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Social Media Week in Review 6/12/15

 

Our Social Media Week in Review is back! This week's review features updates to your

favorite apps, updates to your favorite apps' companies, and even puppies.

 

Facebook Announces Facebook Lite App 

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The new streamlined app from Facebook focuses on giving users in locations with with

slow connectivity a reliable Facebook experience when bandwidth is at a minimum. The

app reduces the Facebook experience to the essentials–News Feed, status updates, photos

and notifications–and at only 1 MB, it will update and load faster. Facebook Lite was

released to parts of Asia last week, and will be arriving in Latin America, Africa, and Europe

in the coming weeks.

 

 

 

Instagram for the Web Gets a Facelift 

new Instagram desktop look

 

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While Instagram is mostly a mobile platform, it released a needed update to its online site

this week. Users will find a sleeker, flatter design that displays fewer but larger images with

more empty white space to make each image pop. Users can also scroll through photos

just like they do on the mobile app. While Instagram is still passionate about users

capturing images on their mobile devices, the app's developers are still "excited about how

Web Profiles will make it easier to browse and share content on the web for all our users.”

 

 

 

Vine Introduces the “Explore Tab” 

 

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In an update on Wednesday, Vine for iOS added another way for users to explore videos

and other content on the app. With the new update, Vine users will see related feeds with

top and recent videos when they search. The update will be available for Android soon.

 

 

 

Tumblr Gives Users GIFs 

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tumblr's new gifs

Famous for its endless supply of moving images, Tumblr is making it even easier to find

and share GIFs with its new GIF search tool. Quickly search for your perfect animated

image, complete with source credit and notifications that let the creator know his or her

GIF is being enjoyed by others–they really are the GIF that keeps on giving.

 

 

 

New Tap to Search Feature in Chrome for

Android   

Curious about something your reading? Tap on it. That’s how simple the new Google

Chrome app is for Android phones and tablets. With the new feature you can search and

explore related info without the clutter and nuisance of opening additional tabs.

 

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Twitter's CEO to Step Down

 

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This week it was announced that Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo will step down, effective July 1.

Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey will fill the position until a new CEO is named. Costolo's

stepping down comes after criticism of his leadership and the company's overall

execution.

 

 

 

The Top Shared Video on Social Media This

Week 

With over 2 million Facebook shares alone, Puppyhood takes the cake and our hearts this

week!