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Snack Social Summary-Snapchat launches universal search feature, Twitter shuts down Dashboard, and Facebook pages receive a much need feature

Jodie Cormack — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:39:02 +0000

Snapchat has released a new feature which allows new and old users to be able to search the App, find friends, groups, discover publishers and stories in a fast and easier way via the new universal search bar pinned to the top of the App. The ability to quickly access content has previously been an issue for some users, who have often struggled to find new people to follow.

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Snack Social Summary – the best of 2016

Jodie Cormack — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:20:12 +0000

Twitter announced it would be discontinuing Vine over the coming months in October, this came as a shock to its users. The announcement came as part of Twitter’s restructuring to trim costs as the company tries to find a sustainable way forward. Twitter has released that the app will change into Vine Camera, a low maintenance app. Innovation from Vine did not keep pace with other players on the…

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Snack Social Summary- DM on Twitter via your own website, Facebook live, and 25 years since the launch of the internet!

Mary Varney — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 09:54:36 +0000

The ever developing platform has now created a new message button. The button allows Twitter users to Direct Message you directly from your website – no more emails now correspondence will go straight into your Twitter inbox. Last Sunday we said a fond farewell to two weeks of world class sporting events. We saw the good, bad and incredible throughout the Olympic Games in Rio and social…

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Snack Social Summary-Instagram launches Snapchat style stories and filtering comments, and ads on Facebook live

Nick Lamour — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:52:42 +0000

Instagram launches Stories, a new feature that permits the user to share their daily story via the photo sharing app. Instagram is keen to capture the young audience to which Snapchat is very popular. The service for sharing photos and videos announced Instagram Stories. This is a new feature that “lets you share every moment of your day”. It may be customised by the user, enriched text…

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Snack Social Summary-Snapchat simplifies account recommendation and adds bitmojis and Facebook’s android app can save videos

Nick Lamour — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:14:53 +0000

When Snapchat launched its Memories feature earlier this month, it quietly sneaked in another new feature: Suggest. As the name implies, the feature allows users to suggest users for their friends to follow. Snapchat users can finally access the Suggest feature by tapping and holding other users’ names in the Stories list, and then tapping the blue arrow on the right, adding friends who will…

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Snack Social Summary-New features on Facebook live, Twitter adds the DM button, and Snapchat extends character limit

Adrien Danjou — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 08:26:29 +0000

Facebook has unveiled a new update for its live streaming service, which will become a real interface to make the platform bigger and better in terms of user experience. In the coming weeks, users will be able to easily tune in to others’ lives, to live stream videos in group pages as well as in events, to react with Facebook Reactions emojis, to add filters, to have a look at broadcasts around…

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