October 25, 2018

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Updates:

• Facebook is building a standalone product called Lasso where users can record and share videos of themselves lip syncing or dancing to popular songs.

• Facebook launches Candidate Info, featuring thousands of direct-to-camera vertical videos where federal, state and local candidates introduce themselves and explain their top policy priority, qualifications and biggest goal if they win office

• Facebook confirms that it’s building augmented reality glasses.

• Facebook has this week announced a new range of music features, which includes a new option to add your favorite song to your profile, and pin it to the top, just below your display name.

• Twitter's experimenting with a range of new features which are aimed at prompting users towards more active participation on the platform.

October 24, 2018

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Updates:

• Facebook's New Look Messenger Layout if Being Rolled Out to Users From This Week

• Facebook Launches New Ad Archive Report to Improve Political Ad Transparency

• SoundCloud tracks can now be shared to Instagram Stories

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October 23, 2018

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Updates:

• Facebook's Testing Video Polls Within Ads

• Facebook's Testing New Ads Which Showcase Products from Multiple Brands in One Unit

• Instagram Expands Group Video Chat Option to Six Participants at a Time

• Snapchat Adds More New Lens Options, Expanding Creative Potential

• YouTube Opens Up Premieres to Everyone, Announces New Investment into How-To Videos

October 22, 2018

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Updates:

• Facebook Launches New Dashboard to Better Track Facebook Ad Performance

• Facebook launches ‘Hunt for False News’ debunk blog as fakery drops 50%

• YouTube introduces mini-player for desktop browsers

October 19, 2018

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Updates:

• Facebook Implements New Restrictions on 'Low Quality' Ads

• Facebook Rolls Out New Updates for Branded Content Tags to Improve Transparency

• Facebook has announced a new option to help app developers target Facebook users who've previously downloaded their app and are likely to re-engage with it after lapsing.

• YouTube has announced a new integration with Eventbrite which will alert viewers to upcoming live shows by artists below their videos on the platform, and connect them through to a page to purchase tickets.

Recap:

• Facebook Puts Out Call for Next Communities Summit.

October 18, 2018

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Updates:

• Twitter is trying out a small new change to Moments that would provide contextual information within its curated stories.

• LinkedIn recently updated its algorithm to generate more engagement on each users' posts after it found that people weren't posting updates as often because the algorithm had too heavily emphasized content from top creators.

• YouTube has this week announced that 'TV screens' has been added as a device type in YouTube ad targeting, meaning that advertisers can now specifically target users consuming YouTube content on their home TV sets.

• Facebook has purchased the rights to The Real World, the former hit reality TV show which first aired on MTV some 26 years ago.