant deals for their next automotive purchase. Indeed, Facebook reported last year that around half of auto consumers say that recommendations from friends and family are influential when deciding which new brand to…
Instagram has added a new option for Indian users which enables the addition of up to three guests on an Instagram Live stream. Up till now, Instagram has only allowed one guest per stream, but with Live usage rising in the Indian market, Instagram’s looking to provide more capacity to host larger chats, in order to maximize…
TikTok has continued its meteoric rise in 2020, despite various, significant challenges that have impeded its growth. The biggest blow for the platform came in late June, when India banned TikTok, along with 59 other Chinese-originated apps, due to ongoing conflicts with the Chinese Government. At that time, India was TikTok’s biggest market (outside China),…
This could have a significant impact on Facebook marketers operating in Europe – Facebook has this week shared an update on its developer blog which outlines various restrictions on Messenger API usage as a result of its efforts to comply with Europe’s evolving data privacy laws. As explained by Facebook: “As part of our efforts to comply with…