Social media is a strange beast. On the one hand, it’s opened up individuals and businesses to global audiences and revolutionised the way we interact. At the touch of a screen, we can broadcast our thoughts, selfies, pets and products across the planet.
In theory, it sounds simple enough.
But as anyone who has ever been charged with executing a social media strategy will attest, it’s anything but. Putting aside the time it takes to […]
1. Vimeo to launch Live Streaming
Vimeo has announced that it has acquired Livestream and will subsequently be launching its own live streaming platform called Vimeo Live. The new platform will allow Vimeo creators to capture, edit, stream and archive live events, the company says, in addition to hosting, distributing, and generating revenue from their videos.
Tech Crunch reports ‘Live will be offered as a set of annual and monthly paid membership tiers across a […]
1. Apple blocks third-party cookie tracking
Members of the advertising industry have written an open letter to apple, condemning their new macOS feature called ITP or Intelligent tracking prevention. The new feature which Apple say’s is not about ‘blocking ads but protecting privacy’ reduces cross-site tracking by further limiting cookies and other website data. For a detailed explanation on how it works head here. (https://webkit.org/blog/7675/intelligent-tracking-prevention/).
Advertisers are concerned that the new feature will harm smaller […]
Pinterest has announced more than 200 million people now use Pinterest every month and they have seen a 50% increase in male users.
In a recent announcement, they have said their audience has grown by nearly 40 percent since last year. In terms of categories, they’ve seen a 46% increase year-over-year increase for people saving food-related Pins to Pinterest, making it the largest mobile […]
Life. It has a habit of getting in the way of the stuff we’re actually meant to be doing. Many students at The Left Bank juggle studies around full-time work and family, not to mention sleep, socialising and all the stuff that makes for a well-rounded human.
We recently put a call out on the Student Community Facebook page for your study tips and hacks, which we’ve compiled here along with a few of […]
