Roundabout Industry Wire

The Social media industry is changing with the speed of light.
Our reporters are here to update you with all things happening on the social channels

Meerelle Cruz

a day ago
2 min

YouTube Reveals the Year's Most Popular Videos and Creators in 2021

While YouTube will not be doing a 'Rewind' clip this year due to negative feedback on its more recent creator compilations, it has today...

MaryGrace Lerin

a day ago
2 min

New Trend Insights in Facebook Creator Studio Could Help You Shape Your Posting Strategy

With the launch of a new 'Inspiration Hub' element in Creator Studio, Facebook hopes to deliver more content insight by showcasing...

MaryGrace Lerin

a day ago
2 min

Twitter Expands Official HIV/AIDS Information Links in Related Search Queries

In celebration of World AIDS Day (12/1), Twitter has expanded its search help prompts to include HIV-related information. Users who...

Meerelle Cruz

a day ago
2 min

Meta Updates Its Crypto Ad Policy, Allowing For More Crypto Promotions In Its Apps

With the rise of cryptocurrencies, and in keeping with the broader Web 3.0 drive, Meta has announced an amendment to its cryptocurrency...

Meerelle Cruz

2 days ago
2 min

Twitter's Unauthorized Use Of Private Media And Individual Depictions Regulations Have Been Updated

With the expansion of its private information policy to now include "private media," which refers to photographs posted through tweets...

Meerelle Cruz

2 days ago
3 min

Meta's Crytpo Project Loses Top Executive

Top CEO David Marcus, formerly of PayPal, has announced that he will be departing Meta at the end of the year, dealing yet another blow...

MaryGrace Lerin

2 days ago
2 min

LinkedIn Introduces New 'Creator Mode' Tools, Such as LinkedIn Live Access and Newsletters

LinkedIn's 'Creator Mode' capabilities are getting a boost with the inclusion of LinkedIn Live access for those who have the mode...

MaryGrace Lerin

2 days ago
3 min

Facebook May be Forced to Sell Giphy Following UK Regulatory Decision

Facebook is facing yet another legal struggle in the UK , with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) declaring that Facebook to...

MaryGrace Lerin

3 days ago
2 min

GIPHY Announces the Platform's Top GIFs for 2021

What GIF did you utilize the most in 2021? GIPHY, the top GIF platform, has announced the year's most popular GIFs, with astonishment and...

Meerelle Cruz

3 days ago
1 min

TikTok Tests New Feature to Tag Other Users in Video Clips

TikTok is experimenting with a new video tagging function that allows you to tag other users in your recordings to increase engagement....

Meerelle Cruz

3 days ago
2 min

Meta Offers New Insights into the Advantages of Broad and Narrow Ad Targeting

Given the more recent constraints in audience data harvesting as a result of Apple's ATT upgrade, this is a relatively helpful study...

MaryGrace Lerin

3 days ago
2 min

Twitter Gears up for Wider Release of Reply Downvotes to Better Understand User Response

Twitter's new reply downvotes feature could be made accessible to more users very soon, according to reverse engineering expert Jane...

MaryGrace Lerin

4 days ago
1 min

Twitter's Testing New Holiday-themed App Icons

With a fresh set of app icons spotted in the back-end code of the app correlating with seasonal patterns, Twitter Blue subscribers may...

MaryGrace Lerin

4 days ago
2 min

YouTube's Working on a New 'Search Insights' Tool to Aid with Content Creation

YouTube is developing a new insights tool for YouTube Studio that will show you what people are looking for in the app, both in terms of...

Meerelle Cruz

Nov 26
2 min

A Facebook Whistleblower Has Offered To Testify Before House Committee

Sophie Zhang, a former Facebook data scientist, warned in an internal document that a "politically sophisticated" endeavor was being made...

Meerelle Cruz

Nov 26
2 min

Meta Has Launched A New Campaign To Combat Internet Child Exploitation

"Report it. Don’t share it." is a new initiative launched by the UAE's Digital WellBeing Council, the Ministry of Interior's Child...