YouTube Expands Access to AR 'Try-On' Ad Feature

YouTube is expanding access to its new Beauty Try-On AR ad format, which enables users to virtually try on make-up while viewing a video tutorial.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 15, 2019

Instagram Tests a New Event 'Invites' Sticker for Stories

Instagram is testing out a new Invites sticker for Stories which would help users organize events.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 15, 2019

LinkedIn's Testing a New Option Which Would Enable Mass Actions on Messages

LinkedIn is looking to give users more capacity to manage their LinkedIn inbox with new mass actions.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 15, 2019

Reddit Launches New Content Sharing Integration with Snapchat

Reddit is launching a new integration with Snapchat which will enable Snap users to link back to Reddit content via new stickers.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 15, 2019

Twitter Launches New App for Mac, Using Catalina OS

Twitter is bringing back its Mac app, this time running on the new macOS Catalina, and with new features to boot.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 12, 2019

Facebook Provides New Stories Templates for Businesses, New Business Options for Instagram Direct

As we head into the holiday season, Facebook is rolling out some new tools to help brands make the most of their end of year push.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 11, 2019

Facebook Adds New Stories Filters and Stickers for Messenger as Part of World Mental Health Day

Facebook has added a new set of stickers and filters in order to help raise awareness of mental health concerns, as part of World Mental Health Day.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 11, 2019

Pinterest Updates Wellbeing Exercises, Announces Safety Improvements on Mental Health Day

Pinterest has provided an update on its efforts to help users struggling with mental health issues. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 11, 2019

Quora Adds New Ad Targeting Options, Provides Campaign Checklist to Help Maximize Performance

Quora has outlined a range of new ad targeting updates, and published a new checklist for optimal Quora campaign performance.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 10, 2019

Instagram is Looking to Bring Direct Messaging to its Web App

Instagram is testing the ability to send and receive Direct messages in its web app.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 10, 2019

Facebook's Adding Post Topics to More Groups, Helping to Better Organize Relevant Discussion

Facebook is giving more groups an optional 'topic' tag for posts, which will help to categorize discussion.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 10, 2019

New Survey Finds Majority of US Adults Don't Realize that Facebook Owns Instagram and WhatsApp

Pew Research conducted a new survey on digital literacy, which has uncovered some concerning results.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 10, 2019

Twitter Apologizes for Using Email Addresses and Phone Numbers for Ad Targeting

Twitter has issued an apology for incorrectly using email addresses and phone numbers uploaded for account security purposes within its ad targeting tools.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 10, 2019

LinkedIn is Updating its Group Categories to 'Listed' and 'Unlisted'

LinkedIn is making some small changes to its group settings in order to clarify discoverability.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 10, 2019

Facebook Tests New Photo Layout Options for Multi-Image Posts

Facebook is reportedly working on some new presentation options for multi-image posts.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 10, 2019

Instagram Updates its Stories Camera with New 'Create' Mode to Highlight Creative Options

Instagram is rolling out an updated Stories Camera, which will make the platform's various Stories tools easier to access.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 9, 2019

Instagram Adds Dark Mode on the Latest Versions of iOS and Android

Instagram has become the latest social app to join the dark mode movement.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 9, 2019

Latest Messenger Platform Update Adds New Private Reply Options, Persistent Menu Control

Facebook has released its latest Messenger platform update, with new options to help businesses utilize Messenger functions.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 9, 2019

Pinterest Launches 'Pinterest Academy' Education Resource for Marketers

Pinterest has launched a new set of education resources to help marketers better understand how to maximize their Pin campaigns. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 9, 2019

Facebook Workplace is Now Up to 3 Million Paid Users, Announces New Additions

Facebook has announced that its professional platform, Workplace, has now reached 3 million paying users.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 9, 2019

Facebook to Pay $40 Million in Settlement Over Inflated Video Metrics

Facebook has reached a settlement in a case over its inflated video view metrics, the result of a series of errors on Facebook's part.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 8, 2019

New Study Looks at Eroding Consumer Trust in Information Shared Online [Infographic]

With the 2020 US Presidential election looming, questions of trust are going to become a bigger point of debate yet again. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 8, 2019

Snapchat Enables In-Game Purchases for First Time in New Campaign with Adidas

Snapchat's looking to lean further into gaming with a new ad campaign which enables product purchases via a game.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 8, 2019

Instagram Adds New 'Emails from Instagram' Security Confirmation Listing

Instagram is launching a new feature which enables users to check if Instagram has sent any official messages to them, in order to avoid phishing scams.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 8, 2019

Instagram Removes its 'Following' Tab which Highlighted Friend Activity in the App

Instagram is getting rid of its 'Following' listing, which showed users what their friends were engaging with.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Oct. 8, 2019