Twitter plans to make political ad funding more transparent
Twitter has promised to make the funding of advertising on its social network more transparent as it faces proposed new regulations.
Fanta uses VR and Snapchat for Halloween campaign
Fanta has launched an outdoor virtual reality experience for Halloween, supported by a Snapchat campaign.
Facebook buys ‘positive social app’ tbh just 2 months after its launch
Facebook has bought a two-month-old app called tbh, which lets people send each other positive feedback through anonymous, quiz-style polls.
Top tips: 4 ways to keep your customers at the heart of social media
Ben Harrington, Managing Director at BlueSocial offers 4 tips for businesses using social media to manage customer service.
Instagram adds polling stickers to Stories
Instagram is making its Stories more interactive with a new polling feature that users can add with a “poll” sticker.
Uber Vs TFL: who’s driving social media?
Uber and TFL have taken media by storm this week, but how have they faired up on social media?
Top tips: How to prevent, and recover from, a social media hack
A hacked social media account can damage your reputation, especially when you’re supposed to have a certain level of social media savvy. Blaise Grimes-Viort, chief services officer at social media agency, The Social Element, offers a checklist for people to use if they want to prevent, detect or recover from, a social media hack.
Twitter tests 280 character limit for longer tweets
Twitter is doubling its character tweet limit for a “small group” of select users, with a view to doing the same for more people in the future, as the embattled social network looks at new ways of growing engagement.
Ride sharing app Uber loses London license
Transport for London has ruled that it will not renew taxi app Uber’s private hire licence after concluding it is “not fit and proper”.
Email fail: Amazon mistakenly sends baby registry emails
Amazon sent out some very confusing emails on Tuesday, telling a large number of customers that someone had bought an item off their baby registry.