Facebook says it's opening Watch to more types of content, including non-episodic long-form, in bid to capture YouTube stars, and is adding polls, quizzes, more
CNBC Hillary Grigonis / Digital Trends : New trivia game shows and video polls on Facebook turn viewers into participants Tim Peterson / Digiday : 'That's YouTube': Facebook opens Watch to all videos ...
Facebook will count organic reach impressions only when a Page post actually appears on a person's screen starting next week
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Pinterest opens up 5,000 interests supplied by its Taste Graph for advertiser targeting, says they are sourced by algorithms but vetted by human editors
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Twitter is testing a subscription service that automatically promotes advertisers' profiles and up to first 10 tweets a day for $99 per month
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Snapchat launches its Snap Publisher self-serve ad creation tool, which can convert horizontal videos and websites into vertical video ads
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Facebook now lets all Audience Network publishers insert ads within the “Related Articles” section at the bottom of their Instant Articles
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Facebook debuts new group features for Live, including Live With, letting users stream side-by-side, and Live Chat with Friends private chatrooms
or their own video stream Jared Peters / TalkAndroid.com : Facebook doubles down on live video with two new features Aaron Mamiit / Tech Times : Facebook Live Now Offers Private Chat With Friends, Joi...
Pinterest will use image recognition to target ads, including in Lens results, limited for now to a Related Pins gallery that's displayed after tapping on a pin
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Several studies show that existing Snapchat users are staying loyal to the social network, despite Instagram stunting its growth
Tech Roundup Nick Sarafolean / Android and Me : Snapchat adding Limitless Snaps and more Android Authority : Latest Snapchat update brings limitless snaps, Magic Eraser tool Evan Selleck / iPhone Hack...
Interview with David Marcus on making bots easier to find on Messenger, updates to M assistant, debut of Chat Extensions to help devs add in-chat functionality
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