June 1, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook has announced an expansion of its verification requirements, which will see some people with large followings on personal profiles now asked to undergo identification checks. Read more about Facebook’s profile ID requirements here.

✔️Instagram is currently testing a new, double-story Stories feed for some users.

✔️Twitter has announced that they are bringing native tweet scheduling and the capacity to save tweet drafts to their desktop app.

✔️YouTube is now officially launching their new chapters segmentation display for video clips.

Holidays:

• Rocky Road Day

• Rotisserie Chicken Day

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May 29, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook’s NPE team has now unveiled their latest experiment - a music collaboration app called, 'Collab', which will let you watch, record, and remix 15-second video clips.

✔️Starting next week, Instagram will be introducing ads in IGTV and these ads will initially appear when you click to watch IGTV videos from previews in your feed.

✔️Twitter has now taken that a step further by providing an option to customize your Twitter list header image.

✔️Twitter's making it easier for you to add text descriptions to your uploaded images, with a dedicated '+ALT' button displayed on the image itself.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

June Month

• Aquarium Month

• Candy Month

• Dairy Month

• Fight the Filthy Fly Month

• Gay Pride Month

• National Accordion Awareness Month

• National Adopt a Cat Month

• National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month

• Rose Month

• Turkey Lovers Month

Saturday, May 30th is 

• Mint Julep Day

• Water a Flower Day

And Sunday, May 31st is

• World Meditation Day

• No Tobacco Day

• Save Your Hearing Day

• Web Designer Day

• Macaroon Day

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May 28, 2020

Updates:

✔️Twitter has begun live testing their new DM chat window on desktop, which provides a Messenger-style, picture-in-picture display for your messaging discussions on the platform.

✔️An Awesome Professional Development Book: “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Holidays:

• Biscuit Day

• PaperClip Day

• Put a Pillow On Your Fridge Day

• Learn About Composting Day

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May 27, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook has released an app called CatchUp. It’s basically Messenger Rooms for voice calls, and it will let you see when your friends are online and up for a voice call, as well as in-progress group chats that you can join.

✔️Zoom has temporarily disabled the integration of GIF platform Giphy in its chat feature.

Holidays:

• Hamburger Day

• Brisket Day

• Amnesty International Day

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May 26, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook added the capacity for Instagram users to create Messenger Rooms direct their your Instagram Direct inbox.

✔️Facebook has released fifteen new, free Blueprint courses, covering a range of key elements. You can view the full list of new courses on the Blueprint platform.

✔️NEW PODCAST: Launching and What’s Working Now with Mel Pharr

Holidays:

• Sun Screen Day

• Senior Health & Fitness Day

• Cellophane Tape Day

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May 25, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook launched a new Creator Studio app which was designed to make it easier to manage your Facebook and Instagram posts on the go, and get more insights on content performance.

✔️.Facebook has also outlined a range of new remote collaboration tools for the company's professional Workplace platform, including video chat Rooms and new ways to connect via Portal. Read more about the Workplace platform here.

✔️Facebook announced that polls for Messenger are once again back in play within your chat streams.

✔️Pinterest has published a new guide to creating standout video content in Pins. Read Pinterest's full overview and download the new video guide here.

Holidays:

• Paper Airplane Day

• Dracula Day

• World Lindy Hop Day

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May 22, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook is looking to clarify their rules around how you are allowed to use music in your content, while it's also adding a new indicator in Facebook and Instagram live-streams to help people avoid potential copyright issues.

✔️Twitter has officially confirmed that a limited group of users will have access to a live test of its audience control options for tweets, which will let you restrict who can reply to your updates.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

Holidays:

Saturday, May 23rd is 

• World Product Day

• Lucky Penny Day

• Title Track Day

• Turtle Day

Sunday, May 24th is

• Tiara Day

• Escargot Day

• Brother’s Day

• Indianapolis 500

• Aviation Maintenance Technician Day

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May 21, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook has launched 'Shops' on both Facebook and Instagram.

✔️Facebook is testing out a new option that would let you, if you are a group admin, to set up specific alerts for posts that are seeing increased engagement within your community.

✔️Pinterest is rolling out a new product recommendation tool called Shopping Spotlights, which will showcase selections of Pin products as chosen by fashion influencers and publishers.

✔️LinkedIn has published a new guide to key content trends during the pandemic, which includes a range of tips on how to maximize connection with your audience, and examples of how you as a brand, are responding to the crisis.

Holidays:

• Sherlock Holmes Day

• Goth Day

• International Day for Biological Diversity

• Harvey Milk Day

• Don’t Fry Day

• Maritime Day

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