The 5 Best Twitter Tools to Increase Your Followers As a micro-blogging platform where posts are limited to 280 characters, Twitter’s approach of using brevity sets it apart from the other social media giants like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Twitter is a place for brief thoughts, and even when the social network doubled the character limit of […]
Facebook is rolling out new advertising features that use machine learning to dynamically customize ads for individual users. This gives advertisers the ability to serve personalized ads when they may otherwise lack the time and resources required to deliver personally relevant ad experiences. In an announcement, the company states: “Facebook machine learning combines data and signals […]
Music streaming service SoundCloud has just unveiled a new tool for artists with premier memberships called Promote. The tool allows creators to book campaigns that specifically targets audiences, boosting their music to the top of users’ feeds. In line with Facebook and Instagram’s advertising options, targeting options include age, gender, location, device, and genre. SoundCloud Premier allows […]
Platform Fintechs Are Coming – How Should Startups Respond? There’s a key new player in the global financial services space. I’ll call them the Platform Fintechs – or the “PlatFins.” Super platform technology companies (most famously Facebook, Google, Tencent, Alibaba, and their ilk) are playing an increasingly central role in the financial lives of consumers […]
Instagram ‘stalker’ app Ghosty drops off Google Play Store Ghosty required new sign-ups to recruit at least one further friend The maker of Ghosty, an app which gives users access to private profiles, has removed it from Google’s Play Store. The move came after Instagram said it planned to send a cease and desist letter […]
