Bluesky Adds Trending Topics, Exceeds 25M Users

Bluesky continues to gain traction and add new features.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Jan. 1, 2025

Threads Experiments with Custom Display Names, Cover Images for Profiles

Some important updates incoming for your Threads presence.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Jan. 1, 2025

X Touts Business Success in 2024 and Rising Opportunities

X claims to be seeing big success, which is not exactly true.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 19, 2024

What Happens on the Internet Every Minute (2024 Version)

The latest overview of the crazy amount of online activity happening every day.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 18, 2024

Is It Still Worth Adding Hashtags to Your Posts?

Hashtags are not as important as they once were, but are they useless?

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 18, 2024

YouTube Shares Its Top Ad Campaigns of 2024

Some tips and pointers based on the top performing YouTube campaigns of the year.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 18, 2024

Threads Adds New Way to Re-Share Media While Crediting the Creator

A clever way to encourage sharing with credit to the creator.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 18, 2024

Threads Announces Test of Post Scheduling

A highly requested feature is coming to Threads soon, enabling users to schedule a post from the in-app composer.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 17, 2024

Giphy Shares Key Discussion Trends of 2024

Giphy’s look at the most searched terms of the year provides some insight into digital trends. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 17, 2024

Threads Reaches 300M Active Users

Threads' growth momentum continues to rise as it reaches a new milestone.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 16, 2024

Threads Was the Most Downloaded iOS App in November

The latest download charts underline the opportunity for Threads.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 16, 2024

Meta Announces New AI Functionality for Ray-Ban Meta Glasses

Some new options for Meta's AI-enhanced sunglasses.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 16, 2024

YouTube Tests Audio Replies to Video Comments

A new way to enhance fan engagement on YouTube.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 16, 2024

Threads Surveys User Opinions on Political Content Restrictions

With the 2024 election in the past, Meta is seemingly reassessing its approach to political content.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 15, 2024

Australia Seeks To Force Digital Platforms To Keep Paying Publishers

The Australian government is looking to ensure local publishers keep getting revenue share. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 12, 2024

WhatsApp Rolls Out Calling Improvements for the Holidays

Meta says that more than 2 billion calls are made on WhatsApp every day.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 12, 2024

Threads Launches Test of Custom Lists of People To Follow

Threads is copying yet another feature from Bluesky.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 12, 2024

YouTube Previews Coming Features for CTV

Including more prominent subscribe buttons and parental controls.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 11, 2024

Meta’s Testing Options To Hide Like Counts on Reels, Replies on Threads

Meta continues to add more options to control which performance metrics are displayed on your profile.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 10, 2024

Meta Adds More Functionality to the Threads API

Meta's expanding the Threads API to enable broader integration with third party tools.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 10, 2024

Instagram Launches Trial Reels for Audience Sampling

A new way to test response to your Reels before publishing.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 10, 2024

YouTube Tests Multiplayer Games With In-Stream ‘Playables’

YouTube's trying out a more social version of its mini-games. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 9, 2024

Bluesky Considers Subscription Elements To Bring in Cash

But will Bluesky be able to avoid ads?

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 9, 2024

Reddit Launches ‘Reddit Answers’ AI Overviews

Like Google's AI Overviews, but in Reddit form. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 9, 2024

You Know Who Posts on Social Media? Hardly Anybody

It's worth noting that social media posts reflect only a portion of public opinion. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • Dec. 8, 2024