Tag: Social

May 5, 2017

Do you track the return on your social media activity in Google Analytics? Want to discover some valuable shortcuts? To explore cool hacks for Google Analytics, I interview Annie Cushing. Read More on Social Media Examiner

May 4, 2017

If there’s one question that just won’t go away for Snapchat parent company Snap Inc., it’s what to do about Facebook. For months, Mark Zuckerberg’s social network has been relentless pushing into Snapchat territory, first by copying Snapchat Stories in […]

April 12, 2017

Are you live-streaming on Facebook? Want to make your Facebook Live videos more engaging? Facebook Live 360 video gives you an easy, fun way to capture your audience’s attention and raise engagement levels. Read More on Social Media Examiner

March 21, 2017

When Instagram jumped into the live broadcasts bandwagon in November the company touted the feature as completely ephemeral: there is no option to replay a broadcast, so as soon as the video ends it disappears. This is was by design […]

April 13, 2016

Facebook announced today that it was opening up its Messenger platform in beta to let chatbots into the app. What this means is that you’re now able to interact with an AI-powered “representative” from a business within one of the […]

April 4, 2016

Digital privacy advocates and users of Reddit expressed their alarm on Friday over a change in the forum’s transparency report that suggested it may have been asked to give customer data to FBI investigators under a secretive government authority. The […]

March 28, 2016

Facebook activated its Safety Check system today following the tragic attack in Lahore, Pakistan in which dozens were killed by a suicide bomber. However, the activation didn’t function properly, as many in the U.S. and the U.K. received notifications from […]

March 24, 2016

Google has quietly been building a new livestreaming app called YouTube Connect, VentureBeat has learned. This service highlights the company’s efforts to double down on live video while also placing it in a position to compete directly against Twitter’s Periscope […]

March 9, 2016

Depositors at some of the largest U.S. banks are finally going to get the chance to do something quick and simple: send money to another person’s account instantaneously by mobile phone. The idea has been in the works for at […]

March 8, 2016

Truecaller has announced plans to merge two of its flagship apps into one as part of the Swedish startup’s efforts to create the ultimate phone call management app. If you’re new to Truecaller, the Stockholm-based company has built a solid […]

January 13, 2016

Skype today announced that its Skype Translator tool is now built directly into its main app for all Windows users. This means Skype for Windows users no longer need a separate app to translate conversations in seven languages (Chinese Mandarin, […]

January 12, 2016

Text, sentiment, and social analytics help you tune in, at scale, to the voice of the customer, patient, public, and market. The technologies are currently being applied in an array of industries ranging from healthcare to finance, media, and consumer […]

December 14, 2015

Twitter Inc issued an alert to some users warning them that state-sponsored hackers may have tried to obtain sensitive data from their accounts, the company said, the first such warning by the micro blogging site. The notice said there was […]

December 11, 2015

Google is introducing a new tool for bloggers to highlight articles they’ve written on their own blogs. With the new Feature Post gadget (similar to a widget in WordPress), Google’s Blogger platform now lets bloggers position their favorite post in […]

November 12, 2015

“Hosts are the lifeblood of the company,” Joe Zadeh, vice president of product at Airbnb, explained, and it’s easy to see why. If this seven-year-old company is to create a truly unforgettable experience for its guests, it needs to have […]

November 11, 2015

Google has launched a new tool called About me that lets you see, edit, and remove the personal information that the company’s services show to other users. Google confirmed to VentureBeat that the feature started rolling out to users this […]

April 6, 2015

I heard there had been a redesign of the briefly trendy ad-free social network Ello — an announcement that did not receive as much media attention as the new $5 million funding round for the startup. So I figured I […]

March 20, 2015

Inflection points are thrilling and slightly unnerving to live through. Like, for example, the inflection point the IT world is experiencing now. We’re in a phase where the exponential growth of cloud computing feels unstoppable. Many industry observers are starting […]