LinkedIn has published its annual Top Voices listing, which looks at the LinkedIn members that generated the most engagement and interaction with their posts on the platform throughout the year. No, we’re not talking about the LinkedIn L.I.O.N.s here, nor are we highlighting those posting ‘double-tap for a surprise’ posts, or stories about how they gave the job to…
Over the last four years, Facebook has implemented a range of measures to stamp out misinformation, tackle election interference and ensure that its users are kept accurately informed, despite various efforts, by various groups, to use the company’s massive network in order to influence public opinion and sway election results in their own favor. Facebook’s…
Twitter is testing out a new, audio-only virtual meeting room option which will be built on top of its new Fleets, a Stories-like tool, providing yet another way to interact within the app. As you can see in these screenshots, the new audio ‘space’ option will enable users to create an audio-only room that their…
Instagram is giving all users access to its new ‘Guides’ content display option, which adds a new way to share themed content on your Instagram profile. As you can see in the above sequence, users will now be able to add a new tab to their profiles, in addition to ‘Posts’, ‘Mentions’, and ‘IGTV’, which…
Facebook and its New Product Experimentation team have announced a full US launch of its latest app, called E.gg, which enables users to create web-based collages of their favorite things. Those collages – or ‘canvases’ as NPE calls them – are then available via a unique URL, so you can share your canvas with anybody, even…
Snapchat has announced a new set of ad options for app marketers, which look to expand on the opportunities for app developers to connect with Snap’s audience by cross-linking their app functions with the platform. The main connection here comes via Snap’s Creative Kit, which enables developers to integrate Snapchat functionality into their apps, and Login Kit, which…
Facebook has launched legal action against a software developer in Istanbul who’s been running a range of Instagram ‘viewer’ sites, for which he essentially scrapes user data from Instagram, then republishes the content on these alternate platforms. The developer then generates income by running ads on these clone sites. It seems like a pretty open and shut…
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…
Facebook’s facilitation and amplification of both hate speech and misinformation has been a key topic of focus over the past four years, but even more so within the chaos of 2020. COVID-19, the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and the US Presidential election have all, in their own ways, underlined the role that Facebook can play in amplifying…