Digi Know Episode 63 – Facebook Easter Eggs, Amazon’s New Clothing Line & Purple Checkmarks

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Episode 63 features Amazon’s new takeout feature and it’s new clothing lines, Facebook’s Easter Eggs, new updates on messenger, ads and more and Twitter’s answer to violent and sexual posts.

Featuring Andrew McCauley (@andymac71) and Will Hanke (@redcanoemedia)

Show Notes

Amazon

Amazon adds restaurant takeout to its shopping app
http://mashable.com/2017/10/23/amazon-restaurant-takeout-orders/#q0DmQCVYUgqU

Amazon launches clothing lines
http://www.glossy.co/the-amazon-effect/amazons-pushing-its-private-label-brands-for-the-holidays?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=glossydis&utm_source=daily&utm_content=171110

Facebook

Facebook Dynamic Ads for Travel Now Pack More Punch With 3 New Features
https://hugethinking.com/post/facebook-dynamic-ads-for-travel-now-pack-more-punch-with-3-new-features/

Two New Tools Will Enable Facebook Advertisers to Fine-Tune Their Campaigns
https://www.growthstartups.com/news-two-new-tools-will-enable-facebook-advertisers-to-fine-tune-their-campaigns-2016/

What Do You Think of Facebook’s Newest Feature? Take a Poll
https://blog.smithbrosagency.com/2017/11/think-facebooks-newest-feature-take-poll/

FB Tour coming to a city near you
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/st-louis-tapped-as-first-city-in-facebook-tour-to/article_2cf6dcaf-a922-584d-9bf0-10d6f75db8ab.html?ito=792

Messenger chat on your own site
https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/07/facebook-introduces-a-messenger-plugin-for-business-websites/

More Brands Will Be Able to Send Sponsored Messages on Facebook Messenger
https://hugethinking.com/post/more-brands-will-be-able-to-send-sponsored-messages-on-facebook-messenger/

Facebook is making it easier to tell who’s running the ads you see
http://snip.ly/x52hv

Facebook just added a bunch of hidden Easter eggs you can unlock by typing special words
http://mashable.com/2017/10/23/facebook-words-hidden-animations/#ICOYo0ZmUaqM

Facebook rolls out new tools for group admins, plus badges and profiles for members
http://snip.ly/2qxgv

Google

Google just cut off a key airfare data feed used by many major travel websites
http://snip.ly/5bhso

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Premium Subscribers Can Now Dig Deeper Into Company Pages
http://meo.social/daily_updates/linkedin-premium-subscribers-can-now-dig-deeper-into-company-pages/

Twitter

Twitter plans to add purple checks to all political ads
http://snip.ly/jsnnr

Finally, Twitter shares actual examples of violent and sexual content *not* allowed
http://www.codebringer.com/earth/finally-twitter-shares-actual-examples-of-violent-and-sexual-content-not-allowed/

Twitter switches everyone to 280 chars
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/7/16616076/twitter-280-characters-global-rollout

Whatsapp

WhatsApp Users Can Now Delete Messages, But Only Within 7 Minutes
http://www.adweek.com/digital/whatsapp-delete-messages-7-minutes/