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” Twitter Acquires Chat App Sphere to Boost its Communities Push “ Twitter’s new Communities offering doesn’t appear to have caught on in a major way yet, but it continues to revise the format and add more options which could, eventually, make Twitter groups a thing, and build another surface …

” Instagram Will Enable Users to Upload Photos and Videos via Desktop from This Week “ It’s been a long time coming, but finally, Instagram has announced that it’s adding image and video posting functionality from the desktop version of the platform as of October 21st, providing a more centralized …

” Pinterest Shares New Insights into Emerging Travel Trends as People Look Beyond the Pandemic “ With the vaccine roll-out gaining significant momentum in many regions, people are now looking to get back to their regular, pre-COVID behaviors, with travel high on the agenda for many. Nothing like months of …

” Facebook Shares New Insights into Fan Engagement Around the T20 Cricket World Cup “ The ICC T20 Cricket World Cup kicks off this weekend, and while cricket is not a major sport in all regions, it’s the biggest sport in one of the key countries for social media usage, …

” FTC Sends Out Official Warnings to Over 700 Brands Over the Use of Fake Reviews “ As eCommerce continues to rise, so too do deceptive methods of advertising, including fake reviews, undeclared paid endorsements and other practices that fall foul of federal laws. And now, the FTC is looking …

” Facebook Develops New AI That Can Predict Future Process Steps, and Help Guide Activity “ This could be interesting, particularly in the context of Facebook’s ongoing development of AR wearables. The Social Network has today outlined a new machine learning process called ‘Anticipative Video Transformer (AVT)’, which is able …

” Instagram Adds New In-App Alerts on Technical Issues and Policy Violations Which May Impact Your Account “ After two significant outages last week, Instagram is moving to provide more insight into ongoing disruptions and issues, while it’s also looking to add more transparency into account-based actions, like Community Standards …

” Twitter Shares New Insights into the Rising Discussion Around Women in Sport [Infographic] “ Women’s sport is on the rise, with various professional competitions, in various sports, gaining significant traction, providing new exposure and pathways for female athletes. The rising focus on women in sport was on show at …

” LinkedIn Shares Tips on How to Maximize the Use of its Various Ad Options [Infographic] “ LinkedIn has published a new overview of how to make best use of its ad tools for different campaign objectives, which outlines the specific LinkedIn ad elements you should consider in varying approaches. …

” Facebook Announces 2021 Communities Summit, Launches New, $350k Community Awards Program “ Facebook has announced the date of its 2021 Communities Summit, with the virtual event set to be held on November 4th, where Facebook will bring together moderators from various Facebook groups, in order to provide insights and …