Kate summarises the week’s digital news including some more Facebook developments, Instagram’s changes to video autoplay, What’s App testing an unsend feature, Apple’s keynote and more. She also looks at some of the best brand activities of the week.
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IPA Touchpoints Report
UK adults watch 4 hours 37 minutes of video every day. 16-34s watch 4 hours 2 minutes. #IPATouchPoints pic.twitter.com/KHXMpgagET
— Matt Rhodes (@mattrhodes) September 15, 2017
85% of photos taken in 2017 are on smartphones ↓ #DigitalMarketing pic.twitter.com/Ckr6MeET2W
— Socialbakers (@socialbakers) September 17, 2017
Facebook Updates
Instant Video
Facebook Instant Videos coming soon? ⚡️
h/t Devesh Logendran pic.twitter.com/rNZYkbeL2r
— Matt Navarra ⭐️ (@MattNavarra) September 11, 2017
Showing Live status in comments
@MattNavarra Facebook’s showing user presence in comments. pic.twitter.com/0puB1DiFUb
— Komal Waseem (@KomalWaseem) September 12, 2017
Facebook Stories dropdown
Facebook to start hiding Stories under a drop-down menu?
Spotted by @wongmjane pic.twitter.com/NQX3BXyzdp
— Matt Navarra ⭐️ (@MattNavarra) September 12, 2017
Mentors & Mentees on Facebook
Facebook Bonfire App
Update to Facebook Ads Manager
New Facebook Ad formats based on catalogues
What’s App unsend feature
Vimeo Review Functionality
Apple Keynote
Say hello to the future. iPhone X.
— Apple (@Apple) September 12, 2017
‘appiness ratings for Apps
E-consultancy Stats of the Week
Smartphones drive web traffic growth in the US
Bumble Catfish Stunt
Airbnb grows local spending
Marmite Taste Face
Walkers Choose or Lose campaign
I’m voting for Walkers Paprika! #chooseorlose https://t.co/yXACfXc1uj
— Matt 👀 (@MrBoak) September 11, 2017
Amazon NFL Streaming
Money Lion AR
Blackpool use AR in their programme
📱 #AugmentedReality makes its debut in the programme today.
Hover over the picture of Callum Cooke celebrating to trigger his goal. pic.twitter.com/4DjCFTkp4k
— Blackpool FC (@BlackpoolFC) September 16, 2017