1.Google News App Will Display Non-AMP Content and Send Readers To Publisher Pages
Google News will be displaying both AMP and non-AMP web content, the company announced in an email to publishers. [Source: Search Engine Land]
2. Instagram Is Replacing Swipe-up Gestures with Link Stickers
Instagram has started to notify users that the swipe-up gesture to access links in going away and will be replaced by link stickers. [Source: Times of India]
3. Twitter Announces Communities Feature
Twitter announced they are gradually rolling out a new way for users to discuss favorite topics, Communities. [Source: Search Engine Journal]
4. Microsoft Acquires Video Creation and Editing Software Maker Clipchamp
Microsoft announced it’s acquiring Clipchamp, a company offering web-based video creation and editing software that allows anyone to put together video presentations, promos or videos. [Source: TechCrunch]
5. Google Is Adding A Carousel Of Snippets For Webpages On Its Search Engine
Google is recently testing a new form of “snippets” to its Search engine, adding information relevant to the webpage in a carousel of relevant headings and small blurbs. [Source: Digital Information World]
6. Microsoft Advertising Announces September Product Releases & Updates
Microsoft Advertising announced its September product releases and updates including video advertising on the Audience Network, disclaimers in ads, flexible IOs and more! [Source: Search Engine Journal]
7. Facebook Looks to Maximize Shops Performance as Part of its Broader eCommerce Push
Facebook is now prompting some advertisers who also have a Facebook and/or Instagram shop set up to direct a portion of their campaign response to their in-app store. [Source: Social Media Today]
8. Microsoft Ads Announces Optimization Score
Optimization Score is now available on the Recommendations tab in Microsoft Ads, according to the latest announcement from the company. [Source: Search Engine Land]
9. Twitter Commerce is Coming, with its Various Shopping Experiments Closing in on the Next Stage
Twitter developing a range of new shopping tools that’ll eventually provide direct, in-stream product listings, tied to business profiles in the app. [Source: Social Media Today]
LinkedIn will now help companies manage their page in order to be the best one out there by providing them details about their competitiveness level on the platform. [Source: Digital Information World]
