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Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn has added two new metrics for newsletter creators in the app, with “email sends” and “email open rates” now available via your newsletter analytics page, providing more ways to measure the performance of your communications....
Source: Social Media Today Live streams are a key element of TikTok’s broader in-app shopping push, with live-stream shopping now driving the majority of the revenue in the Chinese version of the app. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn has announced some updates to its ad targeting and attribution elements, in order to help marketers reach the right audiences with their ads, and demonstrate ROI from their efforts. Continue reading ...
Source: Instagram People use Instagram DMs all over the world to stay connected with friends and family daily. Today, we’re introducing message translations, new ways to share music, scheduled messages, pinned content and group chat QR codes to make it even...
Source: Techcrunch Hours after Elon Musk’s AI company xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price for its top Premium+ subscription plan, which gives users access to the latest model, to almost $50 per month....
Source: Social Media Today Meta is making a change to its storage time for livestream broadcasts, in order to reduce its costs in maintaining video data. Which means that any livestream older than 30 days will soon be removed from the app. Continue...
Source: Techcrunch YouTube Shorts is integrating with Google DeepMind’s latest video model, Veo 2, allowing creators to generate AI video clips for their posts. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today YouTube has announced an expanded release of its text-for-speech feature for Shorts, while it’s also launching a new series to help promote safer internet use among teens for Safer Internet Day as part of its latest feature update....
Source: Social Media Today Snap has announced its latest feature update for Snapchat+ subscribers, including new generative artificial intelligences (AI) elements, Bitmoji clothing and some new options to help spark more engagement. Continue...
Source: Social Media Today Meta’s announced some new updates for its AI-powered Advantage+ ad campaigns, which, at best, aim to take all, or most of the campaign targeting decisions out of your hands. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today YouTube’s expanding access to its “Communities” tab, which provides a dedicated space to facilitate expanded channel discussion, while it’s also looking to provide more insight into Connected TV viewership in its latest update. ...
Source: Social Media Today Instagram has added a new WhatsApp sticker for Stories, which enables you to drive clicks towards a private WhatsApp chat direct from your Stories posts. Continue reading