Soon users will be able to upload Instagram posts from their desktop
This weekend in Hard Refresh: Social we review WhatsApp e-commerce, Tweets in IG Stories, #FreeBritney, & more!
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2 min readJun 25, 2021
- Facebook is testing cool new animations for users sharing posts in their News Feed.
- Live audio rooms and podcasts made their debut on Facebook this week. (I find it pretty crazy that it’s taken Facebook this long to jump into the podcast world.)
- More e-commerce is on the way for WhatsApp, as Facebook adds Shops to the app.
- Instagram might allow users to post from the desktop site in the near future. Social media managers of the world, rejoice!
- Instagram is testing Suggested Posts in users’ feeds, going so far as to show users accounts they don’t follow before accounts they do.
SNAPCHAT
- The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a 14 year-old cheerleader this week, who was suspended from school activities over a Snapchat post.
- The platform also signed a deal with Universal Music Group, hoping to bring major artists to the platform.
- New updates are coming to Twitter, including Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces. It was only a matter of time.
- Now you can send your tweets directly to your Instagram Stories. Memes just got a whole lot easier to post!
AR, VR, & AI
- Remember those Facebook virtual reality ads from last week? It’s not going so well.
- Facebook also registered for a patent for an augmented reality fedora hat. That’s right, you read correctly.
NOTEWORTHY
- Pinterest launched a new initiative to highlight small businesses selling products for life post-COVID. What a dream!
- YouTube scored a copyright win in the EU, after a judge ruled that the platform shouldn’t be held liable for copyright-infringing uploads.
VIRAL CONTENT
- Britney Spears spoke in court this week asking for her 13-year conservatorship to be dissolved.
- A condo building in Miami partially collapsed yesterday, leaving over 99 people missing.
Have an awesome weekend!
