Podsumowanie Tygodnia 16.08 – 22.08.2016

According to a reliable source we spoke to this morning, Facebook is set to begin a phased rollout of a new feature that allows for two-person broadcasts on Live.

Facebook may be ubiquitous, but it’s not cool anymore. After pivoting its main app into a newsfeed, the company has released a new app for iOS called Lifestage, but it’s just for teens.

Google today launched Google Duo, a one-to-one video calling app for Android and iOS. You can download Duo from Google Play and Apple’s App Store, though you may have to wait a bit as this is a gradual rollout — “it will be live worldwide in the next few days.”

Google today quietly announced that Google+ Hangouts On Air will no longer be available on September 12. Four weeks from now, Google users will be asked to use YouTube Live instead.

Co-founder announces shut down of Blab's website and app with no warning to users, although signs indicated the move was coming.

Snapchat has reportedly purchased recommendation app Vurb for around $110 million, which could see the ephemeral content platform move into search.

You might have thought you'd graduated from using stickers when you left elementary school behind, but social media companies seem to have embarked upon a mission to make stickers cool again. The latest to join the frenzy is Twitter, which launched searchable stickers two months ago, and has now introduced Promoted Stickers. In partnering with Pepsi to bring this latest feature to market, Twitter says these stickers are just the latest way "to provide fun ways for people to express themselves."

Spotify this morning is announcing a change to its service designed to appeal to families with small children: it’s relaunching the app’s Kids category to include new playlists focused on vocabulary and language-development activities, as well as voiceover prompts in between songs that encourage parents to interact with their children while listening to music together.

Instagram trolls are ruthless: Justin Bieber resorts to deleting his account after followers abused his girlfriend with hate comments.

There have been several updates and changes made recently to Facebook ads. Here are 10 of them that you need to know about...

In March, the college-centric social network Yik Yak took a step away from its origins in anonymity by asking users to create "handles" that they could optionally attach to their posts. Today the company is eliminating the last traces of anonymity from its app, requiring users to create handles that will be attached to their activity on Yik Yak. It’s also adding 18-character status messages that expire after 24 hours, as well as a feed of nearby users with whom you can exchange messages. "It’s a richer, more engaging, more personal feed," said Tyler Droll, the company’s co-founder, in an interview. "There are people behind each and every one of these posts. It really enhances a sense of community."

No big surprise here: Tsu, a social network that worked around the App Store’s rules on pay-per-installs, incentivized its users to create content, rewarded people for signing up friends, and got banned from Facebook for spamming, has now shut down. Yes, “pay you to post” and “pay you to friend” turns out to be an unsustainable business model, after all. According to a message on the Tsu website, the company claims it failed to raise an additional round of funding to keep its social network alive.

Airbnb is testing a new app called Airbnb Trips, which offers city guides and local event suggestions. The app was first spotted by Bloomberg, which suggests that the app could be part of Airbnb's plan to begin offering travel services beyond merely booking a home. Those don't appear to be built into the app just yet, but it's easy to imagine Trips turning into a way to make restaurant reservations or book a tour.

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Orange mocno angażuje w swoich kampaniach znanych vlogerów. Tym razem marka postanowiła zaprosić do współpracy Krzysztofa Gonciarza.

Instagram is taking another step today in what is turning into a full-blown Snapchat blitz. The Facebook-owned video- and photo-sharing platform announced it's rolling out an Events video channel on its Explore page that uses an algorithm to curate user-generated videos from major events like concerts and sports.

Wordpress 4.6 wprowadza system walidacji odnośników, nowy mechanizm instalacji wtyczek oraz motywów, a także przyśpiesza działanie strony.

As Facebook has evolved, so have the publishers that rely on it for traffic. Instead of building one company page and amassing millions of likes, views, and shares, major publishers have increasingly sliced their audience into separate Facebook pages to boost engagement.

The hit cybersecurity-focused TV show “Mr. Robot,” a psychological thriller popular among the tech crowd for its relatively accurate portrayal of hacking, is now a mobile game. Released by Telltale Games in association with NBCUniversal, and developed by Night School Studio in collaboration with Universal Cable Productions, the game is played through the fictional E-Corp messaging app, allowing players to communicate in real time with characters in the show.

Pizza Hut is following in the international pizza chain tradition of including tech-infused features along with its sub-par pies (don't @ me), but its newest product may be the best one yet. The company's UK division has built a working turntable into a pizza box.

The meme of the moment is here and it’s pretty creepy. As our own Romain Dillet points out the title artistry for the Netflix series Stranger Things is surprisingly beautiful and compelling. Now the good folks at design studio Nelson Cash are letting make our own.

Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich announced today that the company will create a studio in Hollywood to produce 360-degree sports and entertainment virtual reality experiences.

Google is making more changes to Chrome on Android. The company often changes the New Tab page in Chrome, and now it looks like it's experimenting with building a New Tab page that's powered by Google Now. The new feature is live now in the developer version of Google Chrome for Android, which can be downloaded from Google Play.

Pinterest has updated three user experience features making it easier to find, connect and share with other users.

Some new features to help you control what you see and who you interact with on Twitter