TikTok is losing its popularity since the latest ios update alerted users that TikTok was copying their clipboard, and many users have complained about the way it spies on their data and information or snoops on the data they have on other applications.
After that, countries such as India started banning TikTok, and now the US is even considering banning the app. These controversies and issues have made, so many users to boycott the ap and quit using it entirely. But for those who are still using TikTok and do not give a damn about these matters, I have some good news.
For those who are looking to maximize their TikTok presence, TikTok has this week published some new pointers on how to make the best use of its analytics tools, which are available on TikTok Pro accounts.
How to get TikTok analytics tools?
As I mentioned above, in order to access the new TikTok analytics options, you first need to switch to a pro-TikTok account. Follow the steps below to convert your account to a professional one:
From your profile page, open the Privacy and Settings tab
Choose “Manage My Account”
Tap “Switch to Pro Account”
From there, you need to select the category for your pro account – ‘Creator’ or ‘Business.’ You then enter the topic category for your profile, and any additional details as requested (mostly basic), and that’s it – you now have a TikTok Pro account.
Now that you are done, and your account is a TikTok pro account, you can access the TikTok analytics section as below:
“Once you’ve switched, you’ll find your analytics in the “Pro Account” page of your settings. On a desktop, you can access the Analytics page by hovering over your profile photo in the upper-right corner of your screen and clicking “View Analytics.” You can also download and export your Analytics directly to your computer when you access TikTok from your desktop device.”
The Social Media Today website later clarified the TikTok analytics options in more detail, which are brought to you below. Keep reading to find out everything about the metrics on TikTok analytics.
There are three elements to TikTok analytics:
Overview – The Overview section provides a general summary of your account’s performance over time. “You’ll see the total number of times your videos were viewed, the number of users who follow your account, and the number of times your profile was viewed.”
Content – Here, you can see a listing of your uploads from the past seven days, in order of newest to oldest videos. You can also see videos that are trending on your account. “These are the top nine videos with the fastest growth in view numbers over the past seven days.”
Followers – And the last tab is ‘Followers,’ which displays your follower count over time so you can view trends in audience growth. You can also access an overview of total likes, comments, and shares that your videos have received.
As with all social platforms, TikTok’s analytics data provides guidance as to how you can improve your performance and maximize your content efforts.
The hottest news of the day is out now. Facebook has started merging Facebook and Instagram chats.
From now on, the chats of Facebook messenger and Instagram are merged, and you’ll most probably see a pop-up informing you about this update as soon as you open Instagram.
Most of you must have noticed this update’s pop-up till now which says “There’s a New Way to Message on Instagram” with a list of features including a “new colorful look for your chats,” more emoji reactions, swipe-to-reply, and the big one: “chat with friends who use Facebook.”
What will change after the merge of Facebook and Instagram chats?
There will surely be a few differences after this new Instagram update, and as soon as your chats are merged. A thing to note is that the update is for both iOS and Android devices.
According to The Verge, once you hit update, the regular DM icon in the top right of Instagram is replaced by the Facebook Messenger logo. Chats on Instagram are indeed more colorful than before, with the sender’s messages shifting between blue and purple as you scroll. However, at least for right now, it’s still not possible to message Facebook users from Instagram.
But Facebook has made clear its plans to unify the messaging platforms of its hugely popular apps to allow cross-messaging among Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Facebook was said to be rebuilding the underlying infrastructure so users who were on only one of its apps could connect to others using different Facebook apps. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also said he wants the system to be end-to-end encrypted. By integrating its most popular apps, Facebook may be able to compete more directly with Apple’s iMessage.
And also, in another step to integrate its family of apps that are being used by 3.14 billion users globally, Facebook has also integrated Messenger rooms with WhatsApp on the Web.
Facebook messenger has added another useful and interesting update for Facebook group admins, which makes group management a lot easier. In The messenger update, there is a new post-level analytics option that will provide more context as to how people are engaging with group updates.
