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Social Media News Roundup: February ‘17 Week 2

Hardly a day goes by without something happening in the world of social media. Every week we take a look back at some of the biggest social media news stories of the past seven days. Facebook introduces new weather forecast feature Facebook hab announced the roll-out of a new feature
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Social Media News Roundup: January ’17 Week 4

Seven days is a long time in the world of social media. Let’s take a look at a few of the biggest news stories over the past week. Study shows that middle-aged people spend more time on social media than Millennials Until now the word “Millennial” has for some unknown
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Twitter Introduces User-specific QR Codes

Twitter has now introduced QR codes for its iOS and Android apps, and as yet, nobody is entirely sure why. Very much in the same vein of Snapchat, the new feature allows users to directly follow users by scanning QR codes linked to their profiles. The new feature is a

Facebook and Twitter Join News and Eyewitness Media Coalition

Facebook and Twitter have become confirmed partners in a new coalition of news organisations committed to tackling misinformation on social networking, and improving the quality of reporting across media. Organised and announced by the Google-backed First Draft News, the coalition is an expansion into a new partner network intended to

#SaveTwitter & How Rumours Get Out Of Hand on Social Media

Twitter has unequivocally debunked rumours that the network was going to shut down in 2017 because of abuse received by one user on the network. While we can all rejoice in the fact that everything is still A-okay, it nevertheless raises questions about how quickly lies can spread online… #SaveTwitter

New Twitter App Helps Businesses Connect with Users

Twitter have released a new app that could help make it easier for businesses to engage with social media users. Dashboard focuses on providing easy-to-understand insights and actionable advice, all of which are designed for businesses who want to expand their community. Twitter announced Dashboard in a post on their blog, describing it

Twitter Stop Including Images and URLS in 140 Character Count

Founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has made yet another move in a bid to help the network stand up among it’s competitors by allowing images and URLs to be discounted from the iconic 140 character count. Although a minor change it is nevertheless one that represents a departure

Twitter wants to Develop their Search Capabilities

Twitter is developing its search capabilities to allow users to discover content beyond basic tweets such as Vines and live streams from Periscope. The social network is aware of the restrictive nature of its current search option and is building a new information retrieval system called Omnisearch in the hope

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 by Twitter that marketers had

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 the new feature responds to