This week in social media, two Facebook-owned messenger services hit major milestones. Meanwhile, Twitter is still on the hunt for a leader with a possible announcement soon, Snapchat (maybe?) hit a Facebook-style milestone in video, and Tumblr cleaned up its act -- on mobile.
Facebook's Messenger and Google's YouTube are at the top of the list Facebook is very popular among iOS users. According to a report released Wednesday from App Annie, the Facebook app and a few other apps it makes are very high up on the list.
Direct messages on Twitter will soon allow for lengthy conversations between users. Direct messages on Twitter will soon allow for lengthy conversations between users.
WhatsApp users will be able to make phones calls from the app With the latest iOS, users will be able to use WhatsApp's recently updated iPhone app to make calls, according to Forbes.
This week in social media, Facebook faced increased scrutiny in Europe while subsidiary WhatsApp finally launched its calling feature on Android. Meanwhile, Twitter's Periscope dominated Meerkat right out of the gate and Pinterest reached its fifth anniversary stronger than ever.
This week in social media, Facebook announced Facebook Messenger as its own platform, as the company's future now looks to rival Google. Meanwhile, Twitter unveiled its Meerkat live-streaming competitor, Periscope, and Snapchat's definitely, definitely the leader in the youth demographic.
Snapchat, by all indications, is involved in another round of venture capital fundraising that could increase financing of the ephemeral social media messaging company by up to $500 million. The funding round could also value the still privately held "startup" at $19 billion -- a number full of irony for Snapchat's CEO Evan Spiegel.
This week in social media, Facebook opened up celebrity sharing to Instagram and Twitter while WhatsApp began testing voice calling. Meanwhile, Twitter's latest earnings report led to Wall Street's habitual dumping of the stock -- that is, until it was confirmed that Twitter had a deal with Google to begin including tweets in search results again.
WhatsApp used to warn of coming violence in Brazil A forwarded message circulating in northern Brazil warned people to stay inside on the night of Nov.
This week in Social Media, Facebook began pushing into YouTube territory, while also testing Snapchat-style ephemeral posts on its flagship network. Meanwhile, Twitter began rolling out the long-rumored "buy" button, WhatsApp added a bunch of new features, and Snapchat settled with one of its co-founders, conveniently while everyone was paying attention to Apple.
This week in social media, we learned that messaging giant WhatsApp has hit a new milestone in active monthly users. Meanwhile, Twitter opened its analytics to everyone, Snapchat might officially be worth $10 billion, Facebook is expanding Graph Search, and Instagram unleashed an amazing app.
After announcing the move in April, FB is making mobile users move to a separate app to chat Facebook is forcing mobile users to use the Messenger app if they want to continue texting their Facebook friends, according to CNN.
According to a multi-market research study into the digital consumer, the cross-platform mobile messaging app WeChat has grown faster in adoption notably in Latin America and the Asia Pacific region.
This week in social media, Facebook introduced two new products in its continued quest for dominance in everything. Pinterest added "Guided Search" (a very Pinteresty search engine), Instagram's Explore page is now more personalized, and Facebook's $19 billion buddy, WhatsApp, reached half a billion users. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
This week in social media, Twitter began its attempt to mainstream its user interface in earnest while finding out that 44 percent of "users" had never tweeted a word, Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp became official, while all other messaging got consolidated into one app, and we found out that while Facebook isn't the biggest hit with teens, Facebook-owned Instagram is. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
This week in social media, Turkey lifted its Twitter ban, Vine and ChatOn added ShapChat features, WhatsApp experienced growing pains, and it turns out the U.S. government created a "Cuban Twitter" to stir Cuban unrest against their leaders. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
A lot of the pain in your wireless bill is being diminished these days, no matter what carrier you use. Perhaps in response to the threat of cheap, internet-based messaging services like WhatsApp, and definitely in competition with each other, AT&T and T-Mobile have just sweetened their deals.