Facebook has explained the more about the feature officially by sharing the below statement:
“With post-level metrics, admins can easily see the reach of a post with the unique number of people who’ve seen the post as well as engagement by reactions, comments, shares, and clicks. Each post also shows the number of active members in the group at the time of post, a key driver of reach and engagement.”
Some of the metrics are the ones that have previously been enabled, but some of them are new and make things much more convenient. For example, options such as reactions, comments, and shares are all displayed on each post and are not new in this update. The main additions are things like photo views, post hides, and active members, which, as Facebook notes, could help to focus your engagement strategies.
Who is considered an “active” group member regarding this update?
Facebook has a fixed definition for determining who is called an “active” member on a messenger group, which is “A member is considered active at the time of post if they have viewed group content in the group or in News Feed in the past 28 days.”
So it’s not people who were actively engaging in the group at the time you posted, its people who’ve been active over the last month.
The very well-known social media expert, Matt Navara, has shared this news with us today, telling us that this feature is finally officially rolled out today, but not all users have access to it yet.
Facebook says that the option will initially be tested with a small number of groups, on all devices, over the next few months.
Note that only posts created after this feature begins testing in your group will show these insights.
In the world of technology and an ever-increasing number of apps, every business needs to be up to date. Using the best app to promote every business is necessary. Many of these apps are free to use and easy to set up. You can also check the progressive web apps and encrypted file sharing.
What are the top apps for every business?
Here is the list of necessary apps that every business can use on their phone, to perform better and faster. This would help to get more connections, increase productivity, manage files, and documents. Some of them are great if you are running the business social media accounts.
iLink is a platform to build a landing page (like a webpage on a website). In this landing page that every business need, they can share and connect all their social media accounts, essential links, videos, or audios. iLink would merge all the links in one single webpage, which is easy for customers to reach the business. They can share the unique URL in their social media or any other places.
If you want to use the iLink on the mobile phone, you can use any browser such as Safari, Chrome, Firefox on smartphones.
To use iLink, all you need is going to il.ink and set up an account.
Alt: iLink landing page
2.iLink online brochure
iLink has another service for a business called iStore to add their products or service in an online catalog. So, if you are running a business, you can create a collection of your products with their detailed descriptions (that is optimized for search engines), picture, price, link to buy, etc.
The same as iLink, you will have a single URL for your online store to share with customers. They can sort the products to find the best suits for them.
3. Zoon cloud meeting
During the pandemic, the need for cloud meeting increased. Now, the Zoom app for both android and iOS devices is an inevitable part of every business that work online together. It seems that zoom is the best cloud meeting app for all types of business.
4. WhatsApp business
WhatsApp business app can enhance the quality of the conversation by automating and sort and quick response. So, if you have many customers, or you are using WhatsApp to give support, you should switch to a business account. It’s easy, and you can set it up quickly within the app. Also, there is an opportunity to verify your identity. So, this would enhance the customer’s trust.
5. Scanner app
If you have no access to any scanner, you can easily use your mobile phone to scan and sign documents and share them in any formats. Using the scanner app is also a great way to keep the documents in your account. This is among the best business apps in the app store.
6. Facebook page manager
Facebook page is used to promote a business product, and since Facebook has billions of users, it can bring lots of customers for a business. However, a company can have more than one Facebook page. Using a Facebook page manager, you can have all pages in one app, and this would increase your speed.
7. Call recorder
If you have any interviews or phone calls, you can record the voice to keep the sound. Using call recorder is easy
8. Trello organize anything
Trello is one of the most amazing apps with all the options required to organize the tasks. You can create different boards with different lists, and assignments to do. There are also options to add date, time, team projects, and some other fantastic options.
Trello app can be used for personal or business use. In its free version, you can easily manage all your task in a team. If you need the further advanced option, you can upgrade the account.
9. Social media manager
Since social media is an inevitable part of every business now, therefore having a social management tool would save you tons of time and energy. However, there are many social media management tools available on the market in which Hootsuite, Buffer. Later, Instazood is among the best and well known.
