According to internal messages leaked from Facebook earlier this month, top-level employees strategised about how they could leverage the vast quantity of user data Facebook controls in order to limit or disadvantage companies which they perceive as threats, including YouTube, Twitter and Amazon. Although Facebook does not sell user data, it does share some of […]
Following on from their initial trials in 7 other countries, Facebook-owned Instagram has now expanded the trial to the US, hiding “like” counts on posts for a selection of users, in order to test the feature. At a recent Wired event, the CEO of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, announced that the company was willing to make […]
In a first for South Africa, online payment gateway providers Payfast have introduced a new “Split Payments” option, that will allow merchants with platform-based businesses, such as online marketplaces, the ability to automatically split any payment into specified percentages and pay the relevant percentage to the specified parties. According to Payfast’s Managing Director Jonathan Smit, […]
Site usability and the user experience are critical factors when it comes to converting website visitors into leads, and the “Contact” page on your website is one that is particularly important to users. The Norman Nielsen Group, world renowned usability experts, recently released the results of a study they performed in which they asked participants […]
A recent announcement revealed some big plans on the cards for Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp, some which users will no doubt be pleased about, and others, not so much. New Group Privacy Settings First announced in April of this year, new group privacy settings will be rolling out to other countries in the near future, […]
Last week Google announced that they are in the process of deploying the biggest search update since the original launch of the search engine, in order to help them better understand the context of your question, and thus the question itself. Boolean Logic Since it first became obvious that there needed to be some way […]
One of the many metrics that Facebook makes available to you is the “PTAT” score, or “People Are Talking About This,” but it’s a metric that is not always well understood. It can go up and down, and it’s not always clear what is driving the change. Effectively, this is a measure of actions taken […]
In an announcement made earlier this month, Google reported that the latest update to its search engine algorithm is intended to increase the relevance of original reporting. Media outlets have frequently accused Google of costing them online traffic, and contributing toward a decline in their industry, with the search engine tending to show only the […]
After reverse engineer Jane Wong recently discovered some test Facebook code, and Facebook confirmed that it was considering hiding “likes,” the popularity metric that they invented, they have now announced testing with a limited number of users in Australia. They also recently began the same test on Facebook-owned platform Instagram, implementing it for “some” users […]
Heading toward the end of a year which has no doubt proven trying for practically all of the online “giants,” Google, perhaps the biggest of all, is facing yet another anti-trust investigation, this time brought against it by a nationwide group of states, including DC and Puerto Rico. The investigation appears to be following a […]
