Facebook has confirmed it targets ads to users based on phone numbers they provide for two-factor authentication (the process used to protect a user account) and contact information taken from friends’ contact lists that can be matched to their accounts — even if they haven’t added that information to their accounts. The test. Gizmodo reporter […]
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Today, Facebook has announced that it’s rolling out Facebook Stories Ads to advertisers globally. More than 300 million people use Facebook Stories and Messenger Stories every day. Since Snapchat debuted the Stories format back in 2013, it has taken over the social media landscape. Facebook first introduced the format to one of its properties in 2016 with
Chart of the Day: Almost Half of Young Facebook Users Have Taken A Break From the Platform Facebook is still the outright leader in terms of social media userbase and frequency of use. The increase has slowed but there are also other areas in which the giant has seen a change in demographical statistics. Pew Research Centre
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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 picture of a product or barcode with the Snapchat camera, and then press and hold on the camera screen to launch an Amazon product page to learn more and
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Recently, Google released a new version of its Chrome browser (Chrome 69). It has a new sync feature that connects the browser to other Google properties such as Gmail or YouTube, so when you log into Gmail, you’re automatically logged into Chrome. This offers convenience to end users but has also raised privacy concerns. Chrome is
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Twitter is rolling out a small update which will make it easier to engage via tweet while viewing on-platform video. Source link
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Google has announced that its data query and presentation tool Data Studio is now available to all users. Source link
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LogMeIn has revamped the GoToWebinar platform. There’s a new interface and additional features focusing on small businesses so you can showcase your goods and services under the banner of your personal style to scale. Small Business Trends talked with Daniel Waas, Director of Marketing for GoToWebinar, about what these changes can do for smaller enterprises.
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Question and answer platform Quora says it now has an audience of 300 million monthly unique users, that’s up from 200 million reported last year. The company also announced the launch of Broad Targeting. With this targeting option, ads run across the platform and adapts its targeting as the system learns which audiences engage with
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When Microsoft decided to redesign Skype, giving the tried and true platform a facelift in 2017, the company was bombarded with negative comments from users and critics alike. A little over a year later, Skype says it is bringing simplicity and familiarity back with yet another update to the user experience. The voices of the
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