Twitter’s trying out a new way to boost on-platform engagement, this time by removing the tweet actions from embedded tweets and replacing them with a ‘talking about this’ count. The idea is to get more people clicking through on the tweet, rather than merely checking out the re-tweet, like and share counts in the embed […]
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People can now upload any photo or video from their phones’ camera rolls to their Instagram Stories, no matter whether it was taken an hour ago or a week ago. When Instagram launched its version of Snapchat’s ephemeral Stories format in August 2016, people could post any photo or video they had taken and saved
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Yesterday, Facebook announced the ability for advertisers to target their campaigns based on a user’s employer and education will be removed from the advertising platform. The decision comes after ProPublica, an investigative reporting publication, found that advertisers could target discriminatory groups such as “Jew Haters” and “NaziParty” in their ad campaigns. To address this, Facebook
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/endsarcasm I could just leave this post here, and it’d be enough for my take on the news that Google+ (yeah, remember that?) is removing share counts from its sharing button. Much like Twitter did a couple of years back, Google’s platform will no longer show how man times your post or article has been
INQUIRER.net file photo Most people nowadays rely on Google search for a quick and easy way to attain answers to whatever query they may have. With smartphones becoming the most used tool to conduct such searches, Google has decided to remove its Instant Search feature, particularly since the feature doesn’t appear to make much sense
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