With the end of summer quickly coming up, we’ve got another #MMSocialReport for you! Instagram launches live group chat, Youtube has a new chat feature, and of course Facebook is working on some big things. All this and more in this week’s report:
Metter Media Social Report, August 4, 2017
Welcome to this week’s #MMSocialReport! We’ve got plenty of news about Snapchat (is it finally the end for the app?), the potential for sponsored GIFs from Giphy, and a mysterious video-chat project from Facebook.
Metter Media Social Report, July 28, 2017
Awesome news in this week’s #MMSocialReport: Adobe is finally killing off Flash, and Microsoft confirms that Paint will still be available for Windows 10.
We also cover a Google Chrome extension that will allow you to view Facebook stories on it’s browser, BuzzFeed is selling a hot plate that can be connected to your smartphone, and lastly find out what the Snapchat Hotdog means for the future of AR.
Metter Media Social Report, July 21, 2017
This week’s #MMSocialReport is all about updates. Snapchat rolled out an update with Tint Brush, Google gave us a new security feature warning about unauthorized apps, and Amazon’s latest mobile update includes an Instagram-like feature called Amazon Spark.
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#WorldEmojiDay: Metter Media’s Dream Emoji
Ah, the emoji… the millennial’s hieroglyph. Emoji are the easiest way to tell your best friend that you’re running late to meeting her at the bar but you want her to order you a slice of pizza and a beer: (🏃⏰🔜🍕🍻🙏). And they are one of Metter Media’s favorite parts of social media — so you bet your bottom dollar (⬇️💲?) that we’re celebrating World Emoji Day. What better way than to come up with our dream list of future emoji?
Unicode 11, get ready… we have plenty of ideas for you.
Metter Media’s Must-Have Emoji:
Metter Media Social Report, July 14, 2017
It’s Friday and that means…. the #MMSocialReport. This week was a hectic week for the social world, especially Facebook. We saw Facebook reveal the ability to capture emotions via facial scanning to offer emojis, plans for Messenger Ads to go global, and how to upload your own GIFs. Twitter tagged along with an update to filtering notifications and Google Earth announced big plans for Google Earth stories.
Metter Media Social Report, July 7, 2017
Friday is here, social media nerds… and so is the #MMSocialReport! Facebook introduces a new function to help advertisers reach consumers better through video, Instagram has a one-up on Snapchat (but it still feels like copying), and a Snapchat update brings three new features — all this and more in this week’s report!
Metter Media Social Report, June 30, 2017
Welcome back to the #MMSocialReport — this week we are celebrating the 2 billion users hit by Facebook, introducing the new security feature of Pinterest, updated custom geofilters on Snapchat, a group sharing feature called ‘Favorites’ on Instagram and YouTube’s update to display vertical videos more properly. Read it now to catch the trends!
Your News: Independent or Mainstream?
Here are a few questions to ask yourself: how do you consume media these days? Where do you get your news? What do you watch to entertain yourself?
There’s a good chance that your answer has something to do with Facebook, Youtube or some other social media platform. Facebook recently reached 2 billion monthly active users. As almost 30% of the world’s population visit this social media platform to check on their friends, share moments and highlights of their lives, they are also slowly picking up a habit: get their news.
No, not the news, their news.
Metter Media Social Report, June 23, 2017
Will Facebook challenge networks by offering TV-quality videos? How do you use Snapchat’s latest map feature? How can you earn money by being broadcasters at Periscope? Can you instantly find related ideas by using Pinterest Lens? And what is the latest feature of Instagram “Replays” about? These questions and more are all answered in this week’s #MMSocialReport: