Social Media Marketing
How visual recognition is set to change advertising
Advertisers are beginning to explore the possibilities of technologies that identify the content of images and...
Lithium and Spredfast merge into a social management/customer care platform
The companies said that each boosted the other’s weak...
The newest Forrester Wave on social listening platforms expresses disappointment in the category
The report says there are too few differentiators and not enough integrated use of the data across the entire...
Facebook bans an app once used by 4M people, suspends 200 more
Facebook says it is notifying those who shared information with the myPersonality app, which was mostly active before...
Tweetbot & Twitterrific remove features no longer available as Twitter rolls out API updates
As announced in December 2017, Twitter is ending API access to site streams, users streams and direct messaging features starting today....
Fake social accounts: Another problem for marketers to monitor
For New York City-based threat intelligence firm IntSights, it’s a never-ending battle against posts from imitation brands and...
AI and IA: How artificially intelligent automation is driving scalable marketing
What happens when you combine marketing automation and artificial intelligence? Contributor Andy Betts delves into the topic and explores what's...
Snapchat revenue reaches $262M in Q2, but daily active users drop to 188M
Compared to its first quarter reports, the company reported a 2 percent drop in the number of daily active users on the...
Facebook looks to monetize WhatsApp with new Business API & ads that open chats in the messaging app
The new Facebook ads that click to WhatsApp open a pre-filled chat so that users can easily message the business via the...
Facebook cuts off access to API platform for ‘hundreds of thousands’ of inactive apps
Facebook removed access to its API platform for inactive apps, and is now queueing up active apps to make sure all undergo the new review...
A brand manager’s guide to virtual assistants
Contributor Jane Price explains how and why brand managers should be involved in the development of a virtual assistant....
As Facebook user and revenue growth slows in Q2, advertisers still on board
The company is betting on Stories ads and says GDPR impact on user growth was in line with expectations. ...
New features in the Facebook Ads Manager app make building ads on mobile easier
The ad-creation tool has five new features, including the ability to include overlays, stickers, logos and...
How to reach consumers while protecting their privacy
The debate surrounding probabilistic versus deterministic cross-device tracking is nothing new. But with the rapidly evolving online landscape...
Facebook reminds developers deadline for app reviews is less than a month away
App developers wanting to keep access to a number of APIs will need to submit their apps for review by August...
Report: Feds widen scope of Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal probe
The FBI, the SEC and the FTC have reportedly joined the Department of Justice in the investigation, which will include a deeper look at...
Twitter now removing 214% more spammy accounts YoY as it ramps up efforts against bad actors
After announcing it acquired Smyte to help improve safety initiatives, Twitter outlined new ways it is fighting malicious content and...
Apps must now pass review process before getting access to Facebook’s Marketing API
In its latest updates to the app developer platform, Facebook is instituting new review processes for certain APIs, shutting down...
Traditional TV rolls with the times, remains a viable entertainment channel to both viewers and advertisers
As it has for more than 100 years, competing tech challenges television to evolve rather than contribute to its...
Tokenized loyalty platform Sweet offers Sugar tokens to energize fans
The platform is one of the first to actually deploy reward tokens for stimulating brand...
