Monday, December 28, 2015

AdSense Unveils a New Look for Mobile Text Ads


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Google has given AdSense mobile text ads a sleek new look. In a recent article on the official Inside AdSense blog , the search engine giant has unveiled the new format that “allows for higher performance with a more beautiful and user-friendly appearance.”The redesigned version has been rolled out on mobile devices, so you should be able to take a look at it right now.


Source: AdSense Unveils a New Look for Mobile Text Ads



AdSense Unveils a New Look for Mobile Text Ads

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Koko Is A Social Network To Help People With Stress And Anxiety


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When you’re feeling stressed or anxious, usually the worst place to go is social media. Whether it’s seeing a friend’s amazing honeymoon photos or hearing they’ve just landed their dream job, what


Source: Koko Is A Social Network To Help People With Stress And Anxiety



Koko Is A Social Network To Help People With Stress And Anxiety

Monday, December 21, 2015

How it Works - Mobile Justice California


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Mobile Justice App


Mobile Justice CA has three main functions: Record, Report and Witness. RECORD To start recording, simply hold down the camera button on the outside of your phone, or open the app and hit the red ‘Record’ button and the app will use your phone’s camera to record both audio and video. To stop recording, simply tap the screen. As soon as you stop recording, the video will be automatically sent to the ACLU.


Source: How it Works – Mobile Justice California



How it Works - Mobile Justice California

Sunday, December 20, 2015

New photo feature for Facebook Messenger


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Facebook is trying to make it easier to send photos as the holiday season’s picture-taking frenzy escalates with the arrival of Christmas and New Year’s Eve.The world’s largest social networking service is offering a feature call “Photo Magic” that will automatically address a message so it can be sent quickly to Facebook friends identified in a picture.The option relies on the same image recognition technology that attaches people’s names to Facebook posts.With this twist, Facebook is deploying the technology in its Messenger application to make it more convenient to distribute pictures to a few friends and family members


Source: New photo feature for Facebook Messenger | Stuff.co.nz



New photo feature for Facebook Messenger

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Death by a thousand likes: How Facebook and Twitter are killing the open web


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Here’s one way to understand the symbiotic relationship between publications and platforms in the digital age. Publications depend on advertising dollars to keep producing content, so they need to hold readers’ attention. Big platforms like Facebook and Twitter already have plenty of attention, but they need vast quantities of content to fill up their newsfeeds. It seems natural, then, that publications have started relying on platforms to drive readership


Source: Death by a thousand likes: How Facebook and Twitter are killing the open web – Quartz



Death by a thousand likes: How Facebook and Twitter are killing the open web

A Brief History of People Getting Fired for Social Media Stupidity


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Not a day goes by, it seems, without a new story of someone posting an unbelievably tasteless, offensive, stupid, racist, homophobic, sexist or otherwise inappropriate thing on social media. Bigotry expressed in private is inexcusable, but bigotry voluntarily scribbled upon the un-erasable blackboard that is the Internet is a new kind of unbelievable. It boggles the mind that people will actually document and broadcast their terrible ideas online


Source: A Brief History of People Getting Fired for Social Media Stupidity | Rolling Stone



A Brief History of People Getting Fired for Social Media Stupidity

Sunday, December 13, 2015

IFTTT - Make Your Work Flow


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Make your work flow We connect your favorite apps together, so they work best for you.




Source: IFTTT – Make Your Work Flow



IFTTT - Make Your Work Flow

Vandals attack Facebook building in Germany


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BERLIN – Vandals have damaged a building housing Facebook’s offices in Hamburg, smashing glass, throwing paint and spraying “Facebook dislike” on a wall, police in the northern German city said on Sunday.The overnight attack on the social networking group was carried out by a group of 15-20 people wearing black clothes and hoods, police said in a statement. An investigation had been launched .A Facebook spokesman said nobody was injured in the incident. He said he could not immediately comment on the possible motive for the act of vandalism.


Source: Vandals attack Facebook building in Germany | ABS-CBN News



Vandals attack Facebook building in Germany

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Tumblr For iOS Now Supports 3D Touch


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The new Live Photo feature of the iOS is largely stuck on the iPhone 6S and has relatively slow integration with third-party apps or services. However, this notion will change as microblogging platform and social networking website Tumblr recently announced that it will support Live Photo, as well as other iPhone 6S features.


Source: Tumblr For iOS Now Supports 3D Touch, Live Photos : Tech : Yibada



Tumblr For iOS Now Supports 3D Touch

Can't quit Facebook? Researchers have found the reasons why


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If you’ve ever tried taking a break from Facebook, or quitting the site altogether, only to find yourself logging back on just a few hours later, a newly published study by researchers from Cornell Information Science at Cornell University, USA, may have found the reasons why.


Source: Can’t quit Facebook? Researchers have found the reasons why



Can't quit Facebook? Researchers have found the reasons why

Thursday, December 10, 2015

29 Killer Ways to Use Video for Social Networking


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Incorporating video into your social strategy can give customers an in-depth look at your products or operations. There are so many different ways you can use video to brand, network and grow your business. In a recent email interview with Small Business Trends, Donna Moritz of Socially Sorted shared some ideas. Here are some of the best ways you can include video in your social marketing strategy.


Source: 29 Killer Ways to Use Video for Social Networking



29 Killer Ways to Use Video for Social Networking