March 13, 2020

Updates:

✔️Loom is removing recording limits on its free plan, cutting the price of Loom Pro in half — and extending all trials of Loom Pro from 14 to 30 days. Loom Pro is now free for teachers and students at K-12 schools, universities, or educational institutions. Forever.

✔️YouTube has provided an update on its latest measures to combat coronavirus misinformation.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

Holidays: 

Saturday, March 14th is

• Learn About Butterflies Day

• Genealogy Day

• Pi Day

• White Day

• Crowdfunding Day

• Science Education Day

• Moth-er Day

• Legal Assistance Day

• Potato Chip Day

• International Ask a Question Day

• Dribble to Work Day

Sunday, March 15th is

• World Speech Day

• World Consumer Rights Day

• True Confessions Day

• Buzzards Day

• Brutus Day

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March 12, 2020

Updates:

✔️LinkedIn updates its measures in response to the evolving coronavirus outbreak.

✔️Instagram is now testing an option which would let you share your Instagram live streams direct to IGTV as soon as the broadcast has ended.

✔️Google has launched a new Chrome tool that allows developers to mimic visual impairments like color blindness to help them fix accessibility issues on their sites.

✔️Microsoft has outlined its effort to take action against the Necurs botnet, which it says is one of the largest online criminal networks in the world.

✔️Let’s chat about ‘The Receiving Method’ with Patty Lennon.

Holidays: 

• Jewel Day

• World Sleep Day

• Blame Someone Else Day

• Ken Day

• Coconut Torte Day

• Open An Umbrella Indoors Day

• Earmuffs Day

• Smart & Sexy Day

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March 11, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook launched another initiative to continue to boost activity in groups with a new "Community Accelerator" program which will provide support and training for community leaders to help them maximize their use of Facebook's tools to facilitate growth.

If you're interested, you can apply to the Community Accelerator program here.

✔️LinkedIn launched a new series of playlists on Spotify to soundtrack your professional development in various areas.

✔️Google is now focused on pushing Android TV into more living rooms. They are currently working on a follow-up to the Chromecast Ultra, and Android TV will be the software that powers it. And like its main competitors — Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV — Google will now bundle a remote with the device.

Holidays: 

• Girl Scout Day

• International Fanny Pack Day

• Baked Scallops Day

• Kidney Day

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March 10, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook now testing a new option to share your Facebook Story to Instagram in your send settings, which could make it easier to maintain activity on both platforms, and expand your stories' reach.

✔️Instagram also looks to be trying to add in a TikTok-style video response option for IGTV, which would let you allow viewers to respond to your content with videos of their own.

✔️TikTok began testing a new option which let selected users add Wikipedia links to their clips in order to provide more context on certain elements.

✔️Reddit has launched a new Trending Takeover ad unit, which will feature prominently on various surfaces within the app.

✔️New Podcast: How to Productize Your Offers with LeAnna Weller Smith

✔️Chat with Patty Lennon: The Receiving Method on Thursday, March 12th, 9AM EST

Holidays: 

• World Plumbing Day

• Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day

• Registered Dietitian Day

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March 9, 2020

Updates:

✔️.Instagram has now also detailed how it's working to guide users towards accurate, relevant updates on the situation. Which is basically the same as the other channels...fact-checking misleading posts, blocking hashtags which are being used to spread information, and removing misleading posts.

✔️ Amazon’s Alexa quietly gained a few features in February including severe weather alerts and the ability to send information about your commute directly to your phone.

Holidays: 

• Pack Your Lunch Day

• Organize Your Home Office Day

• Fill Our Staplers Day

• International Wig Day

• International Bagpipe Day

• Blueberry Popover Day

• Skirt Day

• Mario Day

• Day of Awesomeness

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March 6, 2020

Updates:

✔️ ‎.Facebook has given its main function menu a colorful refresh.

✔️ Instagram is now testing a new process which would enable you to select multiple comments from your stream, then Restrict the relevant users in one hit.

✔️Twitter has brought its option to pin Twitter lists, and access them as swipeable, alternative feeds, to Android devices, providing another way to view your list streams.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

Holidays: 

Saturday, March 7th is

• Be Heard Day

• Plant Power Day

• Crown Roast of Pork Day

Sunday, March 8th is

• International Women’s Day

• Peanut Cluster Day

• Proofreading Day

• Dry Shampoo Day

• Check Your Batteries Day

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March 5, 2020

Updates:

✔️ ‎.Facebook has taken down 6.6 billion fake accounts. They now have advanced machine learning system called Deep Entity Classification (DEC), which is able to better detect fake profiles based on a broader range of attributes and behaviors.

✔️ Twitter has announced its own variation on Stories, which it's calling 'Fleets'. Though Twitter is keen to point out that it's not Stories.

Holidays: 

• Day of Unplugging

• White Chocolate Cheesecake Day

• Dentist’s Day

• Employee Appreciation Day

• Middle Name Pride Day

• Dress in Blue Day

• Frozen Food Day

• Salesperson Day

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March 4, 2020

Updates:

✔️ ‎Facebook has officially announced the launch of dark mode for WhatsApp.

✔️ With Coronavirus concerns rising, Google will make its advanced group video calling tools available to all G Suite users for free, in order to provide additional options for those looking to reduce in-person gatherings.

✔️ New Podcast: Growing a Thought Leader Brand with Jason Van Orden

Holidays: 

• World Book Day

• Cheese Doodle Day

• Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day

• Name Tag Day

• Absinthe Day

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