Pinterest has launched a new augmented reality (AR) feature called “Try On”, which allows users to virtually try on various lipstick shades suited to their complexion. This feature is powered by Pinterest’s proprietary visual search technology called Lens. To use the feature, search “lipstick” or “lipstick shades” on Pinterest and select the “Try On” option. […]

Contributor and SMX speaker, Duane Brown, explains in this video why 2020 is the year to get a handle on your mobile experience as well as find the platforms your customers are on and experiment if they’re new to you. Below is the video transcript: Hey, my name’s Duane Brown. I run an agency up […]

Google is going to make it possible to buy movie tickets online using the Assistant (via Duplex). The company announced it was expanding the AI-powered Duplex beyond restaurant reservations to booking rental cars and buying movie tickets at Google I/O back in May. Users will have the ability to use the Google Assistant for new reservation and purchase […]

Whether you have a hotel website, retail store page, restaurant website, auto dealer site, banking site, healthcare site or corporate site – there are key elements you can leverage to drive more organic traffic. Discover how key features in your content management system (CMS) can help maximize your website’s revenue for next-generation SEO, mobile technology, […]

Facebook is trying out ad placements in the Groups tab, which would allow users to view content from all the Groups they belong to. Currently, the test includes a small number of advertisers who have access to the new inventory within the Ad Manager. It is possible for these advertisers to extend mobile News Feed […]

Google’s AdMob is being upgraded its reporting an analytics for mobile publishers and developers. A new API is being rolled out, which provides publishers with more accurate insights into user behavior, ad performance and revenue. From within the AdMob dashboard, users can see metrics like estimated earnings in a more granular way: By App Ad […]

On September 5, Google announced an update to how Google is presenting movies and TV shows in the mobile search results for the upcoming fall season. This updated interface is more graphical and interactive, and lets you have more fun swiping through entertainment options from your mobile searches. When you search for things like “good shows […]

Facebook’s automated lead generation feature is being released for Messenger, which was announced in May to all advertisers. This offering will give businesses the ability to create an automated question and answer experience within Messenger. This feature will launch via Facebook’s click-to-Messenger ads for Facebook News Feed. This is how it works: When a users clicks on […]

Twitter is rolling out a new video ad bidding option that lets advertisers run 15-second or shorter video ads, but only be charged if the ad is viewed for 6 seconds with pixels at 50% in-view. Twitter called it a “Flexible option for advertisers who care about the completed view metric, but are ready to […]

As of July 24, there was widespread complaints in the Google forums bout the search results not fully rendering when somebody performs a search. This even affected users on mobile as well. Google had confirmed that the company was working on a fix to the problem. At 3:30pm on the 24th, Google posted this tweet: […]