#Newsfeed: Good and bad updates for Facebook video; Twitter testing new video feature; Why the Nokia 3310 is one of today’s trending topics
Plus the best songs to hook up to, according to Spotify.
- Major Facebook video update brings autoplay sound, picture-in-picture, and more [via The Next Web]
- Facebook Tries to Offer Music Labels a YouTube Alternative [via Bloomberg]
- Facebook confirms it’s building a video app for Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV [via The Verge]
- Twitter quickly kills a poorly thought out anti-abuse measure [via TechCrunch]
- Twitter’s latest test is making the app look more and more like Facebook [via Mashable]
- John Mayer Plays Instagram Matchmaker on Valentine’s Day [via E Online]
- YouTube cancels PewDiePie show after anti-Semitic jokes [via Mashable]
- Music industry veteran serves up burgers named after Aussie bands, becomes most-ordered food on Deliveroo [via TheMusic.com.au]
- Here are the best songs to hook up to, according to Spotify [via Business Insider]
- Report Shows That the Majority of Snapchat Users Ignore Ads on the Platform [via Social Media Today]
- Optus unveils Snapchat filters for university orientation weeks across Australia [via Mumbrella]
- Inflight streaming: Qantas hooks up with Netflix, Spotify, Foxtel [via Australian Business Traveller]
- Google fooled by fake Amazon site that showed up as an ad in search results [via Digital Trends]
- All You Need to Know About Instagram Takeovers: How to Host a Takeover in 6 Simple Steps [via Buffer Blog]
- TRENDING: #JoeTrudeau,
#DolanTwinsValentuesday, #Nokia3310
Judging by their latest blog post, Facebook is not mucking around with it’s push for video content. Updates will see autoplay sound on videos, picture-in-picture capabilities (so you can watch a video while still scrolling through the rest of your feed) and vertical videos will be able to expand to fullscreen.
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Video on Twitter is getting an update too, with the platform now testing a “top videos for you” section to the top of timelines. Similar to Twitter’s “While you were away” feature, the feature sees videos play automatically, without sound, as you hover over them.
See some screenshots of what this test feature looks like here.
To mark the most romantic day of the year, John Mayer has put the call out to his Instagram fans, offering to play digital matchmaker for them. “If you have an Instagram crush, tag them in the captions below,” he said in the video that features a short song performed by Mayer. “It’s just my job to connect people. So, have a good time,” he added.
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Bloomberg is reporting that Facebook has “redoubled its efforts with a focus on securing copyrighted music for user-generated videos”. After discouraging users from uploading content for fear it would infringe copyright, the platform is now treading the fine line between incidental uses of music – where a song is more of an accompaniment to a video – and deliberate piracy.
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Optus is going back to school this week, launching Snapchat filters with an O-Week theme at universities around the country. Created in line with a competition offering tickets to the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, the location-specific filters will be available at 10 campuses including the University of Sydney, Griffith University in Brisbane and Flinders University in Adelaide.
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JADEN JAM: Everyone’s favourite indestructible piece of technology, the Nokia 3310, is coming back. No, seriously.