Tag: "video"
Twitter Shuts Down Vine
Back in 2012 – Twitter purchased Vine for $30 Million USD as they attempted to work their way into the growing market of short video. Whilst Vine was able to attract many users, Twitter was never really successful in monetising Vine videos and in a way became a technical burden on the company. However larger players such […]
Read More | ShareSkype Now Allows Guest Users To Join Your Audio, Video & Group Chats By Invite
Skype have rolled out a new update this week that allows non-registered users to join an existing audio, video or group chat. Previously, to talk with others on Skype you would need a registered username and password – Skype is now opening up the service to anyone. You can send people a special web link […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Launches Live Video Streaming For Celebrities
Facebook have announced an update to their ‘Facebook Mentions’ app – a specifically designed application for celebrities and public figures to broadcast to the public. The latest update includes a new live video streaming function, allowing public figures to share real time events with their fans on Facebook. Fans will be able to like and […]
Read More | SharePinterest Rolls Out Video Ads – Cinematic Pins
Pinterest already has advertising products to reach their approx 47 million monthly users – called Promoted Pins. Today Pinterest has rolled out a totally new advertising product called Cinematic Pings, which is basically video ads. Watch their promo ad to see more information about this new release: This video goes for about 10 minutes and […]
Read More | ShareThree In Five Australian Males On Snapchat Use It To Sext
Marketers and brands are failing to exploit social video such as Vine, Instagram Video and Snapchat despite evidence of greater engagement with users compared to other content types, a major study of Australian social video use has found. While social video is in its relatively infancy, it is gaining in popularity, particularly with women. Some […]
Read More | ShareAnti Social Media Video Goes Viral
This great video by Gark Turk was posted on YouTube about 1 week ago. Now with over 25 million views, it is worth taking note. In the video Gary explains how many of us are absorbed by the ‘social media life’, and how we need to focus more-so on real world connections, in person. The […]
Read More | ShareSnapchat Hits 400 Million Photo Sends Per Day, 70% Of Users Being Female
Self destructing photo app Snapchat, now sends 400 millions photos and videos per day on behalf of users. This is double the volume of sends from June when around 200 million photos and videos were sent each day. Earlier in the month we say Facebook make an offer of $3 Billion USD to acquire Snapchat, which was […]
Read More | ShareInstagram 4.1 Lets You Upload Videos From The Camera Roll
As detailed on the Instagram Blog, they have updated their iOS and Android apps so that users can now upload videos from their camera roll. Instagram have released a number of new features in this update v4.1: Automatic Straightening for iOS There are few things more distracting than a crooked horizon in a photo. We’re happy […]
Read More | ShareFacebook’s Chief Privacy Officer Denies Involvement with NSA’s Prism
Whilst not really easy to submit, Facebook receives a huge amount of feedback on a daily basis – much concerning privacy and security on the Facebook site. The job of the privacy team is to address any user queries or concerns about privacy and security, see how other businesses, apps and advertisers use Facebook’s data […]
Read More | ShareOverly Sexual Roxy Ad Causes Social Media Stir
Australian women’s surfwear brand Roxy has been slammed on social media for using an overly sexual advertising promotion for their latest pro surfing contest – the Pro Biarritz 2013 in Biarritz, France. The video shows an attractive female surfer (presumed to be five-time world champion - Stephanie Gilmore) waking up in the morning, putting on a white shirt, […]
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