TikTok – an unwitting political entity within itself – has today announced its latest election integrity measures to help ensure that its users are not subjected to misinformation or manipulation by politically motivated groups heading into the poll. In some respects, TikTok’s efforts will have far less impact. According to reports, around a third of TikTok’s…
Snapchat has launched a new set of 3D body scan Lenses, building upon its body tracking technology, which is able to move and adjust based on how you move on the screen. As you can see here, the new Lenses respond to your movement in the frame, with digital characters or costumes aligning with your actions….
With the COVID-19 pandemic causing massive economic impacts, and many job cuts, it makes sense that people are turning to LinkedIn more and more to explore new opportunities and determine their next steps. Just this week, the professional social network reported that it’s now up to 722 million members and that it’s been seeing record…
Will Section 230 be reformed, and if so, what will that mean for digital media more broadly? After months of calls for reforms to internet protection laws, today, the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, and Google all faced a US Senate Committee hearing which sought to establish the parameters for a possible re-think of Section 230 laws,…
With eCommerce on the rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Pinterest has continued to add users and boost revenue, as reflected in its Q3 2020 performance update. First off, on users – Pinterest added 26 million more actives in Q3, taking it to a new high of 442 million MAU. As you can see here, that’s…
Aside from the broader impacts of COVID-19, 2020 has provided many challenges in terms of getting your outreach messaging right, and ensuring that you remain both sensitive to the various situations, while also pushing to maximize sales for your business. What should you be saying during a pandemic? Should you be saying anything? Will your…
With just days to go until the US Election, Instagram has announced that it will remove the ‘Recent’ tab from hashtag searches on the platform temporarily. When you search by tags on Instagram, your results are presented in two tabs – ‘Top’ and ‘Recent’. It looks like Instagram’s trying to give its fact-checkers a bit…
Twitter has shared its latest performance update, which shows a significant increase in ad spend, after a decline last quarter, and slower growth in total users. We’ll start with users – Twitter added 2 million more Monetizable Daily Active Users (mDAU) in Q3, taking it to 188 million. As you can see, Twitter’s usage was…
Facebook has posted its latest performance update, showing yet another increase in overall active users – though a slight decline in the US – along with a solid boost in revenue. If the July Facebook ad boycott, in protest over its lack of action around hate speech, had any major financial impact for the company, it’s not…
Google is testing a new process that would enable businesses to create video assets from static website content, making it easier for brands to move into video content. As you can see from the video, Google’s URL2Video process is able to automatically analyze your webpage assets, and then arrange them into an animated presentation. As explained…