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WE ARE SOCIAL ASIA TUESDAY TUNE UP #346

By YouQuan Fu, Sebastian Leow, and Rodrigo Bonilla Snapchat’s December Report is now here Snapchat has just released the latest version of its monthly report, SnapChatter, for December 2018. Though the report contains a broad overview of topics trending globally, it focuses primarily on the U.S. – home of Snapchat’s largest user base. From U.S. […]

WE ARE SOCIAL ASIA TUESDAY TUNE UP #345

By Sebastian Leow, Tricia Lee, and Rodrigo Bonilla You Can Now Add CTA Stickers on Your Page Stories While Facebook Stories fell short of being the highlight of the social media platform, its subsidiaries Instagram and Whatsapp have seen a steady growth in users adopting the stories function. Facebook is therefore still optimistic that Stories […]

WE ARE SOCIAL ASIA TUESDAY TUNE UP #344

By Erasmus William, Sebastian Leow, and Rodrigo Bonilla Facebook reveals new Life Events feature with animated photos Facebook announced a redesign of its “Life Events” feature, which has existed since the launch of its “Timeline” feature. The company explained that the idea behind the redesign is to give these sorts of posts a better way […]

WE ARE SOCIAL ASIA TUESDAY TUNE UP #343

By Tricia Lee, Naseera Hidayathullah, and Shane Carroll Instagram Stories introduces “Close Friends” feature Have you ever held back from posting a story because you were afraid someone might see it? With Instagram’s new feature, you can now select “Close Friends” when uploading your story, and the Story will only appear on the timelines of […]

WE ARE SOCIAL ASIA TUESDAY TUNE UP #342

By Vee Tan, Jeremy Lim, and Rodrigo Bonilla Watch Party rolls out globally Despite being launched in August last year, Facebook Watch hasn’t quite seen the success the platform envisioned. However, in an effort to increase usage, the platform has returned to Facebook’s social roots, with the official launch of Watch Party. Watch Party allows […]

WE ARE SOCIAL ASIA TUESDAY TUNE UP #341

You can now unsend messages on Facebook Messenger If you live in Poland, Bolivia, Colombia and Lithuania, you’re in luck – you can now unsend messages on Facebook Messenger, whether accidental or otherwise. Available on iOS and Android, this “unsend” feature can be taken advantage of for up to 10 minutes after the message is […]

WE ARE SOCIAL ASIA TUESDAY TUNE UP #340

By Clio Goh and Rodrigo Bonilla A new Vine is coming and it’s called Byte Vine fans rejoice! A new successor is on its way. Two years after Twitter shut down Vine, Vine’s co-creator Dom Hofmann has recently confirmed that a new video-looping app, Byte, would take its place in 2019. Byte will likely operate […]

WE ARE SOCIAL ASIA TUESDAY TUNE UP #339

By Shane Carroll and Rodrigo Bonilla Facebook is testing a new Stories layout Despite the popularity of Instagram Stories, Facebook’s equivalent hasn’t quite seen the same success. In a potential effort to get users on the platform more interested in the feature, Facebook appears to be testing a new Facebook Stories layout, utilising swipeable […]

WE ARE SOCIAL ASIA TUESDAY TUNE UP #338

By Rodrigo Bonilla Google Maps now has a “follow” feature In what may be a potential effort to compete with Facebook’s Pages, Google Maps now allows users to follow businesses such as restaurants, bars, or stores with the simple tap of a button. Once a business is followed, users will be able to view […]

The State of the Internet in Q4 2018

The data in Hootsuite and We Are Social’s new Q4 Global Digital Statshot report reveal that the ‘Next Billion’ is fast becoming a reality, as more and more people across the developing world connect to the internet. Millions of people across Africa and South Asia came online for the first time in the past three […]

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