YouTube Launches Pop Up ‘Experiential House’ in NYC – Weekly Social Media Update Wk12 2019

YouTube Launches Pop-Up ‘Experiential House’ in NYC YouTube has this week opened a new ‘YouTube House’ pop-up in New York, which includes a range of different elements of focus for YouTubers and showcases the various aspects of the platform’s offerings. YouTube House includes dedicated areas for YouTube TV, YouTube Gaming, virtual reality, a fitness studio,… View Article

5 Minutes with Head of Earned Media & Influence, Ourhai Turkhan

What’s your backstory? A Law graduate from London who turned to the dark side (PR) after realising that it was hands down the most fun you can have whilst working in an office. After years working at some of London’s top agencies, scandalous celebrity parties, awesome client freebies, 3,495 media lunches, a few (read: many)… View Article

Instagram Launches In-App Checkout Feature – Weekly Social Media Update Wk11 2019

Instagram launches in-app checkout feature In case you missed it, Instagram has just launched in-app checkout with 20 major brands including Adidas, Zara and Nike. This new feature will let mobile users complete and track purchases without having to leave the app. Users will now have the power to go from inspiration to purchase in… View Article

Facebook Adds New ‘Watch Party’ Feature – Weekly Social Media Update Wk10 2019

Facebook Adds New ‘Watch Party’ Option Facebook is introducing a new Watch Party experience that will enable people to host Watch Parties around what’s happening on live TV. Facebook is currently testing this globally in Facebook Groups during live sports events like UEFA Champions League soccer matches. [Read More] Google’s Adding New, Advanced AR Masks… View Article

Facebook is About to get More Private– Weekly Social Media Update Wk10 2019

Rebuild: Facebook is about to get more private Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg says the future of his company’s product development will be focused on encrypted, private and ephemeral communication. Facebook will apparently rebuild a lot of its features, noting that smaller groups and more private, temporary posts are the fastest-growing areas of digital communications. [Read… View Article

Google Announces Expansion of Voice Assistant Options – Weekly Social Media Update Wk09 2019

Google Announces Expansion of Voice Assistant Options The use of voice search is on the rise, with a report finding that some 27% of people are now using voice search on mobile in some form. Google’s adding more language variants to its voice assistant tools within its apps, so more people can use them within… View Article

Monthly Archive: March 2019