Snapchat Announces New Virtual Try-on AR Partnership

Snapchat’s adding yet another string to its in-stream commerce bow through a new partnership with global eCommerce top brand Amazon. This new partnership will see thousands of Amazon’s top-selling eyewear models added as Snap Lenses for virtual Try-On in the app. The ‘Amazon Fashion’ profile in the app will now feature a wide range of virtual try-on choices […]

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The Latest on Musk’s Twitter Reformation Plans

What’s Elon Musk brewing up now for Twitter? Following what can only be described as ‘controversial’ progress, including a recent plan to charge users $8 for verification, Musk is now looking at other money-making ventures to claw back some of his $44 billion investment. So far, all of his ideas have been ‘cash-grabby’, but perhaps that’s […]

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Elon Musk Is Now Twitter-In-Chief

After months of tedious back and forth, what people almost deemed as impossible happened – Tesla owner and CEO Elon Musk is now the new Twitter-in-chief. Despite the excessive turmoil Musk’s sudden campaign has already caused, part of his initial decrees as the new Twitter head to fire its top executives, including current CEO Parag Agrawal and […]

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Pinterest Provides New Music Options for Idea Pins

Pinterest aims to better help creators create more engaging Idea Pins with the addition of new music options for their Pin creations, including tracks from some of the world’s biggest recording artists and stars. Based on official samples, now, when creating an Idea Pin, you’ll be able to choose from a range of popular tracks to […]

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TikTok’s New ‘Stemdrop’

TikTok’s looking to take its musical elements to the next level with the launch of a new ‘StemDrop’ initiative which will provide TikTok users with the opportunity to remix a new song and create their own version of the track. As TikTok puts it: “StemDrop launches in collaboration with one of the greatest songwriting teams in history, […]

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Snap Bitstrips 15th Birthday

Despite being available only since 2016, Bitmoji creator Bitstrips is turning 15 this week, and Snap’s celebrating the milestone with some new insights into Bitmoji adoption and usage in the app. As Snap outlines: “Born in Toronto, Canada in 2007, the personalized comic strip builder called Bitstrips made it possible for anyone to express ideas in a fun, creative storytelling […]

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TikTok Launches Automated ‘Smart Performance Campaigns’

TikTok’s looking to make it easier for advertisers to maximize their in-app results, with a new automated ad process called ‘Smart Performance Campaigns’, which essentially requires you to put your trust into TikTok’s machine learning systems for full ad targeting and optimization. As TikTok explains: “Smart Performance Campaign is our first end-to-end automation solution that leverages machine […]

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TikTok Announces New Streaming Age Limits

TikTok just announced that it’s increasing the minimum age requirement for live-streaming in the app, along with adding a new ‘adults-only’ live-stream category and new keyword filtering options for live comments. Combined, the new updates could play a big role in improving the safety of its live-stream offers. Age Restricted First up are the new age restrictions […]

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New Pinterest Insights and Updated Conversions API

Pinterest has announced an update to its Pinterest Trends tools, which will help provide marketers with more insight into the latest shifts and opportunities, while it’s also launched a new API for Conversions, which will provide additional Pin shopping data for retailers. Trendy Insights Let’s first take a look at the updated Pinterest Trends – Pinterest has added […]

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Google ‘Frightgeist’ 2022

Google has brought it back! And by ‘it’ we mean its ‘Frightgeist’ mini-site, which highlights all the key Halloween costume trends across the US, and even provides a costume wizard tool to help users come up with the best option for your Halloween approach. Put Up a Fright The main Frightgeist listing shows you the most […]

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