John Lewis runs first 360 shoppable Facebook ad Fresh from setting up a flat in London that is completely ‘shoppable’…

Time for a social snooze Brands who post too much on Facebook chasing that all-important user engagement may soon find…

Does Amazon know more about us than Google and Facebook? Amazon has recently ramped up its advertising offering so that…

Cortana and Alexa  now speaking to each other Amazon and Microsoft’s digital assistants are teaming up, allowing users to access…

Amazon woos more social influencers The social influence of those with large and targeted followings continues to grow. Amazon has…

YouTube gets chatty with in-app messaging feature    This week, both Android and iOS YouTube apps got a major new…

New privacy laws to impact social media giants Social media is facing its biggest ever shake up, with new privacy…

Facebook bots invent their own language News that Facebook’s latest artificial intelligence chatbots have developed their own language has been…

Hot stuff: Why everyone’s excited about Snapchat’s dancing frankfurter Has everyone seen Snapchat’s dancing hotdog? The little animated AR character…

KabaQ dishes up AR menu experience  The days of social food envy in a restaurant – when one person at…

Google funds robot reporters Having spearheaded the online revolution that placed the future of the regional and local media under…

Public not turning for the voice People are still to be convinced of the benefits of voice search, according to new…

Google to stop scanning Gmail emails Google has announced that it’s stopping scanning Gmail users inboxes in order to serve…

Instagram trials new brand sponsorship disclosure In a move aimed at ending the blurred lines of influencers and celebs being paid…

Apple finds a new home Apple has taken a while to enter the home assistant market, despite every iPhone user…

Spectacles arrive in time for British summer Snapchat’s Spectacles have finally launched in the UK, but will they be another…

Smartphone cameras now search tools Google has unveiled new technology to turn every smartphone camera into a search tool. Google…

Voice control now comes with a screen The future of internet search is the voice – but Amazon is hedging its…

Here is the news from Facebook Stung by criticism of its social platform as a feeding ground for false stories…

Facebook now tracking social conversations for intent   Facebook Messenger’s M personal assistant is going one step further in its…

Media backlash hits Facebook Facebook is so dominant as an advertising vehicle, media distributor and social network that a backlash…

Facebook fights the social fakers Facebook has come out fighting (again) against fakery and spam on its social network. It…

Fact-checking labels brought in by Google to stop fake news The scourge of fake news across the internet, social and…

What’s the story? Facebook continue to expand its offer inspired by core features from their competitors. This week saw the expansion…

New tweetdeck could be coming – for a fee? Twitter is floating the idea of launching an advanced version of…

Meet Bixby, the new generation of smartphone assistant To the ranks of Siri, Cortana and Alexa, comes a new smartphone…

Revealed: Lives of the social influencers Everyone knows the term ‘Instagram influencer’ nowadays, but we still don’t know enough about…

YouTube launches pay TV service The latest step change in the way we all consume content could have arrived in…

Welcome to the era of browser fingerprinting Tracking users around the internet, even if they use different browsers, is more…

Pirates to be sunk by search giants Google and Microsoft have agreed to join forces in a search-led fight against…

Asda shares shopper data with advertisers Brands who supply to Asda will now be able to access shopper data from the…

Spam off the menu for Google Google has updated its algorithm once more in a fresh punishment to spammers. The…

  Annual filters launched by Snapchat Snapchat geofilters are an inexpensive way for smaller brands to get on to social…

Mobile audience wants to shop more via Facebook With more than one billion people accessing Facebook daily on a mobile…

Google search results change to reflect real time Google has altered its desktop search algorithm, to display results more prominently from…

Facebook fights the fakes Fake news has been one of the big talking points of 2016 – now Facebook has…

Facebook launches Snapchat-style filters If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, Snapchat must be blushing at the number…

No queues at Amazon’s new supermarket Amazon has unveiled its supermarket of the future – one without tills, barcode scanners,…

Facebook to focus on search in 2017 Facebook’s domination of our online time is leading it to shape up to…

Snapchat goes geo Companies seeking to make use of Snapchat’s geofilters will be interested in the news that Snapchat can now…

‘Social reviews’ now on Pinterest Brands on Pinterest will be alerted by the introduction of a new feature that allows…

Fewer Facebook ads – at higher cost Facebook has warned that it has reached peak advertising when it comes to…

Where next for Vine’s top influencers? The closure of the Vine video app has seen many of the platform’s top…

Social word of mouth is a big influence on Facebook Facebook wants to add another layer to the personal information…

The social media traits that make brands anti social What are the most annoying things that brands do on social…

Facebook’s off to work After a lot of buzz about its arrival, Facebook is finally going to launch Facebook At…

Spammers beware – Penguin 4.0 is here Last week’s Talk Social hinted that this might be about to happen –…

YouTube goes social YouTube has moved into social networking with the launch of YouTube Community. The feature allows users to…

Google update – but it’s not Penguin 4.0 Google has tweaked its search algorithm at the weekend, with sites reporting…

Facebook speeds up mobile ads Facebook has introduced a new feature to speed up the servicing of ads on its…