June 2, 2016
Facebook kills off Notify news app
Facebook’s attempt at a real-time, notification-based news app is shutting down. Today Facebook sent an alert to users telling them “Thanks for using Notify. We’re transitioning parts of…
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June 2, 2016
Commerce at Twitter is not dead
The reports of commerce’s death at Twitter have been greatly exaggerated, according to a tweetstorm by Nathan Hubbard, Twitter’s head of commerce. Last month BuzzFeed reported that Jack…
Read articleJune 1, 2016
Facebook’s new DeepText AI categorizes everything you write
If Facebook knows what your status update is about, it can show it to people who care about that topic. If it understands the difference between “I just…
Read articleMay 31, 2016
Instagram officially announces its new business tools
Instagram this morning officially announced the launch of its tools for business users, including new business profiles, analytics and the ability to turn Instagram posts into ads directly…
Read articleMay 30, 2016
Facebook set to foster popularity of branded content
Branded content was already becoming more attractive to many marketers and publishers trying to navigate the shoals of the online media ecosystem. Now, thanks to Facebook, it’s set…
Read articleMay 29, 2016
What Facebook Live and Periscope need is a waiting room
Livestreams start boring because broadcasters don’t want to begin the real action until more people have tuned in. That can take a few minutes, even with streams being…
Read articleMay 24, 2016
Ex-Facebook designers climb charts with adorable game Pinchworm
Funky physics and controls make mobile games fun. You tap against gravity in Flappy Bird, fling on a trajectory in Angry Birds and press to maintain momentum in…
Read articleMay 23, 2016
Facebook enables Continuous Live Video to power puppycams and more
Live mobile video is evolving beyond selfie-stream rants and citizen journalism. Facebook will now allow non-stop, long-form broadcasting as long as the creators don’t mind that they won’t…
Read articleMay 23, 2016
Facebook Live lets you skip to the good part
Facebook’s newest feature could fundamentally change how you watch video. Until now, you either sat through a video until it got too boring, waited for the interesting part,…
Read articleMay 23, 2016
Instagram’s code hints at option to pay to boost posts
We’ve known for some time that Instagram will soon be introducing business profiles, analytics and features intended to improve the ad-buying experience on the Facebook-owned photo-sharing network. Now,…
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