10. Winner picker
Running a contest in social media can attract many followers and fans. Picking a number, or a comment, or like can be made using the winner picker tool. These tools are free of charge for small accounts, with a few likes or comments.
If you are going to use a winner picker on mobile, you can use any browser such as Safari, Chrome, or Firefox. All you need is to copy and paste any post URL and insert it in the tool. It will show you the winner.
You can limit who replies to your tweets from now on. Now you can have a little more control over who shows up in your mentions.
Twitter has been testing this feature for months, and it today finally announced that its new tweet reply control options are being made available to all users on iOS, Android, and twitter.com. Keep up with me to get to know how this feature works and how to use it to manage your tweet replies for good.
Here is how the feature works:
Starting today, A small globe icon will start to appear at the bottom of your tweet, and if you do nothing, everyone will still be able to reply — this is the default option. Or, you can tap it and limit replies just to those who follow you; or just to those who you tag in the tweet itself. As Twitter has clarified more about the new feature, it works as explained below:
Before you Tweet, choose who can reply with three options:
1) Everyone (standard Twitter, and the default setting).
2) Only people you follow.
3) Only people you mention.
Tweets with the latter two settings will be labeled, and the reply icon will be grayed out for people who can’t reply. People who can’t reply will still be able to view, Retweet, Retweet with Comment, share, and like these Tweets.”
As it seems, the test has been very good, and users have shown that they liked the feature so much. Users in the test pool have said that they feel more comfortable tweeting, and more protected from spam and abuse, which has lead to them tweeting longer, more in-depth thoughts, particularly on sensitive subjects.
But there is another concern, which is that by limiting who can respond to tweets, politicians and brands will theoretically be able to silence opposing viewpoints, which could make their statements appear more accepted than they actually are.
Pinterest has announced two new and very interesting options and improvements in the platform. First us the improvement for its skin tone search feature with which users can filter by skin tone to get more relevant results, and second is the addition of more brands and options for the AR Try-On Program.
Keep reading to find out more about these two new feature improvements, how they work, and how to make use of them.
Skin Tone search feature
Pinterest is expanding the availability of its skin tone matching options. The feature is designed to make it easier for users to find content relevant to them, says Pinterest. It’s a common problem in the search world that certain queries default to show white faces. By giving users the option to refine their searches based on skin tones, Pinterest says it helps users find the content they want to see.
This feature would be a very useful feature for getting the exact result a user wants. Imagine you can get image search results exactly for what you aim to see. The company offers searches like “grey hair on dark skin women,” “blonde hair color ideas for fair skin blue eyes,” and “soft natural makeup for Black women “as examples of the sort of fine-grained results the feature can deliver.
“Skin tone ranges (our inclusive beauty results search feature) is now available beyond the US- in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand – and the design has been refreshed to surface options right from search results.”
The skin tone search option was rolled out in January last year, and it has made search results more personalized for each user, and now people in more regions will be able to access the same.
The Try-On feature
Pinterest is also expanding its AR Try-On program, with more brands signing on to take part in the new initiative. This feature, which is a very useful option, by the way, lets users search for lipstick shades and try them on in AR. This feature is currently only available in the US but is launching in the UK “in the coming months.”
This feature is mainly rolled out to make it easier for people to shop and be a little surer of their choice when deciding which product suits them.
The easier it is to try on, the more people are likely to buy, as Pinners come to Pinterest early in their shopping journey. Since augmented reality technology launched in January, Pinners try on an average of six lipstick shades and are 5x more likely to show purchase intent on Try on-enabled Pins than standard Pins.
Instagram is now one of the most popular social networks all around the globe. However, not all users aware of every nuance on it, and they need guidance to perform better on this social media.
There is some necessary information that every Instagram user must know. This helps you to boost your account and perform better on Instagram. It also helps you to make more connections through other channels. You can also make use of a service like Growthoid to really accelerate your growth on this platform, allowing you to make even more connections. This blog will explain some of the most asked questions as simple as possible. If you need more help on every topic, you can go through the added links in each section, and read more.
