Tech News

11
Jul

The Free Social Media Tools You Should Already Be Using

The Free Social Media Tools You Should Already Be Using If you want to learn more about a situation or get to the bottom of something important, you’ve probably been told to “follow the money.” You can apply this advice to business and leadership, too. If you want to keep a pulse on industry trends and stay ahead of the curve, one

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9
May

Twitter Tests Two New Interactive Options, Including Encrypted DMs

Twitter Tests Two New Interactive Options, Including Encrypted DMs Twitter’s reportedly working on two new features which could broaden your interactive options in the app. The first, as reported by TechCrunch, is encrypted DMs, with a test template of the new option spotted in the back-end code of the Android version by user Jane Manchun Wong.     For those unaware, encryption

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2
May

Facebook F8 2018 Keynote recap: Everything Zuckerberg and co. announced

Facebook F8 2018 Keynote recap: Everything Zuckerberg and co. announced The 2018 Facebook F8 developers conference is officially underway. Although the conference is meant primarily for developers, the keynote often gives us a good idea of what to expect from Facebook, Instagram, and other subsidiaries. Here’s everything we learned from the Facebook F8 Keynote address. FACEBOOK Clear History Not unexpectedly, privacy played

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2
May

From video chat to AR filters, Instagram builds long list of new tools

From video chat to AR filters, Instagram builds long list of new tools Instagram’s camera will soon be good for much more than sharing snapshots and Stories, as the photo-sharing platform dips into video chat and more augmented reality filters. On Tuesday, May 1, during the Facebook F8 conference, Instagram announced a list of new changes coming to the platform, including a

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25
Apr

What is a Chatbot and what are they used for?

What is a Chatbot and what are they used for?     The word chatbot could be an alien term to many of you, but this growing form of marketing was actually developed over 50 years ago. ELIZA was developed in 1966 as the first chatbot to connect people with technology. Some years later and with vast improvements companies have

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11
Apr

How Marketing and Advertising Are Bound to Change In 2018

How Marketing and Advertising Are Bound to Change In 2018 Ad blockers, live video and AI present opportunities as well as challenges.   Digital marketing hasn’t seen any major shifts in a while. Sure, we had to optimize our websites for mobile user experience, tweak SEO a little as the algorithm gods required and make a few other minor changes.

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4
Apr

Facebook now displaying related stories & share info for articles as part of ongoing News Feed test

Facebook now displaying related stories & share info for articles as part of ongoing News Feed test Facebook’s News Feed test, launched last October, expands to give users more context around news headlines. Facebook is expanding a News Feed test it launched last year that aims to help users determine the integrity of news items posted on the platform. Originally, the test included an “i”

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27
Mar

Instagram Is Making a Big Change and Now New Posts Will Show Up First Again

Instagram Is Making a Big Change and Now New Posts Will Show Up First Again Instagram says it has heard your complaints about its algorithm-based feed, and now it’s making changes to display more photos and videos closer to chronological order. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing app announced Thursday that newer posts will now be more likely to appear first in users’ feeds. The change

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20
Mar

Why Google is Forcing You To Have SSL Certificates on Your Websites

Why Google is Forcing You To Have SSL Certificates on Your Websites Don’t have an SSL Certificate? Google is going to flag your website this year! We turn to the internet for everything. From selling to buying, it is the introduction of an E-world. With this dominating trend, online security has become a necessity. Undoubtedly, Google loves its users and

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27
Feb

Meet Vero: Why a billionaire’s Instagram alternative is suddenly so popular

Meet Vero: Why a billionaire’s Instagram alternative is suddenly so popular Instagram haters are jumping on a new social media bandwagon.Vero, a photo-sharing app that launched in 2015, is the latest app to benefit from ongoing frustration with Instagram’s hated algorithm.A week ago, the app was ranked so low it didn’t even appear in the App Store’s top 1,500 apps; today it’s the

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