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Facebook most popular social network, Google+ second
Google+ has beaten the likes of Twitter and LinkedIn to be named the second most popular social network in the world, behind only Facebook, webpronews.com reports. New research by GlobalWebIndex put...
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Facebook simplifies its ad formats, increases image size
Facebook has rolled out a new update which increases the size of adverts, a feature which is uniform across all advert formats. According to insidefacebook.com, the new advertising format sees image...
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Ex-Facebook designer hails Twitter as “most interesting” advertising platform
A former designer for Facebook’s ad exchange has claimed that Twitter’s recent acquisitions could make it the most superior platform online, businessinsider.com reports. Antonio Garcia-Martinez worked...
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Facebook testing video autoplay in users’ news feeds
Facebook is currently testing a new feature which will allow videos to play automatically in users’ news feeds. According to techradar.com, the feature is only going to be available on the Facebook...
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Angry updates spread the fastest on social media
A new study has found that anger on social media is the fastest-spreading emotion. Scientists from Beihang University in China studied 200,000 users on Weibo, a social media service similar to...
View ArticlePinterest now lets users save articles
Pinterest has added article pins to its service, to allow users to save articles to reading boards for reading later. The new-style pins include title, author and summary information about the article...
View ArticleSocial backlash forces Tesco and Asda to pull Halloween costumes
A social media campaign has forced Tesco and Asda to remove Halloween costumes from stores. Asda’s promotion of a costume called “Mental Patient Fancy Dress Costume”, selling for £20, sparked the fury...
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Social network spam up 355 per cent
Spam on social media has risen by 355 per cent in the first half of 2013, according to a new study. That is based on analysis of 60 million pieces of content from Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube...
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Google sparks backlash with endorsed ads announcement
Google has sparked a backlash with the announcement of planned changes to its terms and conditions for Google Plus. The company has announced plans to incorporate Google Plus users’ comments to endorse...
View ArticleFacebook auto-play video ads suffer another delay
Facebook is to delay rolling out auto-play video ads yet again as it looks to minimise disruption. It was first officially announced that auto-play videos would be coming to Facebook earlier this year,...
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