1.LinkedIn launches new features to help brands advertise more effectively
LinkedIn’s new features provide an opportunity to generate more traffic, make use of upgraded analytics and more. [Source: Social Samosa]
2. Meta Adds Instagram Audience Targeting for Facebook and IG Ads
Meta is currently rolling out the capacity to run ads on Facebook and Instagram that target your Instagram followers. [Source: Social Media Today]
3. Apple Expands iCloud Encryption While Introducing New Alert Feature To Detect Spies
Apple has introduced a new feature that will now make it so much harder for hackers to take users’ iCloud data into their stronghold. [Source: Digital Information World]
4. Meta Adds More Avatar Usage Options as it Looks to Guide Users Towards the Metaverse Shift
Meta’s added some new ways to use your 3D avatar within Facebook and Instagram, as it works to further align users with these cartoonish versions of themselves as a new way to connect. [Source: Social Media Today]
5. Google’s Desktop Search Results Are Now Continuously Scrollable
Google is making desktop search results more like mobile with an update that lets users endlessly scroll through multiple pages. Source: [Search Engine Journal]
6. Instagram adds new updates for professional accounts
The updates will help professional accounts understand their eligibility to reach more non-followers on the social media platform. [Source: Social Samosa]
7. Facebook Enables New Ways To Make Money & Faster Payouts
Meta is rolling out new ways to make money on Facebook, along with an update that allows creators to get paid faster. [Source: Search Engine Journal]
8. WhatsApp users will soon be able to set up their own avatars while messaging themselves
The concept of an “avatar” is not new and can be seen on a number of platforms, including Snapchat. People prefer the use of such features to express themselves more accurately while using WhatsApp. [Source: Digital Information World]
9. Pinterest Shares its 2023 Trend Predictions, Based on Pin Activity and Engagement
Pinterest has published its annual ‘Pinterest Predicts’ overview, which looks at the latest, rising trends that are set to become even more significant over the next year. [Source: Social Media Today]
10. YouTube updates eligibility criteria for monetization
YouTube clarifies the eligibility criteria for creator monetization and ad revenues with its new guidelines. [Source: Social Samosa]