Frequently asked questions about the Instagram post
Here are the most asked questions about Instagram posts and stories. If you are running an Instagram account, so it is necessary to go through these questions. These are the basic needs of every Instagram user.
1. Does Instagram notify when you screenshot a post
No. Instagram will not let users know who has taken a screenshot of their posts or stories. Previously Instagram used to show the number of screenshots for business accounts, but they have removed these options too. On other Instagram related apps like Facebook messenger, there is a button that takes the screenshot, which would notify the users about it. But this is not the case on Instagram stories or posts.
2. How to post multiple photos on Instagram
using ca arousal option, on you can quickly post various pictures on Instagram. You should go to the Instagram app or Instagram for desktop (through creator studio). Tap on the + icon to create a new post. Select the first picture, and tap on the multiple photos’ icon just under the image you are going to select. You can only choose up to 10 photographs and videos on carousel posts.
3. How to post a GIF on Instagram,
you should download the GIPHY app. Find a GIF on it, and from the share button, share the GIF on Instagram. You can go to ghify.com on a browser on a laptop or desktop and share the GIF from desktop to Instagram too.
You can create a gif from a bunch of pictures, or a video. If you want to create a GIF from the picture, you can follow the instruction in the blog to create GIFs on photoshop.
You can also go to GIPHY.com and use the free tools to create a GIF.
4. How to edit an Instagram post
you can easily edit any published Instagram post captions, business partners tagged, but not the photos or videos. Once you publish a post by tapping the three-dot icon on the top right the post, you can edit captions, hashtags, location, etc. however, you cannot change the pictures once it is published.
5. How to post videos on Instagram from pc
to post videos on Instagram from PC, you should use the Creator Studio website, which is for Facebook and Instagram. Search creator studio on Google on your desktop using a browser like Chrome or Safari. Open the creator studio and login using your Instagram account. From there, by clicking on Create post blue button, you can upload a video (less than 60 seconds). If your videos are longer than 60 seconds, you should upload it as IGTV, which is an option in the blue button.
6. How to post a YouTube video on Instagram
unfortunately, YouTube does not support Instagram to reshare the videos. To post any YouTube videos on Instagram, you should first download the YouTube video using any YouTube downloader available on the internet. Then save the videos to your phone or desktop. Share that video to Instagram from PC or mobile phones. There is no direct way to share YouTube videos on Instagram from YouTube.
7. How to add music to an Instagram post
Using a music sticker, you can add available music from the Instagram library to your stories. To add music to Instagram stories, open the accounts, from the top of the screen tap sticker icon, find music sticker, and choose the music, tap share. However, the music sticker is not available for all countries. If you do not see the music sticker, it means that it is not available for your country of residency.
8. How to delete a post on Instagram
You can delete an Instagram post soon as it is published. To delete an Instagram post, go to the post, tap on the three-dot icon on the top right of the post. Find the Delete button and tap it. Remember that you cannot undo this action, and the post will permanently delete from Instagram.
9. How to share a Facebook post to Instagram
Since Facebook sharing is based on the URL and link, you can share directly from Facebook to other apps like WhatsApp, telegram, messenger, etc. so, using social management tools, you may post on Instagram and Facebook at the same time. But if you are not using these tools, you should download the content separately, and post on Instagram again. However, you can share a post from Instagram to Facebook directly from the Instagram app. If you connect your Facebook account to Instagram, when sharing new content, the bottom will be available to share with other apps like Facebook.
10. How do I post multiple pictures on Instagram from my computer?
Using the creator studio, you can upload content and share it on your Instagram. Go to the creator studio website and log in using Facebook or Instagram. Then click on create a post, and upload up to 10 videos or pictures. Write the caption, schedule, or publish right away.
