While companies better known for online video have been duking it out for supremacy in the field, Twitter and Vine have been quietly innovating. Earlier this summer, Twitter announced extended lengths of Vine and Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) video uploads to 140 seconds. Here are a few things you should know about the increased video length. 20 Things About 140 Second Video ... Read More »
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Facebook’s Free and Simple Solution to Driving Users to Your Mobile App
Your content is only as good as what it accomplishes. If you spent time and money crafting it, it needs to achieve something measurable and concrete, like generating new leads or educating customers. Without a clear purpose, you’re just adding more fluff to the server racks. Quality content gets shared and shares lead people to your site, so you have ... Read More »
Five Ways to Shift Your Social Media Marketing Up One Gear
Social media is a great place to market your business, especially if you’re a small business. It doesn’t limit your traffic or reach, and allows you to connect directly with buyers without having to invest large amounts of money. By optimizing your approach to social media marketing, you can indefinitely increase everything from brand recall to lead generation, and actual ... Read More »
iPhone 6s India Price Cut, Reliance Jio Interconnect Saga, and More News This Week
HIGHLIGHTS iPhone 7 lineup price in India was revealed iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE price slashed Reliance Jio is getting more interconnect points from other operators now Missed the big tech news of the week? You’ve come to the right place as we pick out the highlights that took place. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus launched ... Read More »
SpaceX Rocket Explodes on Launchpad With Facebook’s Internet Satellite on Board
SpaceX Rocket Explodes on Launchpad With Facebook’s Internet Satellite on Board HIGHLIGHTS The explosion destroyed the Israeli communications satellite Mark Zuckerberg disapointed over SpaceX’s launch failure The accident is the second of its kind since SpaceX was founded in 2002 An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad during a test in Florida on Thursday, destroying a ... Read More »
YouTubers Are Accusing the Site of Rampant ‘Censorship’
YouTubers Are Accusing the Site of Rampant ‘Censorship’ HIGHLIGHTS YouTubers posted videos and tweets accusing YouTube of “censoring” them Part of YouTube’s efforts to be transparent in its dealing with creators It demonetizes videos that concern controversial or sensitive subjects YouTube is the third-largest website on Earth, a behemoth viewed by millions each day. It’s also “over” — or on ... Read More »
Romanian Hacker ‘Guccifer’ Sentenced to 52 Months in US Prison
Romanian Hacker ‘Guccifer’ Sentenced to 52 Months in US Prison HIGHLIGHTS Lazar breached Clinton’s private server at her home in New York He is believed to have hacked into email accounts of about 100 victims Victims include prominent political figures A Romanian hacker nicknamed “Guccifer” who helped expose the existence of a private email domain Hillary Clinton used when she ... Read More »
Facebook Live Gets Touted 2-Person Broadcasting Feature
Facebook Live Gets Touted 2-Person Broadcasting Feature HIGHLIGHTS It is only available to US users for now Only verified pages will be able to use this feature Users must have an iOS device for this feature to work At the annual VidCon conference in June, the social giant had announced that it will roll out a bunch of new capabilities ... Read More »
WhatsApp Is Going to Share Your Phone Number With Facebook
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook won’t post phone numbers online or give them out to anyone WhatsApp will continue to bar traditional display ads from its service Facebook will employ the phone number to show targetted advertising Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company. That means WhatsApp users could soon ... Read More »
Facebook Changes ‘Trending’ Feature to Rely Less on Human Editors
Facebook Changes ‘Trending’ Feature to Rely Less on Human Editors HIGHLIGHTS The update is Facebook’s attempt to stress its neutrality The Trending feature shows users the most-talked about stories and topics Facebook said it would no longer rely on editors for the feature Facebook changed its popular “Trending” feature, which shows users the most-talked about topics of the day, to ... Read More »