YouTube announced its “get out the vote” campaign for the 2016 U.S. election season. The campaign is called #voteIRL , and it will see popular YouTube creators publish videos encouraging their viewers to register to vote. YouTube said it gathered a group of users together and registered to vote in…

Tumblr extended its support for Apple’s Live Photos to the web. The blogging network also announced that It is open-sourcing the Laphs JavaScript library that enabled it to launch the feature. Tumblr said in a blog post : That’s right! Live Photos work on the web now. Whenever you see that famous…

Measure this: Facebook Wednesday announced a host of new products and integrations with its measurement partners. The social network announced the following new products or integrations: Nielsen Catalina Solutions: Nielsen Catalina Solutions will provide consumer-packaged-goods advertisers with ways…

The livestreaming deal between Twitter and Bloomberg Television , announced in July, has been expanded to include the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates. The social network and the news outlet said in a press release that Bloomberg Television’s broadcasts of the following debates…

Google announced the release of Google Allo on iOS and Android. The smart messaging application allows users to chat with others in one-on-one and group chats. As users send text, pictures, videos and emoji in Google Allo, the app’s Smart Reply feature will suggest responses users can send based on…

Typically, when companies express an interest in brand health benchmarking, the discussion revolves around measuring a change in sentiment or share of voice over time. As they progress along the social maturity curve, their access to historical social data allows them to compare these metrics in…

The Save Draft feature Instagram began testing last month is officially being rolled out to iOS and Android users. The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network announced the update via tweet , with a link to this Help Center page : Trying to create a post that's just right? With the latest…

SEO Everything you need to know about SEO, delivered every Thursday. Your readers download your mobile app? Well, Google won't be sending them to those deep links if you have AMP URLs active on your website. on September 21, 2016 at 9:04 am More Google will now have AMP trump App URLs in the Google…

For marketers, the quest for branding that matters to consumers has always been about how to achieve deeper relevance. The more relevant a brand is in a customer’s life, the more they’ll begin to look for ways to integrate it into their life style . Of course, many point to segmentation as the…

Twitter confirmed that it is shuttering its engineering operations in Bangalore, India, but the number of layoffs is not as drastic as some reports suggested. The social network confirmed the move to Ingrid Lunden of TechCrunch , with a spokesperson telling her: As part of our normal business…

Artix Entertainment announced that AdventureQuest 3D will launch in open beta in October. The massively multiplayer online role-playing game will allow users to complete quests, explore dungeons and more on iOS, Android, PC and Mac. AdventureQuest 3D is officially a reboot of the original…

Ever since Facebook introduced the like button in 2010 , users have wondered about a complimentary dislike button , or at least other ways to react. Facebook finally introduced Reactions for posts worldwide earlier this year , but users were fairly underwhelmed . A new study from Quintly examines…

Pinterest Tuesday named a new engineering director and head of its Seattle office : Ruben Ortega . Ortega has held senior engineering positions with Nordstrom , Google and Amazon , and he also served as chief technology officer for the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. He will report to…

Don’t be surprised if Kevin Hart ’s face starts appearing more and more on your computer, smartphone or tablet screen. The actor and comedian launched his own iOS application last week, KevMoji , featuring emojis and GIFs for iMessage with real faces. My "Kev Moji" app is NOOOOWWWW available…..this…

Facebook Tuesday introduced two new advertising options for retailers looking to boost in-store sales: dynamic ads for retail, and store visits optimization. The social network said in an email to SocialTimes that dynamic ads for retail enable retailers to upload their stores’ inventories to…

We all have 24 hours in a day, but each of us utilizes those hours differently. Similarly, all search engine marketers advertising on Google work with AdWords, but how we utilize it differs from advertiser to advertiser. The most successful advertisers, like the most successful people, are those who…

Google announced the release of Google Trips on iOS and Android. The trip-planning application was designed to help users plan each day of their trips in the top 200 cities in the world. With Google Trips, users can browse a list of suggested day plans for each city, which feature the “most popular…

Pinterest wants to hear from its users. Producer Jessica Henry issued a call for users’ stories in a blog post : We’re looking far and wide for stories of how Pinners like you have used Pinterest in your everyday life. It starts with one question: What idea has Pinterest inspired you to try? It…

You probably heard the opening shots of what’s sure to be a grueling war between social media titans Instagram and Snapchat. In August, Instagram debuted Stories , a feature that allows users to take and post photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours. Users can add text, draw and insert emojis…

New York Fashion Week wrapped up last Thursday, and Instagram demonstrated why the platform is so important for the industry. According to a report from user-generated content marketing platform Chute , with 359,000 images shared, the 2016 NYFW surpassed the events from February in Instagram user…

