TikTok’s US twin is finally approved, with Oracle and Walmart as parentsSnapchat will give us all permanent public profiles soonFacebook wants to charge us for Instagram caption linksSpecial Edition - #WiseGuys Guest segment: Amr Younis, our Creative Director, talks to us about We Are Social's first TikTok campaign, for Bugles World. Sources: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/trump-approves-oracletiktok-deal-securing-the-apps-future-in-the-us/585546/https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/09/09/snapchat-vidcon-2020-user-profiles-analytics/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/technology/mobiles/instagram-may-charge-a-fee-for-tagging-links-in-captionshttps://campaignme.com/socialize-and-bugles-team-up-for-crunch-time/

In this week's round up: Facebook tests letting Instagram stories play on the Facebook Story FeedTikTok now has 20 certified partners for you to work withThe long awaited TikTok feature 'Stitch' is hereFacebook takes shoppable to the next levelSources: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-is-letting-some-users-view-instagram-stories-on-facebook/584772/https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-launches-marketing-partner-program-for-advertisers/584753/https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/new-on-tiktok-introducing-stitch https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/25/facebook-shop-instagram-live-shopping/

In this week's round upApple's new iOS 14 will drastically change Facebook’s targeted advertising businessFacebook introduces 26-sec short videos to their feed in IndiaInstagram introduces Suggested PostsFortnite takes on Apple in true trolling FashionFacebook Avatars are now a thingSources:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-26/facebook-says-apple-s-changes-to-ios-will-dramatically-hurt-ads?srnd=technology-vp&sref=yBaTdxlg&https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-tests-tiktok-like-short-form-video-feed-in-its-main-app-with-india/583592/https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-rolls-out-suggested-posts-at-the-end-of-your-following-feed-to-al/583825/https://www.economist.com/business/2020/08/22/epic-games-takes-on-applehttps://techcrunch.com/2019/06/03/facebook-avatars-stickers/

In this week's round up,Instagram launches TikTok rival, ReelsTikTok splits up over Microsoft & Trump Social is where people are 'Searching' for your brand The Facebook ad boycott didn't turn out the way we wantedGoogle gets (more) into the Influencer game Sources: https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/05/instagram-reels-launches-globally-in-over-50-countries-including-u-s/https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21354255/microsoft-tiktok-trump-ban-bytedance-china-us-canadahttps://www.socializeagency.com/2020/07/21/digital-around-the-world-in-july-2020/https://www.forbes.com/sites/martyswant/2020/07/30/facebook-reports-slower-q2-advertising-growth-while-google-reports-a-rare-revenue-decline/#7fbfe1b8262bhttps://blog.google/products/maps/better-local-recommendations-google-maps/

In this week's round up,00:00 - 00:15: Intro0:45 - 1:56: Instagram launches #PinnedComments1:59 - 2:48: TikTok #Bug drops likes & views to zero2:50 - 4:21: Google introduces #Predictive #Audiences on GA4:23 - 6:23: QR Codes & Catalog ads come to WhatsApp6:26 - 8:15: IGTV lets you edit Discover Feed thumbnails8:19 - 9:52: How we think #Quibi comes up with their showsSources:https://www.searchenginejournal.com/i...https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/tikto...https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news...https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news...https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news...