TikTok Google partnership Young people are using TikTok and Instagram to search more than they use search engines. Which must be a worry for Google. But it seems that TikTok and Google may partner up. TikTok is currently experimenting with adding Google search to search results on the platform.  Spotted by Twitter user Radu Oncescu, […]

Will everyone have to pay for X? How do you feel when you suddenly have to pay for something that’s always been free?  I think most people feel resentful or re-evaluate their need for the service. I think a lot of people have been feeling that way this week. In a conversation with Israeli Prime […]

Google require a disclaimer for AI political ads Could AI be the next thing that sways the vote? Google just announced that from November onwards, people running political ads will need to add a disclaimer if they used AI to create the ad. We know political campaigns, particularly in the US, will use every tactic […]

Share Instagram feed posts with close friends only People don’t post on social as much as they used to. I’m not talking about creators or businesses. I’m talking about non-marketers.  It seems that people feel pressure to create something Instaworthy. So instead of posting publicly they use messaging tools and share to close friends lists. […]

Highlight comments in Insta stories When you see comments on a social post are you more likely to comment yourself? Meta is currently running a test on Instagram that will let creators feature comments from posts or Reels in their stories.  Will this boost engagement? I guess that’s what the test is all about.  https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/29/instagrams-latest-test-lets-creators-highlight-comments-in-their-stories/ […]

Is X about to kill the block? In his wildly bizarre way of announcing things. Elon Musk shared a post on X saying that the block feature was going away. As you can imagine, this didn’t impress us much. Some people thought it was against the App Store policy (I’m not sure it is), and […]