Tune in for this week’s roundup to learn how Spotify is working on making listening while driving more safe, how screensharing app Squad is changing the way you can connect with friends, how Facebook’s $300 million fund will provide a boost to local news organizations, what those mysterious blue bubbles under your Youtube videos might be, and how WhatsApp just surpassed Facebook’s monthly users!
A lot has happened in the world of the social media this week! Trump’s Twitter account was deactivated, Facebook bought a complimenting app, and Facebook and WhatsApp has trumped Snapchat. Read more about what happened this week in our #MMSocialReport!
In this week’s #MMSocialReport: Facebook Live’s new update and a review of their persistent issues with censorship, Snap Inc’s new home, WhatsApp’s long-awaited improvements, and Tom Brady — need we say more? Read on for the full scoop:
#MadeByGoogle went viral and we’re impressed with all their efforts, but they’ve been also been a bunch of other events happening in the tech world. Facebook-owned WhatsApp borrows from Snapchat, GIFs get interpreted by artists in NYC and Sprout Social comes out with a social media report. We’ve also suggested a link that has 16 Twitter recommendations for the curious soul. Scroll down to learn more:
Can’t seem to get the perfect holiday selfie? Haven’t been pinning festive holidays crafts on your Pinterest boards? Can’t stand to receive another Candy Cane Gram? Sounds like you’re feeling more like Ebenezer Scrooge than the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Before you go ahead and tweet #BahHumbug onto your feed, dear Scrooge, let’s take a journey with the ghosts of Social Media past, present, and future for some insight on where we’re headed in the coming year.
Kick off the holiday season with social news from Metter Media! In this week’s #MMSocialReport, Taylor Swift takes selfies for a cause, Instagram influences baby names, and more.
Unless you’re a social media manager, finding ways to make every platform work for you can be difficult and time-consuming. But more and more social apps and sites are adding labor-reducing features to make lives easier. Don’t like what you see on Facebook? Facebook will change the default algorithm for news feeds. WhatsApp is going to offer calling service to anyone with an Internet connection, and Twitter is trying to eliminate the steps of reported abusive content by automatically hiding it from your timeline. With these developments and more, life is getting easier for everyone.
Will WhatsApp reign for long? Are your grandparents making their marriage official by posting it on Facebook? What the heck is going on with Google Glass? These questions and more, answered in this week’s #MMSocialReport.Continue reading