1. Instagram upgrades #spon with ‘paid partnership’ feature for influencer collabs If you dabble in a spot of Instagram celeb (or wannabe celeb) stalking every now and again, you’ll be more than familiar with the non-stop product pushing antics. Anyone who works in social media can spot...
1. Best seat in the house? Intel signs deal with MLB to live-stream in VR In a really hermit-like way, I can see the benefits of watching sports at home. No queues, no crowds, no big heads on the row in front. The problem is, and has...
1. Microsoft gets sneaky, starts paying people to use Bing over Google Taking on Google – the search engine with a brand name that's become an actual verb – is a challenge too intimidating for most. The chances of trying and winning are slimmer than your...
Oh, hey there. It’s been a few weeks hasn’t it – sorry about that! We were busy giving Digital Dash a bit of a makeover (including a fancy logo and all-new video segments) so that it’ll be even better for you going forward. The good news...
1. 5 need-to-knows from Facebook’s F8 developer conference Every year, Facebook gathers the world’s digital and tech elite for its F8 developer conference - two days of game-changing announcements, and a valuable chance to find out what’s up the company’s sleeve. 2017’s F8 event, which drew to a...
1. Brace yourself for a literal tonne of Facebook updates (they’re all worth a look) ‘Literal’ was a lie. And for that I apologize. But a quick glance below will soon reveal the need for the dramatic headline; this week might just be one of the...
w/c 27th February 2017 1. What makes content go viral? Neuroscientists find the secret formula Going viral is social media’s version of hitting the lottery jackpot – a dream for most, a reality for few. When it does happen, life changes overnight. What makes it happen is something...
w/c 30th January 2017 1. Facebook updates News Feed algorithm, includes new video and authenticity ratings Completion rate (%) will now be used to help determine where a video belongs in the News Feed. Longer videos may well get a boost from the update, with Facebook recognising that people...
w/c 12th December 2016 1. Search high and low - you’ll struggle to find a campaign as clever as this one from Ikea Ikea campaigns are annoying. Great, but annoying. You see one, then spend half a day thinking less of yourself for not coming up with it...
w/c 28th November 2016 1. Facebook introduces Instant Games Fair play to Facebook for its not-at-all slow but very sure bid to take over the world. In its latest move toward digital domination, the platform has added arcade-style video games within Messenger and its News Feed. Sony and Microsoft...