
What marketers are saying about Facebook’s new Portal video chat devices
long-anticipated foray into hardware Monday with the announcement of its twin video chat devices, Portal and Portal+, available in...

Google to shutter Google+ following undisclosed data exposure
According to a report out this morning, “hundreds of thousands” of users of Google+ had their data exposed to third-party developers back...

Facebook is giving more Instagram developers access to AR camera features
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company’s 2017 F8 Developer’s Conference. Facebook just renamed its Camera Effects Platform as Spark...

Facebook to release first-party cookie option for ads, pull web analytics from Safari
Facebook’s new first-party cookie. The company began notifying some agencies and trade groups of the solution this week and emailing all...

Forecast downgrades 2018 Snap ad-revenue outlook by 36 percent
In something of a blow to Snap, eMarketer has lowered its ad forecast for the company by a significant 36 percent. The firm says that’s...

Facebook’s ‘Premieres’ videos now available to all global Pages
Facebook is rolling out its Premieres video format — pre-recorded videos that play as live footage — to all global Pages. The company is...

Publishers on Twitter can now monetize videos viewed by global audiences
Twitter is making it possible for publishers to monetize videos viewed by all followers — not just those in their home countries....

Pinterest expected to hit $1 billion ad revenue by 2020
Ramping up ahead of expected IPO. Bucking the approach of most other social networks, Pinterest has taken a deliberate path to monetizing...

Pew: Internet adoption, social media usage have been flat since 2016
Use of social media and internet adoption more broadly are flat according to new data from the Pew Research Center. The organization...

50 million Facebook user accounts hacked
Facebook announced on Friday it had discovered a security breach affecting almost 50 million user accounts. The company says attackers...

Facebook targets ads with data users didn’t share with the platform
Facebook has confirmed it targets ads to users based on phone numbers they provide for two-factor authentication (the process used to...

Facebook’s new ThruPlay video ads will only charge brands for completed video ad views
Facebook is launching new options for brands to have more control over their video ad campaigns with the release of ThruPlay video ads...

Snapchat launches multiple e-commerce ad options in time for holiday shopping
Snapchat is rolling out a number of new e-commerce ad options ahead of the holiday shopping season. The company is making Shoppable Snap...

Twitter looks to crowdsource content policies
Twitter has launched a user survey asking for feedback on its policies defining dehumanizing language before it makes the policy part of...

Digital marketers: Instagram co-founders’ departure won’t slow ad growth
Instagram founders CEO Kevin Systrom and CTO Mike Krieger announced Monday they would be leaving the Facebook-owned company. Purchased by...

Snapchat partners with Amazon to let users shop from pictures
Snapchat is testing a new visual search tool and is partnering with Amazon to launch it. The new feature will make it possible to take a...

Twitter: A bug may have sent some direct messages to business account developers
On Friday, Twitter began alerting some users that their direct messages or protected tweets may have been sent to Twitter developers who...

Instagram rumored to be testing a hashtag selector tool, geo-fenced posts
Instagram is rumored to be testing a number of new features including a hashtag selector tool, the ability to geo-fence posts and a...

Facebook to begin proactively reviewing apps that have not been submitted for inspection
Facebook has announced it will begin proactively enrolling apps in the new app review process launched in July — meaning that even if a...
