11. How long of a video can you post on Instagram?
You can upload up to 10 short videos 60 seconds long in a carousel post. However, you should split the video into ten parts. If you want to have it a single file, then upload it as IGTV. When uploading a video on Instagram, you can choose to upload as IGTV or short video.
12. Why can’t I post a GIF on Instagram?
You can fix the issue of cannot posting something on Instagram by updating your app, reinstall the app, clear Instagram app cache from the phone, try the desktop version (creator studio), checking the internet connection, or give it some time and try later. If you still could not fix the issue, attempt to contact Instagram support withing the setting>help>report a problem.
13. How to post a YouTube video on Instagram story
The same as a Facebook post, YouTube video is also related to sharing a link. Therefore, there is no option to directly publish the YouTube video on Instagram unless you download the YouTube video using any YouTube downloader and save it to the desktop or phone. Then, reshare the video on Instagram.
14. How can I post a video longer than 1 minute on Instagram?
You can easily share any videos longer than 60 seconds on Instagram using the IGTV option. Once you are uploading a video as a new post on Instagram, it will show you the opportunity to post the video as IGTV. If it did not show:
Open the Instagram app
Login to your account
Tap explore icon on from the home
Find the first option IGTV on the top left
Tap IGTV
Tap + icon on top right to upload a new video
Select the video from the library
Write the description and title
Share the video
It will show up on your profile, and separately in the IGTV menu, on your profile between Instagram feed, and tagged photos section.
15. What is the difference between a post and a story on Instagram?
An Instagram post will remain forever, or until you purposely delete it from the feed, but Instagram stories only last for 24 hours. After this time, Instagram stories will disappear automatically unless you make it as highlights, and add it to your Instagram profile. The other difference between Instagram stories and posts is that you can see all the insight for Instagram posts at any time. Still, the Instagram stories viewers will disappear after 24 hours, even if you make it as highlights. You are only able to see the number of viewers.
Another difference between Instagram stories and posts is that you can add links, stickers, music, and many features on Instagram stories. Still, an Instagram post, you can only edit the content and write a text for it as a caption.
16. How to unarchive a post on Instagram,
You can easily archive a post on Instagram. to archive post:
go to the Instagram app,
login to your account
Open the post you are going to archive
Tap three-dot icon on the top right of the post
Find Archive
Tap archive
When you unarchive a post on Instagram does it repost?
It will be sent to the archive you can access through a three-lined icon on Instagram profile. You can unarchive posts at any time, by finding them through the archived list, and repeat the same process, and select show on my profile.
When you unrchive a post, it goes right back to the place and order it was in your profile. Photos won’t reappear on the news feed and they will only reappear in your profile. So, users won’t know that you have unarchived your posts.
17. How to post multiple photos on the Instagram story
It is easy, and you can upload directly from the Instagram stories part. To post multiple photos on Instagram stories:
Open the Instagram app
Login to your account
Tap on profile picture on the top left to go to the stories
Tap on the gallery icon on the bottom left
First, select the multiple on the top right of the screen
Then select as many as you want
Tap Done
Tap share
18. How do I delete an Instagram post?
You can do all the action from the post itself. You should open the post, tap the three-dot icon on the top right of the post. Find the delete button, and tap it. Confirm the deletion, and it will be deleted permanently. Remember that you cannot undo this action.
19. How to post a video on Instagram story
You can quickly post any videos on Instagram stories using the story uploading section. You should open the Instagram app, log in to your account, tap on the profile picture on the top left to go to the story section. From the galley icon on the bottom left of the story section, select the video from the library, add any stickers, effects, and tap share. You have two options: sending the stories to close friends or all your followers.
20. How to post camera roll photos on Instagram story
To send a photo from camera roll to the Instagram story, you should open the photo you want to share on Instagram, find the sharing icon on the bottom left, select the Instagram app. It should redirect you to the caption writing section. Write the caption if you want, and tap share.
