Social Media Updates Archive
23 Mar 2015
Facebook now lets marketers target ads at its 92 million expats
Facebook now lets marketers target ads at its 92 million expats Facebook has announced a new targeting feature that allows marketers to reach expats with their ads on the social network. You can now target expats living within a given country and even those originating from a specific country. So, if you wanted to display ads
23 Mar 2015
Facebook Testing Phone App for Android
Facebook Testing Phone App for Android Facebook phone? No, we’re not talking about a new Facebook-branded smartphone (and we’re happy that we’ll likely never see those rumors again). We are, however, talking about a potential app that Facebook is allegedly testing out—the details of which were accidentally leaked via a server-side update to the Facebook
21 Mar 2015
BitTorrent-like P2P software updates could be coming to Windows 10
BitTorrent-like P2P software updates could be coming to Windows 10 If you’ve ever impatiently watched the progress bar fill for a Windows update, salvation is on the horizon. Leaked screenshots of an unreleased Windows 10 build show that peer-to-peer software updates are coming to Redmond’s next major OS release, so hopefully the patching process will
21 Mar 2015
Amazon is reportedly working on a ‘Prime for apps’ subscription service
Amazon is reportedly working on a ‘Prime for apps’ subscription service While Amazon has worked hard to promote its Android app store, let’s face it: if you’re not on Fire OS, you’ll use the Google Play Store almost all the time. But it looks like Amazon may have a trick up its sleeve to get
20 Mar 2015
New Facebook Marketing Tool Chews Up Data, Spits It Out
New Facebook Marketing Tool Chews Up Data, Spits It Out Facebook last week launched Topic Data, a new service that reveals to advertisers the subjects users discuss, the brands and products they use, and the activities they follow. Marketers will be able to sift through data compilations of what users say about events, brands, subjects
20 Mar 2015
How to Use Social Media Dashboards
How to Use Social Media Dashboards An assortment of useful reports are available through Hootsuite’s free version, including Facebook Insights, which shows Likes by demographic, for example; and Twitter Engagement, which shows Twitter mentions and retweets. Some more elaborate reports require a subscription upgrade to $9.99 per month, while others mean purchasing analytics credits. Social
20 Mar 2015
How to Use Twitter’s New Crisis Alerts
How to Use Twitter’s New Crisis Alerts Among numerous new features rolled out by Twitter in recent months, two of the most useful are crisis alerts and the ability to preschedule your tweets ahead of time. The latter, for instance, lets you schedule tweets for posting in the future rather than tweeting a bunch of
17 Mar 2015
10 security startups to watch in 2015
10 security startups to watch in 2015 With IT spending on security on the increase, here are 10 security newcomers hoping to be worthy of corporate customers A wealth of young security companies is trying to capitalize on businesses moving toward security platforms that help them respond more quickly when they suffer successful cyber attacks
17 Mar 2015
Google courts Firefox users with new dump-Yahoo appeal
Google courts Firefox users with new dump-Yahoo appeal Google continues to implore Firefox users to drop Yahoo as the browser’s default search provider. Credit: Screenshot/Google Google ups the ante in the browser wars by embedding a switch plea in Mozilla browser’s search results Google has upped the ante in its appeal to Firefox users to
17 Mar 2015
Microsoft launches Office 2016 developer preview, with focus on business
Microsoft launches Office 2016 developer preview, with focus on business Microsoft emphasizes enterprise features in its first public look at Office 2016, available now to Office 365 Business subscribers Microsoft is going heavy on enterprise features in its first public peek at Office 2016, which is available now to Office 365 Business subscribers. Developers and