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Facebook announced in a post that they are shutting down its AR face-filtering app, MSQRD, this April 13. MSQRD is a face-filtering app for iOS and Android users, and was ... [read more]

Mobile Marketer reports that consumer retail spending via chatbots is expected to reach $142 billion come 2024, an increase from $2.8 billion from last year. Chatbot tech saved companies approximately ... [read more]

NY Times Magazine announced that they are launching this year's annual music issue with print ads that have interactive features. These interactive features will work with Google Lens, an image-recognition ... [read more]

Social Media Today reports that Instagram is currently testing an option which allows users to share live Instagram streams directly to IGTV once broadcast stops. The new feature was first ... [read more]

Reddit announced on its blog their new Trending Takeover ad unit which will, well, feature ads prominently within the app. Reddit explains: "Fads, trends, and movements get their start in ... [read more]

A new article from Marketing Land reports that Snapchat has announced Lens Web Builder, an ad product that allows creators to build custom Snap Lenses based on preset templates or ... [read more]

An article from Social Media Today reports that monetization is on its way to IGTV. The feature was spotted by reverse engineering expert Jane Manchung Wong. The in-app description also ... [read more]

Social Media Today reports that Facebook is currently testing a new feature which could allow users to cross-post Facebook Stories to Instagram whenever they post a new story. The feature ... [read more]

TikTok is adding an analytics tool to its Creator Marketplace app, which includes real-time insights on influence campaigns, engagement rates, engaged audience demographics, among others. Creator Marketplace is TikTok's influencer ... [read more]

Business-centric social media platform LinkedIn just announced that they're rolling out a beta Stories feature in the coming months to users. Pete Davis, LinkedIn's senior product management wrote on a ... [read more]

Pinterest is launching its revamped and data-friendly Pinterest Lite globally for Android users. Pinterest Lite was previously only made available to limited regions. Pinterest further explains: "We recently began launching ... [read more]

Spotify announced that they're rolling out a new interface for iOS users, which is now available to both Free and Premium users. As touted by the streaming platform, the update ... [read more]

Uber recently unveiled a new feature which lets their users, particularly older users, request a ride without needing the Uber app itself. The feature is available by dialling 1-833-USE-UBER (1-833-873-8237), ... [read more]

Pinterest released a report summarizing the platforn's performance data for Q4 2019. Firstly, Pinterest now has 335 million MAUs (monthly active users), a 26% from last year. Furthermore, the platform ... [read more]

In a report from Marketing Land, 72% of consumers aged 18 to 64 said that they prefer texting with a live agent in real-time to improve the overall customer service ... [read more]

Snapchat ads will now have a "swipe to call" action to US customers. This comes after launching the feature to Middle East customers in December. The swipe action directs phone ... [read more]

In a tweet, stories photo and video editor Chroma Labs announced that they have been acquired by Twitter. Twitter product lead Kayvon Beykpour also tweeted that Chroma Labs employees will ... [read more]

Facebook, under its New Product Experimentation team, recently launched a new app called Hobbi, The new app is a Pinterest-esque app for collecting images of hobbies and interests, and sorts ... [read more]

A recent study conducted by Facebook and Kantar discusses the role that social media plays on consumer discover including the beverage sector, to better understand the modern consumer, and map ... [read more]

Google announced in a post that they're soon discontinuing the old YouTube interface this March. For those in the know, Google introduced the updated Material Design for YouTube in August ... [read more]

Alphabet, Google's parent company, released YouTube's ad revenues for the first time. In total, Alphabet's 2019 revenues reached approximately $162 billion, Google ad revenues at $138.4 billion, and YouTube $15 ... [read more]

Music subscription giant Spotify has agreed to purchase The Ringer, a podcast media company run and owned by sports analyst Bill Simmons. The latter confirmed the deal in a tweet. ... [read more]

The owner of New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, had preliminary talks with online marketplace eBay but fell apart after the two companies could reach an agreement. According to Seattle ... [read more]

Emojipedia announced that the emoji list for 2020 is complete, with 117 new emojis set for release this year. 2020 Emojis New additions include Bubble Tea, Smiling Face with Tear, ... [read more]

Chatbots have a critical design flaw in that they are still incapable of engaging in genuine conversations with a real human. That's the major hurdle in chatbot design, but Google ... [read more]

Facebook just published its Q4 2019 performance update with increases in both monthly active users and revenue. The Zuckerberg-led firm added 34 million DAU (daily active users), and 1.66 billion ... [read more]

As mentioned on my previous report, Gen Zs are the next generation marketers should start strategizing and targeting. Now Snapchat published a new report on what Gen Z consumers expect ... [read more]