21. How to boost an Instagram post
You can use the Instagram ads section to promote a post on Instagram if you have switched it into a business account. If not, the only way is to promote through Instagram stories or posts of influencers or accounts with several followers. The main point about boosting an Instagram account is to show it up to many users. If you want to do it for free, you can use hashtags strategies, try to get into the explore section of Instagram, or use any other approach like using location to increase the probability of showing your content to others.
22. How to cite an Instagram post
If you want to use a post on Instagram to cite in your thesis or dissertation, you should deal with it like website content.
How to cite an Instagram post in MLA:
Account holder’s Last name, First name or Username. “Photo Title or Description.”* Instagram, Other contributors, Date photo, was published, URL (without // or //).
Example: National Geographic. Photo of the Bering Sea. Instagram, photographed by Corey Arnold, April 2. 2017, www.Instagram.com/p/BSaisVuDk7S/?taken-by=natgeo.
How to cite an Instagram post in APA:
Account holder’s Last Name, First Initial, or Username (Year, Date Published). Photo Title* [Photo description]. Retrieved from URL
Example: National Geographic [@NatGeo]. (2017, April 2). [Photograph of the Bering Sea by Corey Arnold]. Retrieved from //www.Instagram.com/p/BSaisVuDk7S/?taken-by=natgeo
How to cite an Instagram post in Chicago:
Account holder’s Last name, First name or Username. “Photo Title.” Instagram, Date published. Date accessed. URL.
Example: National Geographic. “Photo of Bering Sea by Corey Arnold.” Instagram, April 2, 2017. Accessed April 7, 2017. //www.Instagram.com/p/BSaisVuDk7S/?taken-by+natgeo.
23. How do you add more photos to an already posted post on Instagram?
You cannot add more photos to an Instagram post that is already published. If you missed any images, you should delete and republish the post. You can only edit the caption, adding location, tagging partner. You cannot even write photos or crop them.
24. How to delete an Instagram post on pc
To delete an Instagram post on PC, you should go to the creator studio website and log in there with your Facebook account (if it is connected to your Instagram). You can also log in with the Instagram account too. You can see the published posts there, click on the post, open it, and from the available options, delete the post. You cannot delete a post directly from the Instagram website. Creator studio is the only free way to remove an Instagram post from desktop.
25. How to post a live picture on Instagram,
You can upload any type of photos on Instagram using the same way as you upload pictures. However, the point is that if you upload a live photo on Instagram, it will not be played after you upload it. It would be converted to a simple picture. If you want to upload it as live, you should first convert it to a video, then upload it on Instagram.
26. How to add links on Instagram post
You cannot add a clickable link in Instagram bio, but you can tag an Instagram username that is clickable. The other way people use to add links is using tools to add multiple links in Instagram bio like iLink. All you need is to write “the link is in bio” in the caption. Users would visit the profile and click on the available links. There are also possibilities to share the post on Instagram stories, and add a link from there only (if you have more than 10K followers).
27. Why can’t I post on Instagram?
There could be many reasons why you cannot post a photo or video on Instagram. You better check the following options:
Check your internet connection
Off and on the internet connection and try again
Update the Instagram app
Check the dimension, and size of the content you are going to upload
Delete the app and reinstall it
Clear the Instagram app through the app setting
Try to upload the content from PC
Contact Instagram support within the app in Setting>Help>report a problem
28. How to post Instagram videos on Snapchat
To post any Instagram videos on Snapchat, you must download the videos separately. Then, upload it on Snapchat. You can use any Instagram downloader to download videos. All you should do is copying the URL of the post and paste the copied link in any Instagram downloader tool. They will show you up the button to download the videos. Then, you can follow the simple way to upload that videos on Snapchat. If you are using a phone, use any browser to download Instagram videos.
Conclusion
This blog would help you to fix some of the most common issues on Instagram, and to perform better on it. If you have any inquiries or ideas, you can insert it as a comment under this article.
Facebook is once more trying to improve its group engagement this time with a different goal, to create more opportunities for businesses within these highly engaged communities.
Facebook’s looking to add another potential revenue pathway specifically for group admins, with new brand partnership posts built into the group’s experience direct.
