The Latest in Social Media
By Gary Vaynerchuk
Stay up to date on all the happenings with these social media platforms:
- Pinterest hits 200 million monthly active users.
- Snapchat releases Bitmoji.
- Instagram Stories adds Canvas attachment.
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Stay up to date on all the happenings with these social media platforms:
Facebook Stories rolls out public sharing
Facebook users that allow public followers now have the capability to post their Stories publicly for anyone to watch. This feature is currently only available for personal profiles, not yet Pages.
Facebook releases Live Audio
Facebook recently released the capability to “go live” using Live Audio amongst other features like Live Video. When on the “Live” tab, tap on the video camera icon to live stream …
Instagram Stories’ audience grows and introduces Live video replays
Instagram Stories’ daily active users has increased to 250 million as a result of many new features to encourage people to shoot videos. Most recently, Instagram created a feature that allows users to have the option to share Live videos on their Instagram Story for 24 hours before it disappears. Read more: TechCrunch, The Verge
Snapchat’s original shows and ads gain $100M from …
Snapchat launches Custom Stories; Snapchatters can now create publicly-curated Custom Stories via the “Create Story” icon located in the top right corner of the Stories page. Users can select who can add to and see the Story in addition to setting up a geofence for where the Story is visible.
Instagram launches Location & Hashtag Stories; Location Stories are located at the top of the Explore section and feature …