Pinterest just launched Try On to Android and iOS users in the US. Try On is their brand-new augmented reality feature that lets users try different lipstick shades which suit ... [read more]

Who could forget Vine, a short-form video app which allowed users to upload and share looping six-second videos? We all know that Vine was discontinued in 2016, but its founder ... [read more]

eMarketer recently published a report stating that Pinterest surpassed Snapchat as the third-biggest social media platform in the US, and is likely to maintain its spot in the years to ... [read more]

Twitter announced in a tweet the launch of emoji reactions in direct messages, similar to Messenger Reactions and enabling users to send an emoji response to any message in a ... [read more]

How To Geek reports that the tech giant has reportedly started experimenting ads on WordPad. The ads are non-intrusive as they are banners inviting users to try the web version ... [read more]

TechCrunch reports that Facebook-owned Instagram will ditch the IGTV button from the upper-right corner of the app. Launched in 2018, IGTV is Instagram's long-form video service which is pitted against ... [read more]

Social Media Today reports that Instagram has started limited testing direct messages access on Instagram's web-browser version. Instagram said that a small number of users will initially have access to ... [read more]

But of course, visual content provider Shutterstock just published its listing of major design trends for 2020. The full report can be viewed here, while the infographic is below:

Facebook today announced Pay, a new payment system for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The system is designed to facilitate payments across Facebook's social networks and apps, and users can ... [read more]

Social Media Today reports that Facebook will start taking action in removing fake reviews and fake review sellers in response to a warning from the UK Competition and Markets Authority ... [read more]

Twitter just announced the launch of their latest ad product, Promoted Trend Spotlight. According to Twitter, Promoted Trend Spotlight pairs Twitter video and the "premium real estate" of Explore tab. ... [read more]

We're back at it again with predicting the new year's trends and stuff. This time, it's from Snapchat which predicts at the trends gaining traction on the platform for this ... [read more]

A new article on Social Media Today shares that Facebook just published a summary of key topics and trends which are expected to generate discussion and interest come 2020. The ... [read more]

And we're back at it with the top lists, and this time it's for 2020. Now, Pinterest published what might be rising trends next year according to user behaviour. Aptly ... [read more]

Marketing Land reports that Reddit's MAU (monthly active users) reached 430 million, or a 30% increase from 330 million users it reported in 2018. The growth means that Reddit now ... [read more]

In a press release, Instagram announce that they will now require age verification for new users. According to their Terms of Use, anyone signing up must be at least 13 ... [read more]

Yass! [URL="https://blog.google/products/search/psh-think-you-can-guess-top-gif-expressions-2019/"]Google[/IMG] published the ten most-popular GIFs used by people in 2019. Here they are. 1. Psh 2. Oop 3. Hustle 4. Oh man 5. Peasant 6. Dad jokes 7. ... [read more]

Pinterest announced Pinterest Shop, a dashboard for small business to sell and shop products. The new profile is hand-curated by Pinterest, and can find hundreds of Product Pins from 17 ... [read more]

An article on The Verge reports that Twitter has started sending emails to owners of inactive or unused accounts with a warning saying that they should sign in by ... [read more]

Facebook announced in a blog post that they're launching Viewpoints, a market research app which pays respondents every time they participate in a survey. The survey will ask users about ... [read more]

Twitter announced in a tweet that all users can now hide replies to tweets. So now, anyone can choose to hide a nonsense or spammy reply to their tweet. This ... [read more]

Stock content platform Shutterstock has launched an unlimited music subscription plan for content creators, Marketing Land reports. The platform will offer more than 11,000 tracks which can be included in ... [read more]

Marketing Land reports that Snapchat has announced a new video ad format called Extended Play Commercials. This new ad maintains the 6-second non-skippable format, but will let advertisers extend ad ... [read more]

A new article on Social Media Today reports that Instagram launched Reels mode for Brazilian users. Reels aims to replicate TikTok, and is included within Instagram Stories. Just like TikTok, ... [read more]

Facebook has started testing a new feature called Popular Photos and mimics Instagram's image news feed. Popular Photos works by algorithmically selecting photos from friends, and looks like this: Normally, ... [read more]

Instagram announced in a tweet that they are expanding their test of hiding like counts worldwide. "While the feedback from early testing in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan and ... [read more]

For the past 150 years or so, marketing models have evolved starting from merely manufacturing a good-quality product that will sell itself over time to a more customer-centric model establishing ... [read more]

If you've been watching YouTube videos on either your tablet or PC, notice that there is an updated layout which provides more room for each video preview. In a blog ... [read more]

TechCrunch reports that Facebook will now let users turn off notifications dots for selected icons on the shortcuts bar. Users can now remove tabs such as Marketplace, Watch, Groups, Events, ... [read more]