Social Media News: January 23, 2015

Happy Friday everyone! Welcome back. Here’s this week’s updates.

Twitter partnered with Bing to bring tweet translation to life. Now users won’t miss out on any action on Twitter. With Tweet translation, users can choose what tweets they want translated. If a user does not want to use Tweet translation, they can opt out via settings. To view a tweet in a different language, look for the globe icon located within the tweet. Click or tap to expand, and the translation will appear below the original tweet. Source

Facebook Acquires UC Browser

Facebook is teaming up with UC Browser to provide real-time notifications directly to users without requiring users to have the application open. This will be the first time Facebook notifications will be available to users from a third party application. To receive real-time notifications, users must log into UC Browser with their Facebook account information. Users will be able to manage the notification settings via UC Browser. UC Browser has a rich set of features, add-ons and advanced download management than the built-in browser on users phones. This allows users with less current mobile devices to have a better user browsing experience. Source

Twitter Introduces While You Were Away

Twitter launched “While you were away…” to users timelines to help users get a quicker recap of the top tweets they missed from accounts they follow while they were offline. These top tweets are determined by the users’ engagement and other factors. The more a user is on Twitter, the less they will see
“While you were away…” The goal is to keep users up to date with their world. Source

Be sure to check in next Friday for more social media updates.

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