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Marketers leave Twitter in favour of other Ad Platforms

Twitter shares dramatically dropped by 16.3 percent on Wednesday, bringing their total drop so far this year to 36 percent. Analysts have warned that the network could face losing a significant chunk of their advertising revenue by marketers to rival social networks. Following an announcement

Twitter Steps Up to Halt Harassment

Twitter have taken a decisive step towards addressing concerns surrounding harassment on the platform by adding a new tool that will allow users to report multiple cases of abuse en masse. The social network believe that the changes will help give context surrounding the extent

Facebook Algorithm Update Champions Quality Content

There has been yet another algorithm update by the world’s most popular social network.  This update looks to improve the quality of articles and news content turning up on user’s news feeds. Facebook are endeavouring to crack down on misleading clickbait articles and instead offer

Students Favour Snapchat over Twitter

  Students across the UK are turning towards Snapchat over other social networks to communicate with their peers. In the past Facebook and Twitter have proven essential platforms for marketing to Students and now, as a majority of users begin to access from mobile devices,

Facebook Live gets Serious

Facebook Live, the live streaming service attached to the world’s largest social networking site, recently received a huge overhaul in attention after CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that users would soon be able to stream from any device. The social network is often at the forefront

Snapchat Emojis Get Clingy in New Update

A recently released update by Snapchat included new 3D emojis that move alongside features in video messages. Snapchat is one of the most popular social networks for teens and younger people, and new features are often added in a bid to entice new users away

Facebook looks to Bots for Business on Messenger

Facebook will soon launch a new platform for Messenger which will see users chatting with AI bots in the place of business representatives. Last year the social network made it possible for businesses to communicate with their customers via the Messenger App; now the new

Twitter Introduces Direct Message Button on Tweets

  Alongside an announcement on their blog on the 5th April 2016, Twitter rolled out a new direct message button which allows users to share tweets as direct messages. According to the network, the number of direct messages grew by over 60% in 2015, and