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UAE, Saudi Arabia users among most active on social media
Social media is increasingly becoming embeded in every individual’s life. From a professional perspective, social media platforms are the chosen medium to which customers create their own content, hunt for new products and services, and share their opinions on certain topics.0 10800
MENA users spend 57.6m more hours on Facebook during Ramadan
Facebook has shared insights and data from its IQ research that examines Ramadan consumer technology usage across the Middle East …
Germany to fine tech firms for hate speech and fake news
The German government has recently approved fines of up to EUR 50 million against social media platforms that fail to remove illicit and fake content by users.
The new face of social networking
Niche social media brands can easily go unused. Gartner’s Managing Vice President for Marketing Leaders Julie Hopkins explored the potential of the lesser-known.
The first ad debuts on Instagram, courtesy of Michael Kors
It’s official: Instagram now has ads, and the first one appeared Friday courtesy of fashion designer Michael Kors.
Small businesses turning to Facebook and LinkedIn for social media branding
Facebook took second place, as expected, with 35 percent adoption from small businesses. Surprisingly, LinkedIn was close behind, with 33 percent adoption.
Facebook raked in big bucks from mobile ads in Q2
All those ads you see on Facebook when you whip out your phone to creep on your friends’ profiles are paying off big for the social network. Like, “billions of dollars” kind of big.
5 products Facebook should announce instead of Instagram video
Facebook’s coffee-stained paper invitation to a Thursday announcement in Menlo Park promised a new product, which by all accounts …
Twitter: Advertising in the Middle East
Sarah Rassasse, Digital Consultant, Prototype Interactive, explains how Middle Eastern businesses can benefit from advertising on Twitter. Companies in the …
Instagram vulnerability on iPhone allows for account takeover
A security researcher published on Friday another attack on Facebook’s Instagram photo-sharing service that could allow a hacker to seize …