Sep 9, 2019 | Ads, Social, Social media
Snap, Facebook, MTV Breaks and more digital brands are coming together to support this year’s Digital Disruptors programme, aimed at inspiring the younger generation in the digital industry.
Sep 4, 2019 | Ads, Regulation, Social, Social media
Facebook will stop using facial recognition technology to automatically tag people in photos unless the user has opted in.
Sep 2, 2019 | Regulation, Social, Social media
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has had his own Twitter account hacked, sending our a bombardment of racist and offensive messages.
Aug 30, 2019 | Mobile, Regulation, Social, Social media
Ahead of the new academic year next week, young Brits are calling for tighter rules and awareness around the use of smartphones and social media in schools, according to new research.
Aug 29, 2019 | Social, Social media
Bazaarvoice has bought Influenster, a product discovery and reviews platform, to give brands a single partner to help them build relationships with new and existing customers.
Aug 23, 2019 | Ads, Content marketing, Mobile, Social, Social media, Video, Viral
YouTube has released its Bumper Ads Leaderboard, which showcases the top 10 six-second adverts that people loved this year.
Aug 23, 2019 | Ads, Content marketing, News, Social, Social media, Video
Yahoo Finance UK has released the next episode of “Global Change Agents with Lianna Brinded,” featuring Syl Saller, the CMO of drinks giant, Diageo.
Aug 22, 2019 | Ads, Content marketing, Mobile, Social, Social media, Video
Twitter has introduced a new way to buy video ads that gives advertisers the option to pay only for completed views.
Aug 21, 2019 | Ads, Regulation, Social, Social media
Facebook has launched a new privacy tool “Off-Facebook Activity” in a bid to win back the trust of its users after the Cambridge Analytica data scandal last year.
Aug 20, 2019 | Ads, Regulation, Social, Social media
Twitter is reportedly running ads from China’s state-backed media outlet Xinhua attacking the Hong Kong protesters.
Aug 20, 2019 | Social, Social media
eMarketer has downgraded Facebook user growth in both France and Germany, due to declines among younger age groups as they shift their usage to other platforms.
Aug 19, 2019 | Social, Social media
Marketing giant Ogilvy UK is working with Takumi to boost its influencer marketing capabilities for clients.
Aug 15, 2019 | Mobile, Regulation, Social, Social media, Viral
A tweet from a teenager has gone viral after she apparently used her smart fridge to post on Twitter after her mother confiscated her phone, giving the electronics brand LG a social media buzz in the process.
Aug 15, 2019 | Mobile, Regulation, Social, Social media
Facebook has been paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe voice chats carried out using the company’s Messenger app, according to a news report.
Aug 14, 2019 | Content marketing, Social, Social media
Automattic, the creator of WordPress, has acquired Tumblr for “less than $3 million” from its previous owner, Yahoo, owned by Verizon.
Aug 12, 2019 | Ads, Content marketing, Regulation, Social, Social media
Instagram has banned marketing company Hyp3r as an ad partner after allegedly scraping public data about users’ locations which would normally have been deleted within 24 hours, according to a news report.
Aug 9, 2019 | Ads, E-commerce, Social, Social media
Consumers’ interactions with brands on social media influence their buying decisions — 67% of consumers have made a purchase after seeing an advertisement on social media. However, a new survey finds that not all platforms hold the same weight in people’s buying decisions.
Aug 7, 2019 | E-commerce, Regulation, Social, Social media
Facebook is still failing to shut down groups on its social network where fake Amazon reviews are bought and sold, according to a new report.
Aug 2, 2019 | Ads, Content marketing, Social, Social media
Pinterest now attracts 300 million monthly users for the first time during the quarter ending in June, a 30% increase from the same period a year earlier.
Aug 1, 2019 | Ads, Content marketing, Regulation, Social, Social media, Video, Viral
Influencer fraud, where influencers pay for fake followers or engagement, is costing brands more than a billion dollars a year, according to a new study.