Facebook Says Thanks With Christmas (and thanksgiving if you’re across the pond) just around the corner Facebook have announced a new tool to let users pull together personalised video cards to share with their friends. Say Thanks uses a combination of pre-built themes and user posts and photos that can…

YouTube Consider Paid, Ad-Free Subscriptions YouTube are considering giving viewers the option to watch ad-free videos for a monthly subscription fee marking a big change from the advertising-only approach. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says “YouTube right now is ad-supported, which is great because it has enabled us to scale to a…

Say Hello to #Ello   While still in Beta, all eyes were on new social network Ello last week – Ello doesn’t sell ads or data about you to third parties – not that it’s stopped brands trying to get in on the action, Sonos were actually the first brand on Ello….

From the role of paid media to key engagement metrics, the social media landscape has already seen huge transformation in 2014 with more platforms and brands jostling for attention than ever before. Mobile continues to play a key role with 71% of all social users accessing their chosen platform from…

Vine Introduces All New Features The new Vine Camera from Vine on Vimeo. To the relief of creatives and budding Vine stars alike the app announced a new function allowing users to edit and upload existing videos from their phones. This function is set to drive sign ups with…

Barbie Joins LinkedIn In the last 150 years Barbie has had 55 different jobs with the latest, according to her new LinkedIn profile, being Dreams Incubator. Since the profile went live two weeks ago, Barbie has been posting about different female entrepreneurs, giving career advice and sharing her thoughts…

Snapchat Develops New Messaging Features Snapchat is to evolve from a simple photo messaging service to into a primary hub for mobile messaging with all new features. The existing process of sending a photo for just a few seconds will now follow up with the ability to have real…

10 Years of Facebook Last week we saw the tenth anniversary of the founding of Facebook, a milestone that the social network celebrated with personalised ‘Lookback’ videos and an open letter from Mark Zuckerberg. Here’s our favourite ‘Lookback’ video that we’ve seen (it’s a parody).   Twitter’s Q4 Results…

Last week, Harkable Partner and resident social media expert Will Francis, was invited over to the CNN International studios in London to chat with anchor Nina Dos Santos on the hit and misses of Super Bowl ads, and how they were received in social media.  

A piece of toast and a cup of tea is the perfect accompaniment to this week’s Social Media Round Up, which features news from Instagram, Google, Twitter and Spotify. Instagram announces Instagram Direct With what has been the biggest news in social media for the last few months, Instagram…