As it is clear in the image attached below, which is originally shared by Social Media Today, the new sponsored posts within groups are an extension of Facebook’s existing Branded Content tools, and will include a similar ‘Paid Partnership’ tag to signify funded posts.
Facebook has clarified the new update officially as below:
“Facebook has built monetization tools across different surfaces to help individuals and organizations generate reliable revenue that’s sustainable over time, and we’re excited to launch a set of tools that will enable communities, specifically, for the first time, to meaningfully monetize their engaged group audience by partnering with brands to create ‘branded’ posts.”
This option is a blessing for group admins, and it will make their business collaborations easier. Group admins will now have a clear process for partnering with brands, and essentially selling them on their group’s reach. Facebook already provides paid subscription options for some groups, another way to see admins get paid for the time they spend building their communities, and sponsored content will add even more opportunity – while also giving brands a direct line into engaged, focused audiences.
It was April 2020 that Facebook officially announced its standalone gaming app, Facebook gaming, to exclusively house gaming-related live streams and content.
The app was then launched on Google Play Store for Android users, and until now, there was no official rollout for the iOS version of the app. Today, the app is launched on Apple Store as well but with a little issue. The app is limited to the Apple store.
The first picture below is the version of Facebook Gaming on Google Play, and the second picture is its Apple Store edition, in which you can clearly see that The ‘Chat’ and ‘Play’ screens are not listed on the app store.
Why is Facebook Gaming launched as “Limited” on Apple Store?
That’s because Facebook has had to remove some functionality from the app for iOS due to App Store regulations, with Apple refusing to approve the app with mini-games included.
As Facebook Gaming has officially tweeted on their Twitter account, after months of submissions and repeated rejections by Apple, they’ve had to remove instant games entirely from the standalone app.
Citing App Store guideline 4.7, Apple rejected the app claiming the primary purpose of the Facebook Gaming app is to play games. It’s not. 95% of app activity on Android is from watching live streams. Facebook Gaming claims they have also shared this stat with Apple, but no luck.
Facebook then attempted to appeal under the new app review process revealed at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference but did not receive a response. Instead of continuing along the appeal process, the company opted to launch a limited version of the Facebook Gaming app to iOS users, to avoid inconveniencing streamers and fans.
Initial feedback on the app has been good, and Facebook has continued to build its gaming presence, with the integration of Microsoft’s Mixer platform also helping to boost its gaming presence.
All the issues aside, we can now download the Facebook Gaming app on both Android and iOS.
Snapchat has once more surprised its users and is working on a new cool option, which would excite all Snapchat users out there. Snapchat’s working on a new way to share music within Snaps, which could be seen as another nod towards the rising popularity of TikTok, though there are some variances in the application.
There is one thing to note here. Snapchat does already have a music sticker option, linked to Spotify, but this is a more advanced, direct connection option for music clips.
This TikTok-like feature would make Snapchat one of the biggest competitors and TikTok alternatives these days, which the TikTok audiences have been exploring alternative apps as the Trump administration weighs a ban on Chinese tech companies over data privacy concerns.
What exactly is this new feature and how does it work?
This very interesting news Snapchat option will enable users to add music to their snaps – pre or post-capture. That could facilitate the type of lip-synching, dance clips that have been popularized by TikTok, so it probably is inspired by the app, but the feature has also been facilitated by Snapchat’s new deals with music publishers, which will enable it to include more music for use in the app.
When friends receive one of the new Snaps with music, they’ll be able to swipe up to view the album art, song title, and artist name. A “Play This Song” link will also be available.
When clicked, it will open a web view to Linkfire that will allow users to listen to the full song — not a snippet — on their preferred music streaming platform, like Spotify, Apple Music, or SoundCloud.
After the release of the option, Snapchat could qualify as the best TikTok rival and could welcome TikTok refugees warmly.
Snapchat will first launch the option in New Zealand and Australia this week, with a wider rollout planned for later in the year.
