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New Emphasis for Images On Twitter

December 7, 2015 by Social Media Twitter

Twitter just announced on their official Twitter account that they now have a “richer photo experience” for images that show up on the timeline. From the Twitter.com blog: Starting today, we’re making your twitter.com timeline more immersive by uncropping photos, so you can experience and present them as they were meant to be viewed. We’re also […]

Meerkat vs Periscope: Who’s Winning?

April 10, 2015 by Social Media

Update 4/21/15: According to Curator, hashtag mentions have dropped for both platforms, but it looks like Meerkat has dropped significantly – from close to 20,000 mentions in a 24 hour period around 11,800 mentions.   Seems like just yesterday we went from having no real viable players in the phone-based video broadcast arena (except for the overlooked UStream) to […]

Facebook Video Inches Closer To YouTube with New Features

January 16, 2015 by Facebook Social Media

Today, Facebook revealed a couple of new features that have been commonplace on their main competitor, YouTube – playlists & featured videos. It’s not clear if this feature has been released to all page managers – you’ll have to let me know in the comments – but on the Florida Gators Facebook page, an introduction was posted at […]

Social Media Hits of the Week – December 5

December 12, 2014 by General Instagram Pinterest Social Media

Here’s some articles that I found compelling enough to actually read and share. Enjoy! 4 Instagram Tools for Scheduling Instagram Updates Did you know that you could schedule Instagram images? Well, you can’t – unless you use one of these four tools reviewed by Social Media Examiner. And considering the terrific engagement percentages people are […]