November 1, 2021

Updates:

✔️ Facebook’s testing out a new way to host more focused public chats in the app, via a new ‘Spotlight Conversation’ post option, which, when enabled, separates replies from specific users into a new chat thread. Learn more about this update here.

✔️Twitter has opened up its new ‘Super Follow’ option to all users on iOS, which will provide more monetization potential for creators, expanding the capacity for them to draw direct income from their biggest fans. Click here to learn more.

HOLIDAYS 11/2/2021:

• Deviled Egg Day

• Dynamic Harmlessness Day

• Day of the Dead

• All Souls Day

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October 29, 2021

Updates:

✔️ From now on, Facebook’s overarching company name will be ‘Meta’. Read the article here.

✔️Facebook has previewed the next stages of Digital Connection at its annual Connect AR/VR conference, including new AR tools, advanced VR options and other, longer-term hardware projects that are set to become central to the new Facebook model. Learn more about this update here.

✔️Twitter has officially launched Spaces recording to selected hosts on iOS. Click here to learn more.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

HOLIDAYS:

For the month of November 2021

• Native American Heritage Month

• Manatee Awareness Month

• Pomegranate Month

• Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month

• Novel Writing Month

• World Vegan Month

• Adoption Month

• Movember

Saturday is

• Checklist Day

• Hug A Sheep Day

• Candy Corn Day

• Haunted Refrigerator Night

• Speak Up For Service Day

• Text Your Ex Day

Sunday is

• Halloween

• Books For Treats Day

• Girl Scout Founder’s Day

• Doorbell Day

• National Knock Knock Joke Day

• World Savings Day

• Magic Day

• Caramel Apple Day

• Visit a Cemetery Day

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October 28, 2021

Updates:

✔️Instagram has announced that links are now being made available in Instagram Stories for all users, not just those with 10k followers or verified accounts. Learn more about this update here.

✔️Twitter’s looking to get more people tuning into Spaces chats by highlighting the best conversations as they happen within the Explore tab, which could result in a big boost in exposure for some chats. Click here to learn more.

✔️LinkedIn’s looking to facilitate more opportunities for freelancers with the expansion of its Services Marketplace,  which essentially builds upon its ‘Services’ listings for profiles, designed to better enable brands and freelancers to connect. Read the article here.

✔️LinkedIn announced some new features for LinkedIn Company Pages which will help you better align with the next stage of the process. Learn more here.

✔️Google's looking to give kids and parents more control over how their image is used online, with a new, simplified process for those under the age of 18 to request removal pictures of themselves from Google Search results. Go to this link to fill in the removal request form. Click here to learn more about Google’s new removal process.

HOLIDAYS 10/29/2021 :

• Internet Day

• Cat Day

• Bandana Day

• Breadstick Day

• Frankenstein Friday

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October 27, 2021

Updates:

✔️Facebook used to be the leading platform of choice for youth social engagement, but over time, it’s lost that cool factor, and become more of a haven for older users, as evidenced in this data included in the recent Facebook Files leaks. Read the article here.

✔️Twitter has posted its Q3 2021 performance numbers, showing steady increases in both users and revenue. But steady may not be enough, given the platform’s ambitious growth targets, while its ongoing investment into new projects doesn’t appear to be paying off as it likely would have hoped. Learn more about this update here.

✔️LinkedIn continues to see ‘record levels’ of engagement, with user sessions up 19% in the most recent quarter, as reported by parent company Microsoft. Check it out here.

HOLIDAYS 10/28/2021 :

• Plush Animal Lover’s DAy

• Animation Day

• Chocolate Day

• First Responders Day

• Immigrants Day

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October 26, 2021

Updates:

✔️Facebook launched a new series of virtual training sessions for female business owners, in celebration of Women’s Small Business Month, which provide tips and insights to help female entrepreneurs succeed in the post-COVID landscape. Click here to find out more about Facebook’s #SheMeansBusiness events.

✔️The Australian Government will consider a new bill that would force social media companies to obtain parental consent for users under the age of 16, or face hefty fines if caught. Read the article here.

✔️TikTok has launched a new video tips series which is designed to help marketers understand the key elements of the app, and create better TikTok campaigns. Learn more here.

✔️Clubhouse is looking to add more context to in-app discussions with a new Pinned Links feature, which will let you attach any URL to the top of the room display. Read the article here.

HOLIDAYS 10/27/2021 :

• Black Cat Day

• Navy Day

• National American Beer Day

• Mentoring Day

• World Day of Audiovisual Heritage

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October 25, 2021

Updates:

✔️Facebook’s looking to help you crackdown on unapproved use of your intellectual property across its apps, with a new update to its Commerce and Ads IP Tool, which it’s also renaming to ‘Brand Rights Protection’, providing a more direct description of its purpose. Click here to check out the new Brand Rights Protection platform via Business Manager.

✔️Twitter has unveiled a new Revue newsletter subscription card that will enable newsletter sign-up direct from tweets in-stream. Click here to learn more about this update.

HOLIDAYS :

• How At the Moon Day

• Pumpkin Day

• Mule Day

• National Day of the Deployed

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October 22, 2021

Updates:

✔️Facebook has today announced some new tools for SMBs, including video and audio calls direct from the Facebook inbox, and new appointment booking functionality to better facilitate connection. Learn more about this update here.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

HOLIDAYS :

Saturday is

• Make a Difference Day

• iPod Day

• Boston Cream Pie DAy

• TV Talk Show Host Day

• Mole Day

• Event Organizers Day

Sunday is

• United Nations Day

• Mother-In-Law Day

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October 21, 2021

Updates:

✔️Facebook is set to announce a name change for the company next week, which will reflect its all-encompassing focus on adapting for the metaverse concept. Read the article here.

✔️Facebook has announced some new penalties for group members who repeatedly violate its rules, as well as new control options for group admins to police potentially harmful content in their groups. Click here to learn more.

✔️Twitter has announced that it has acquired chat app Sphere to help expand its Communities project. Click here to learn more.

✔️YouTube is looking to provide more specific search matches with the addition of its new auto chapters as a search element, which means that it will now be able to highlight automatically identified segments in response to user queries. Find out more about YouTube video chapters here.

✔️Pinterest has officially announced its new, TikTok-like ‘Watch’ feed for Pin content, as well as a new ‘Takes’ response option for Idea Pins, among other updates for the app. Learn more about this update here.

HOLIDAYS : 10/22/2021

• Capslock Day

• Nut Day

• Smart is Cool Day

• National Color Day

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