Social Media Weekly

WhatsApp Finally Allows Encrypted Cloud Backup, YouTube Launches Own Podcast, LinkedIn Invests in the Creator Economy, Facebook Announces AR Glasses, and Instagram Wants to Convert Our Stories into Reels.

Instagram Will Require Us to Enter Birthdays, Clubhouse Adds Spatial Audio, YouTube Opens a Theater in Los Angeles, TikTok Getting into VR, and LinkedIn Closing Down Stories.

TikTok Expands Marketing Partner Program to SEA, Instagram Stories Swipe Up Link Going Away, A Standalone WhatsApp iPad App Coming Soon, Twitter Adds Subscribe Button Directly to Revue, and Facebook Brings Reels to Its Main App.

TikTok Works with Vimeo and Canva, Twitter Hit With Another Verification Hiccup, End to End Encryption Comes to Messenger, WhatsApp Tests Chat Import Between iOS and Android, YouTube Releases a Few New Features.

LinkedIn Adds Its Own Video Meeting, Instagram Tests Ads in Shop Tab, TikTok Tests Stories Format, IG Scammers Profit From Banning Accounts, and Twitter Testing Feature That Removes Followers.

Snapchat Launches Global Ad Campaigns, WhatsApp Drops 2 More New Features, Clubhouse Sees Increase in Usage, Zoom Fined $85 Million, LinkedIn is a $10 Billion a Year Biz

YouTube Working on Livestream Shopping, Clubhouse Moves Out of Beta, Spotify partners with GIPHY, Snap Announced Best Quarter in Four Years, and Instagram Testing TikTok-Style Explore Section

Twitch Creators get Some TikTok Action, Clubhouse Rolls Out Backchannel Chat, WhatsApp Working on True Multi-device App, LinkedIn Says Data Scraping Not a Hack, RIP Twitter Fleet.

YouTube Releases ‘New To You’ Discovery Function, Clubhouse Collaborates with TED, TikTok: Unplugged is a Live Session with Top Creators, and Higher Resolution Images Coming to WhatsApp.

Longer TikToks Coming To All, Facebook Launches Bulletin Beta for Podcasters and Writers, Facebook Tests Threads on Posts, and Instagram Announces Major Transformation.

Introducing our new Cohost Jay! We talked about YouTube's guidelines for building an audience, Facebook expanding use-case for Stories, Instagram may let us post from desktop, and more.

Spotify launches Clubhouse rival, Clubhouse builds chats, Instagram brings ads to all Reels, and more

Instagram explains its algorithm, Facebook Watch coming next year, TikTok gets positive, YouTube bans alcohol, gambling, and political ads on its Masthead placements, and more.

Visual tracking on the rise, YouTube expands Shorts to more countries, WhatsApp bringing new features, Clubhouse on Android gets more updates, and more

Twitter releasing subscription plan, Instagram lets us remove Like and View counts, Twitter relaunch verification requests a few times, and more

Clubhouse gained 1 million new Android users, Twitter releases monetized Spaces, Snap Spectacles ready for AR, and more

Social Platforms Block Palestinian Content, Clubhouse Aims for Global Android Release, Twitter Asks Us to Turn on Tracking, and more

Spotify enables podcast sharing by timestamp, Clubhouse finally launches on Android, Kidstagram pushes ahead, and more.

Facebook Wants Us to Follow Interests, Snap expands AR power with Pixel8Earth, Facebook pushes ahead with E2E on Chats, and more

Special episode to dive deep into iOS 14.5's App Tracking Transparency, and its implications on Digital Marketing