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…

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

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…

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

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

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

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…

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…

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…

Celebs get power to block trolls Instagram has handed high profile users the power to block digital trolls. The social…

Secret, disappearing conversations launching on Facebook Facebook is having another go at trying to copy Snapchat’s success with a new…

Listen – are you ready for voice search? New research by Northstar has shown that voice searches now account for…

Online trends revealed The influential Mary Meeker, American venture capitalist and spotter of internet trends, has released her 2016 predictions….

Consumers holding back from buying on social New data has shown consumers have little appetite for buy buttons on social…

Adblockers force Google to define ‘acceptable’ ads Google is reported to be drawing up an ‘acceptable ads’ policy in response…

Quality, not quantity, rules on Facebook Brands chasing clicks, shares and comments on their Facebook pages may suffer from the…

Google cracks down on links for free products Google has begun penalising brands and bloggers who offer goods or services in…

Ads are coming to Facebook Messenger Facebook is set to launch advertising within its Messenger app later this year. The…

Video views add up on Instagram Instagram is trying to lure the best video content away from YouTube and Vine…

Will algorithm be the death of twitter? Read all about the death of twitter? News that the social media platform…

Facebook goes to market The increasing use of Facebook groups as places to buy and sell items has led to…

Up, Periscope – new twitter video service is instant hit Big brands have immediately got behind twitter’s new video streaming app…

Panda 4.1 is here Google began to roll out Panda 4.1 last week, with further work taking place this week….

PayPal app makes further move to a wallet-free high street A new smartphone ‘Order ahead’ and ‘Pay at table’ app…

1. twitter rolls out custom timeline twitter’s new custom timeline – which comes just a week after the platform went…

FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS WEEK 1.  Twitter adds photo and video previews to its feed Previously twitter users…