Pinterest Loses 24 Million Users as Lockdowns Ease and Physical Stores Re-Open Around the World

The numbers show a significant decline in users, though underlying ad performance remains solid.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 29, 2021

Snapchat Shares New Insights into How Friends Connect in the App [Infographic]

The report coincides with International Friendship Day, which is being celebrated this week.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 29, 2021

Twitter Adds New Spaces Sharing Options, New Search Tools to Improve Spaces Discovery

The new options will be important as Twitter moves to put more emphasis on its audio social option.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 29, 2021

Snapchat Launches New 'Campaign Lab' to Help Guide Marketers on Best Snap Ads Approaches

The new experiment tracking and creation tool will help refine your Snap ads focus.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 29, 2021

YouTube Adds in Live-Stream Trailers and Live Polls as it Builds its New Streaming Commerce Options

The new tools are part of YouTube's renewed focus on live-streams as an eCommerce option.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 28, 2021

Facebook Posts Strong Revenue Result, but Daily Active Usage Is Stalling in Key Markets

The numbers show that Facebook continues to go from strength to strength, but its daily active usage numbers are slowing in some markets,

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 28, 2021

Facebook Launches 'Campaign Ideas Generator' to Help Businesses with their Promotional Efforts

The new resource website aims to help guide your Facebook and Instagram campaign approach via a range of tools and prompts.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 28, 2021

Snapchat Launches 'My Places' To Highlight Local Businesses of Interest Within the Snap Map

The new display aims to help users find new places to go, and where to meet up with friends.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 28, 2021

Twitter Takes Next Steps Into eCommerce With Test of Shopping Module on Business Profiles

The new Shop module is being tested with a selection of businesses in the US.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 28, 2021

LinkedIn Posts Record Full-Year Revenue Result, Continues To See Strong Growth in Active Sessions

The platform has surpassed $10 billion in revenue for the first time, up 27% year over year. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 27, 2021

WhatsApp Provides New Archive Options to Permanently Hide Noisy Group Chats

The update will ensure that you don't keep getting notifications from archived chats.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 27, 2021

Twitter Tests New Notifications for Locked or Suspended Accounts

The new notifications aim to provide more transparency in Twitter's enforcement process.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 27, 2021

TikTok Adds New Live-Stream Moderation Tools as it Eyes the Next Stage of Live-Stream Shopping

The new tools will provide more capacity to manage your live-stream broadcasts in the app.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 27, 2021

Pinterest Adds Product Tags in Idea Pins, Provides New Affiliate Options for Creators

The new options will provide new ways for Pinterest creators to monetize their platform presence.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 27, 2021

Instagram Expands Reels to 60 Seconds, Providing More Capacity for Creativity

Now you'll have more capacity to create engaging Reels clips.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 27, 2021

Instagram Implements New Initiatives To Protect Young Users, Including Privacy Defaults and Ad Targeting Restrictions

The changes will limit the ways in which advertisers can target young audiences across Facebook's apps.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 27, 2021

Instagram is Testing a TikTok-Like Vertical Feed Presentation for Explore

The re-imagined Explore feed would enable full-screen, TikTok-like browsing of Instagram content recommendations.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 26, 2021

YouTube Adds New Connected TV Ad Improvements, New Tools To Maximize Audio Ad Creative

With millions of people now watching YouTube content on their home TV sets, CTV ads are becoming a bigger consideration.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 26, 2021

Facebook Announces New Women's Safety Training Events To Help Improve Online Safety and Inclusion

The sessions will showcase the various tools and processes that Facebook has on offer to assist.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 26, 2021

Facebook, Twitter and Google Commit to Further Action on Tackling Domestic Extremism

The expansion of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism database will help combat domestic terror groups.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 26, 2021

Pinterest Adds New Pin Insights To Provide More Performance Insight [Infographic]

The new metrics provide data on followers per board and profile visits.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 26, 2021

Facebook Makes New Pledge to Help Increase Gender Equality Within the Tech Sector

Facebook has committed to new goals for increasing diversity in its tech roles.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 26, 2021

Pinterest's VP of Tech Outlines Its Evolving Efforts To Maximize Inclusion and Cater To All Users

Pinterest is working to maximize inclusion, in various ways, as explained by the platform's SVP of Engineering Jeremy King.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 25, 2021

Facebook Adds New Features for the Tokyo Olympics, Including a Games Hub and AR Effects

Facebook's added a range of features, across all of its apps, to help fans engaged with the event.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 23, 2021

Twitter Posts Steady Increases in Users and Revenue for Q2, with Good Growth in Ad Spend

Twitter's performance numbers are strong, showing that it is moving in the right direction on several fronts.

By Andrew Hutchinson • July 22, 2021