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Things change fast in the world of digital, and it’s already been three months since we published our Digital in 2017 series of reports in partnership with Hootsuite, so it’s high time for one of our global ‘Statshot’ updates. As you can see in the SlideShare embed below, the digital landscape has already changed considerably over the past 90 […]

140 characters for your replies on Twitter Now you can reply to someone or a group, those @usernames won’t count toward your Tweet’s 140 characters. This updates were made, based on feedback from users as well as research & experimentation. In the tests of this new experience, Twitter found that there is more conversation engagements. […]

Facebook rolls out more features that mimic Snapchat’s What are they, you say? First, the new Camera Effects feature now allows you to introduce masks, frames and interactive filters into your photos. Facebook is also in the midst of creating masks (attention advertisers!) for films like Alien: Covenant, Despicable Me 3 and Guardians of the Galaxy […]

 GIFs are finally coming to Facebook comments Facebook might have taken awhile to bring GIFs to our timelines as well as Messenger, but better late than never. While our favourite social media platform hasn’t always been GIF friendly, GIFs are finally making their way to Facebook comments. It makes perfect sense since GIFs allow us […]

Facebook tests Reactions and a Dislike button on Messenger A year after rolling out Reactions on its newsfeed, Facebook is giving some users the option to use Reactions and a Dislike button – on Messenger. The purpose for this is to tidy messy, rapid-fire conversations online. How it works – you use Reaction buttons to react to […]

Retaliatory Tweeting for a Good Cause We’re all guilty of the occasional passive aggressive rage tweet when we encounter something hostile online, especially when it comes to infamous politicians. But what if we can harness our passive aggressiveness into social good? Through their retaliatory online donations, Trigger aims to do just that. Just tweet the […]

The most breathtaking Oscars 2017 moment goes to… Undoubtedly –when “Lala Land” was incorrectly announced Best Picture winner instead of “Moonlight”.  LaLa Land producers were halfway through their acceptance speech before being told about the mistake.   While those in the U.S. were losing their heads, Asia Pac was drawing comparisons to a similar screw […]

For anyone exploring digital opportunities, Southeast Asia should be somewhere near the top of your list; connectivity is growing at an impressive rate throughout the region, but with just 53% of its combined population online today, there’s still plenty of room for further growth too. As you can see in the presentation embed above, the […]