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Breaking! We Turned #FakeNews Into An Arcade Game
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Platform Update: FB Removes the Ability to Customize Link Metadata

What is it? Sit down. This one’s a doozy. Facebook is making a huge change to its Graph API and will be removing the ability to customize link previews (*cue jaw hitting the floor*). This means…

Experiments

Breaking! We Turned #FakeNews Into An Arcade Game

🚨 THIS IS NOT #FAKENEWS! 🚨 A well informed populace is a foundational element of democracy, and recently that foundation has fallen under siege. Regardless of political lean, about two thirds of U.S. adults say completely…

The UI Toolbelt: 10 apps to get sh*t done

Every team has their own set of tools they think are the cat’s pajamas. With so many apps to choose from and so many workflows emerging from the ether, it’s no wonder designers are having a hard time figuring out where to turn. Don’t…

How Brands are Botching Their Apologies, And How To Get It Right

Lately, companies and big brands have (attempted) apologizing for their marketing “mishaps”. No, you’re not the only one, Pepsi. Unfortunately. These mistakes remind us of a schoolyard lesson that needs to be retaught: how to properly apologize. Recently, the natural hair care industry…

Community Managers: Actors, but for the Internet

What Is Community Management? By now you’ve seen brands like Wendy’s and Taco Bell engaging in clever and (at times) even witty exchanges with the fans (and trolls) who engage with them on social media. but why — Netflix US (@netflix) May 2, 2017

Development

PyCon 2017 – Diving into the Depths of Data

23 Years of PyCon PyCon is an annual Python conference organized for the Python community by the Python community. It is a place of learning, networking and creating. Since the first Python Conference in…

Marketing

How Brands are Botching Their Apologies, And How To Get It Right

Lately, companies and big brands have (attempted) apologizing for their marketing “mishaps”. No, you’re not the only one, Pepsi. Unfortunately. These mistakes remind us of a schoolyard lesson that needs…

Marketing

Platform Update: YouTube Introduces Responsive Video

What is it? YouTube just announced multiple new updates to the site experience at VidCon, including responsive videos. Good news: the YouTube mobile app will now display videos filmed in vertical, square, 16:9, and 4:3…

Strategy

Platform Update: Snapchat Rolls Out Snap Map

What is it? Snapchat launched Snap Map, an in-app tool for you to share your location, see what your friends are up to, and explore what’s happening in your area and around the world. Within…

Marketing

Community Managers: Actors, but for the Internet

What Is Community Management? By now you’ve seen brands like Wendy’s and Taco Bell engaging in clever and (at times) even witty exchanges with the fans (and trolls) who engage with them on…

Strategy

Platform Update: Share a Replay of Instagram Live Videos to Stories

What’s new? Instagram Stories is having quite a day. The platform feature now has 250 million daily active users – a 50 million daily active user increase since April and a significant jump from…

Strategy

Platform Update: Instagram Introduces Archive

What’s new? Have you ever looked back in your Instagram feed and thought, “hm, this Instagram photo just doesn’t work with the aesthetic anymore?” Today is your lucky day. Instagram just introduced Archive, a new feature…

Design

2017 Facebook Award Winner: Mr Robot by ISL and USA Network

We’re proud to announce that our Mr Robot Season 2 Digital Launch for NBC Universal / USA Network has been named a winner in the 2017 Facebook Awards. Each year, Facebook highlights the best campaigns…