Tag Archives: #digitalmarketing

After first announcing it’s coming Messenger app for Mac at its F8 developer conference last May, Facebook has this week begun rolling out the new Messenger for macOS in selected markets, providing another option to keep in touch. According to 9 to 5 Mac, the new Messenger app was first spotted by another tech publisher, MacGeneration in the Mac App Store in France. TechCrunch has confirmed the app’s initial launch with Facebook, and has additionally reported that the Messenger Mac app is now available in Mexico, Poland and Australia. But how valuable it will be is hard to say – you can already access Messenger via the web, so it’s not like you can’t already use […]

Facebook is expanding its political advertising transparency measures, which require any ad paid for by a political group or candidate to be labeled as such, into 32 new regions, taking the total count of nations which are now required to adhere to Facebook’s advanced political ad regulations to 89. Facebook first launched its updated political ad transparency regulations last June, which relate to any ads about social issues (as defined by Facebook), elections or politics. As you can see in this example, all of these ads need to be labeled with a ‘Paid for by…’ tag, which also links through to additional information on the advertiser, providing more transparency into campaigning […]

You ever get those questionable emails that say something like: They seem not quite right, but you can also see how people would be duped by them – they use Facebook colors, they include links, it looks kind of legit. Except, Facebook usually refers people to ‘facebook.com’, not ‘facbook.com’ as listed here. This is an example of one of the many phishing scams in operation, where criminals try to steal information by tricking unsuspecting people into clicking dodgy links. And they work – many people do, in fact, click through on them, which is why Facebook launched an official listing of the emails it sends to each user within your individual profile […]

After first launching its ‘Restrict’ option to help users better manage their comment streams last October, Instagram is now testing a new process which would enable people to Restrict multiple users in one action, direct from their comments listing. As you can see in this example, which was shared by reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, the new process would enable users to select multiple comments from their stream, then Restrict the relevant users in one hit. As noted, Instagram’s Restrict mode provides another way to manage your post comments, and weed out offensive or unwelcome commenters from your stream. Once you’ve chosen to Restrict an account, comments on your […]

If you’ve tapped on the Facebook options menu in the mobile app in the last few days, you may have noticed this. The listing has been changed from the all white layout to a blue gradient background, along with bubble tiles for each individual option, with alerts for recent activity beneath each. The team over at Android Police provided this comparison of the old and new menus side-by-side: The update certainly makes each individual option stand out – but as you would expect, some (on Twitter) have expressed their disgust at the change. So why would Facebook do this? The company hasn’t provided any specific insight, but it seems like […]

Twitter has this week brought its option to pin Twitter lists, and access them as swipeable, alternative feeds, to Android devices, providing another way to view your list streams. Twitter first launched the option on iOS last September, giving users another way to view tweet content, and easier access to their lists. As with the iOS version, Android users will now be able to pin up to five selected lists from their ‘Lists’ settings and have them appear as swipeable feeds from the home timeline. You can see where you are within your streams via the grey markers below the title of each. The option gives users more ways to access […]