There are a billion emails sent every day by MailChimp alone. There are over two million blog posts published each day. Average page length has become a staggering ~2000 words , which based on average writing times, can easily take up to four hours (or half a workday) for a single post. The sheer…

Facebook’s latest acquisition is “modular electronics platform” creator Nascent Objects . CEO Baback Elmieh announced the move on the company’s homepage: Nascent Objects was founded on the principle that product development shouldn’t be so hard. That’s why we created the world’s first modular…

A big name in the tech scene in India has joined Facebook to lead global strategies and partnerships for its Messenger application. Anand Chandrasekaran , most recently chief product officer at Snapdeal , announced his move to Facebook in a post on the social network, as reported by Manish Singh of…

Sept. 19 is here, and so are the previously announced tweaks to Twitter’s 140-character limit. Twitter announced Monday (via tweet , naturally): Say more about what’s happening! Rolling out now: photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and Quote Tweets no longer count toward your 140 characters. Say more about…

Blizzard Entertainment launched the latest update for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft on mobile. The update adds a new Welcome Bundle to the game’s store, among other features. With this update, users can now purchase the Welcome Bundle in the game’s store for $4.99. The bundle contains 10 Classic…

Tatiana Maslany taking home the award for best lead actress in a drama was the most-discussed moment on Twitter during the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night. According to data from Twitter, the five most-discussed moments during the event were: Maslany wins best lead actress in a drama.…

Music streaming platform Pandora revealed Pandora Plus , a premium subscription service that will give users access to replays, unlimited skips and offline listening. With Pandora Plus, subscribers will be able to replay songs by tapping the replay button. Users will be able to replay the last songs…

Ah, website launches. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are something every business needs to do. I’ve been through a ton of website launches, so it’s kind of a ho-hum process now. But even if I go into a website launch with a nonchalant attitude, something usually happens—something unexpected. In one…

Are you looking for a new mobile game to play this weekend? There are lots of new options available for you to try, including Wheel of Fortune Slots: The Ultimate Collection from GSN Games . The slot machine game contains a variety of slot machines inspired by television show Wheel of Fortune. Next,…

YouTube released an update for its Creator Studio application on iOS and Android. The update adds actionable data insights to the experience, so creators can learn more about their channels’ stats, as well as how to grow their channels. With this update, the app will now send users personalized…

The hashtag frenzy continues with no sign of abatement, from the mom posting those adorable pictures of the kids, to the millennial sharing every second and aspect of his or her daily life, to the small or large business trying to connect with new or existing audiences. Rarely is a photo, comment,…

It’s time to get in touch with your inner gangster. Don’t worry. There’s nothing illegal or dangerous going on here unless you think that making sky-high revenue from Facebook is illegal or dangerous. In this article, I am going to lay out a simple and effective method for pimping out your Facebook…

Apple released iOS 10 , the latest version of its operating system for iOS devices. iOS 10 comes with a number of new features, including access to stickers within iMessage . Here’s a look at how to use stickers in iMessage on iOS 10. To start, users will need to install stickers by going to the new…

Reports first surfaced in May that certain types of media attachments would “soon” no longer count toward Twitter’s 140-character limit, and now it appears that “soon” is Sept. 19. The Verge reported that starting Sept. 19, media attachments—photos/images, GIFs, videos, polls—and quoted tweets will…

The term “hacking” sounds like technical voodoo that’s beyond the reach of ordinary mortals. The reality is, the term “growth hacking” has kind of been ruined by people who don’t understand it. I mean, even the word “hack” isn’t quite accurate in describing what most growth hackers do. In the…

There have been rumblings for weeks about an Instagram feature aimed at using keywords to block trolls , and that feature is now here for all users, not just celebrities and public figures . Instagram co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom announced in a blog post that the Facebook-owned photo- and…

Whether you’re a power user or a casual user, chances are you’ve recently seen a live video on Facebook or Twitter , likely captivated by the unpredictability and shared excitement as you watch along with people all over the world. As the amount of live video content increases, so does the level of…

Square Enix announced Guardian Codex for iOS and Android. The role-playing game will take players to the year 2030, in a world split between two forces: the Empire and the Resistance. In Guardian Codex, players will join the Resistance in their battle against the Empire. Users will enter the Codex,…

Churn is your arch nemesis. And it’s cutting into your profits. Research shows that “ 80% of your company’s future revenue will come from just 20% of your existing customers.” So, your team must focus on satisfying customers and ensuring they gain value. To keep ecommerce consumers in the sales…