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Instagram rolls out Shopping in Stories globally, launches Shopping channel in Explore

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Instagram is expanding Shopping in Stories globally and launching a Shopping channel in its Explore tab. Since it began testing the Shopping Bag icon in Stories this past June with a limited number of e-commerce brands, the company reports more than 90 million accounts per month have tapped on the shopping bag tag used in […]

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Instagram fights back against fake accounts & bad actors with new safety tools

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After last week’s announcement that 652 Pages, accounts and groups had been removed from Facebook and Instagram, Facebook’s less popular (but quickly growing) app is now getting its own set of safety tools. In the coming weeks, Instagram will be rolling out three new security measures designed to safeguard itself against fake accounts and create

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As advertisers pull back on Facebook, Instagram’s ad spend growth rate is booming

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tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com Facebook suffered a lackluster Q2, reporting slow user growth and lower-than-expected revenue. The company’s poor performance resulted in the biggest one-day dive in American stock market history, with Facebook stock falling 19 percent, costing the company $120 billion in a single day. Facebook CFO David Wehner tried to smooth over the company’s

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Facebook testing AR ads in the News Feed & new tool to help brands create video ads

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Facebook is giving a select number of advertisers access to augmented reality (AR) ads that run in the News Feed and is testing a new tool that will help brands create mobile video ads using existing images and video footage. Already used as part of a Michael Kors ad campaign that allowed users to “try

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Instagram expands Collection ads & Shopping Bag icon for Stories to all brands

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Instagram is expanding its ad offerings to more advertisers. The Facebook-owned app is opening its Collection ad units to everyone starting today and says all e-commerce brands will be able to add the Shopping Bag icon within their Stories for the holiday season. Instagram’s Collection ads include a swipeable carousel display of images that allows

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Instagram signs on to the time well spent movement with new ‘You’re all caught up’ notifications

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making good on his assurance that he wants to be part of the time well spent movement, but instead of starting with Facebook, the company is bringing its first official time-well-spent feature to Instagram, a Facebook-owned app. Starting today, Instagram users will see a “You’re all caught up” message to

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Instagram testing open-ended questions in Stories to make content more interactive

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Instagram is testing a feature that allows users to add open-ended questions within Stories, making content on the app more interactive. Currently, the Facebook-owned app lets users post polls with multiple-choice answers. Users also have the option to direct message someone in response to a Story. By allowing open-ended questions within a Story, Instagram is

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Instagram moves on YouTube with IGTV launch, opening platform to hour-long videos

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Instagram is opening its doors to long-form video, making it possible for all users to upload hour-long video content that will live within the app on its new IGTV platform and a newly launched IGTV standalone app. The Facebook-owned company announced IGTV during an event in San Francisco on Wednesday, also sharing the news that

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Instagram’s new shopping bag icon adds e-commerce element to advertisers’ Stories

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Instagram is giving a select number of e-commerce brands a new feature to help with their e-commerce efforts on the platform. Starting today, certain advertisers can add a shopping bag icon to their Instagram Stories that will display more details about the featured product. Clicking on the shopping bag icon can display various types of

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The big list of political ad policies from leading social & search platforms

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We’re six months out from the 2018 US midterm elections, races that will shape the political balance of both the House and Senate. Of the 535 seats in the US Congress, 35 Senate seats are being contested, and all 435 House seats. As we draw nearer to election night, social and search platforms will be

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