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TUESDAY TUNE-UP #349

Collaborate on holiday plans with Airbnb’s new features Now everyone can pull their weight when it comes to planning a group getaway, as Airbnb announces a feature that will allow users to send Group Travel invites to people who are joining the trip. Attendees will then be able to save ideas to the master list, […]

‘The Crown’ gets Australia watching Netflix with their Nans

Whatever their political stance of the British monarchy, Australia has an affectionate view of the English matriarch – they even celebrate her birthday on three different dates nationwide. ‘Our mate Lizzy’ has become a beloved figurehead Aussie audiences have adopted as their own in recent decades. While youth have grown to love her, the Queen […]

Tuesday Tuneup – #348

3 million people leave Snapchat following redesign More bad news for Snapchat. New figures have been released revealing that daily active users have fallen by 3 million in the second quarter. So, did Kylie Jenner kill Snapchat? Or is the app’s recent redesign to blame? In a move about as controversial as Brexit, pissed off users […]

Most Influential Moments in Social

2018 marks 10 years since We Are Social broke onto the social scene. What started as a two-man team and a dream, quickly evolved into a specialist business with offices on every continent. This year, each of the 11 offices around the globe helped celebrate We Are Social’s 10th anniversary by nominating moments where social […]

Tuesday Tune-Up #347

Facebook and Instagram launch tools to fight social media addiction Wake up, check social media. Shower, check social media. Go to work, check social media (and not just because it’s my job…). Sound familiar? It’s become so habitual to be constantly scrolling through our apps, it’s easy to lose track of just how much of […]

Netflix Crashes one of Australia’s first LGBT Weddings

With the momentous passing of the same-sex marriage bill only a few months prior, Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras festival had extra significance in 2018. So what better way to show Netflix’s support than to publicise one of the country’s first-ever LGBT weddings – by crashing it? And who better to lead the stunt than Netflix’s […]

Internet growth accelerates, but Facebook ad engagement tumbles

The new 2018 Q3 Global Digital Statshot report from Hootsuite and We Are Social shows that there was plenty of change in the world of digital, social, and mobile over the past three months. Check it out here.

Tuesday Tune-Up #346

Despite a massive decline in the stock market, Facebook broke ground in a new, highly-contentious market. Find out more about Zuck's Chinese conquest and other social goss in this week's #TuesdayTuneUp.

port from Hootsuite and We Are Social shows that there was plenty of change in the world of digital, social, and mobile over the past three months.

Tuesday Tune-Up #345

Facebook adds AR fashion ads to try before you buy. Anyone else remember Cher’s way-before-its-time closet in Clueless? Well, if you also frothed over the forward-thinking fashionista, let your 90s envy subside with this new “try before you buy” feature from Facebook. The social network is rolling out an ad format that will utilise augmented reality (AR) […]

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