Updates:
✔️Snapchat's rolling out a collection of new tools to encourage Snapchatters to vote in the upcoming US Presidential election. Click here to read more.
Holidays:
Son and Daughter Day
Play In The Sand Day
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✔️Facebook launched the first video in a new series that will provide insights into its video products. Watch the first video here.
✔️Also in Facebook, have you noticed that they appear to be looking to boost the usage of hashtags once again, with various users seeing new prompts to highlight hashtag use on the platform. Click here to read more about this update.
✔️Twitter has announced that it will now display new labels on the accounts of state-affiliated media entities, providing more transparency around the information shared by what are essentially Government-moderated accounts. Learn more about this update here.
✔️TikTok launched their first TV app, called “More on TikTok,” on Amazon Fire TV devices yesterday. Read more about his news here.
✔️Snapchat now lets you turn your face into an animated sticker. Click here to read more about this update.
✔️Recap of this week’s news
✔️THE FRONT ROW FRIDAY SHOW: Hey Don’t miss the Front Row Friday show, I’m going to Livestream @10AM ET on Facebook with all of these updates from the week, along with any cool new tools I’ve discovered, book shares and maybe a few handy business and marketing tips. You can go to my facebook page, it’s @thejenlehner or join our community, The Front Row and that’s at frontrowclassroom.com
Holidays:
Saturday, August 8th is
International Cat Day
Happiness Happens Day
Scottish Wildcat Day
Top 8 Challenge Day
Odie Day
Bowling Day
Garage Sale Day
Sunday, August 9th is
Melon Day
Rice Pudding Day
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Updates:
✔️Facebook has announced a new slate of free education sessions and awareness programs as part of National Black Business Month. The main focus of the new program is business education and support. Read more about Facebook's Black Business Month events here.
✔️Instagram Reels launched yesterday. Read more about this update here.
✔️Big YouTube accounts are being plagued by hackers promoting Bitcoin scams resembling the hack that compromised Twitter. Click here to read more.
✔️Microsoft has six weeks to close one of the strangest deals in tech industry history. They publicly announced they were in talks with President Trump to buy portions of TikTok from its Chinese parent company ByteDance. Click here to read more about this news.
✔️Google is expanding the capabilities of their Assistant on smart displays and speakers to make it easier for families that are homeschooling their children during the pandemic. Read more about the new features here.
✔️Zoom added some silly filters and more noise suppression options. Click here to read more about this update.
✔️NEW PODCAST: 11 Ways to Automate Your Business
Holidays:
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
International Beer Day
Aged Care Employee Day
Professional Speakers Day
Lighthouse Day
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Updates:
✔️YouTube Music is adding a new feature that will let you play ‘recommended music’ via Google Assistant. So just say “Hey Google, play recommended music from YouTube Music”. Click here to learn more about this update.
✔️Facebook has launched a new update for its Messenger chat plug-in for websites, which lets you prompt direct message conversations with visitors to your site via a pop-up chat window. Click here to install the plug-in and for setup instructions.
Holidays:
Fresh Breath Day
Balloons to Heaven Day
Farmworker Appreciation Day
International Sailor Moon Day
India Pale Ale Day
Root Beer Float Day
Wiggle Your Toes Day
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Updates:
✔️Twitter surveys users on possible options for tweet subscriptions. Click here to learn more about this update.
Holidays:
Work Like a Dog Day
Blogger Day
Oyster Day
Underwear Day
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Updates:
✔️In Facebook news, if you are a fan of music videos… they are bringing official music videos to Facebook in the US
✔️The FBI announced on Friday that in regard to the recent hack on Twitter, a Florida teen, he’s 17, was arrested in his own apartment, and is now being held in custody, and facing over 30 felony counts.
✔️Tiktok responds to possible US ban. They were not planning on going anywhere.
✔️ Microsoft has confirmed reports that they were in talks with President Trump to acquire Tiktok.
Holidays:
Coast Guard Day
International Clouded Leopard Day
Single Working Women’s Day
Assistance Dog Day
Night Out
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Updates:
✔️Facebook is trying to lure some of the big influencers on TikTok over to their new version of the app, called Reels. Click here to read more.
✔️Facebook also just released their tenth new app, it’s a collage board tool called E.gg. Read more about this update here.
✔️Also in Facebook news...their 'Summer of Support' business education program continues this week, with a range of courses looking at how businesses can use Messenger, Facebook groups and more. Click here to read more about Summer of Support.
✔️The CEOs of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple all faced the House Judiciary Committee in the US last Wednesday, as part of a five-hour hearing which intended to establish whether the tech giants have been operating in an anti-competitive manner. Learn more about this news here.
✔️Twitter has updated its policies to now include links to hateful content within its parameters to unacceptable activity. Read more about this update here.
✔️US-based TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has issued his first public statement, in which he takes an aggressive stance in facing up to the challenges posed by regulators and competitors, whom, he says, are seeking to shut the app down. More about this news here.
✔️ Recap of this week’s news
✔️Hey Don’t miss the Front Row Friday show, I’m going to Livestream @9AM ET on Facebook with all of these updates from the week, along with any cool new tools I’ve discovered, book shares and maybe a few handy business and marketing tips. You can go to my facebook page, it’s @thejenlehner or join our community, The Front Row and that’s at frontrowclassroom.com
Holidays:
For the month of August
Admit You're Happy Month
Family Fun Month
National Catfish Month
National Eye Exam Month
National Golf Month
Peach Month
Romance Awareness Month
Water Quality Month
Inventor’s Month
And Saturday is
Planner Day
Respect for Parents Day
Yorkshire Day
World Wide Web Day
Disc Golf Day
Sandcastle Day
World Lung Cancer Day
Raspberry Cream Pie Day
And Sunday is
Sisters’ Day
Doll Day
Ice Cream Sandwich Day
Coloring Book Day
Psychic Day
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Updates:
✔️An Awesome Marketing Book: ”InstaBrain: The New Rules for Marketing to Generation Z” by Sarah Weise
Holidays:
Raspberry Cake Day
Talk in an Elevator Day
Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day
System Administrator Appreciation Day
World Ranger Day
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