Engage Web July 2017 - Engage Web

The zips don’t lie – Engage Web Team Building Day 2017

Posted on July 31, 2017

An action-packed July for the Engage Web team came to an adrenaline-pumping end last Thursday when we made the trip to Snowdonia. After last year’s impressive performance from the team at Escape Rooms, an altogether different team building challenge this year would be whooshing (or dangling) over some breathtaking North Wales landscapes at Zip World.

For most of the week though, the only thing dangling was (more…)

Posted by John Murray

Facebook profits soar thanks to mobile surge

Posted on July 28, 2017

A Facebook earnings report, released on Wednesday, revealed that the mobile ad side of its business has increased by more than (more…)

Posted by Mark Glenning

Could video turn vertical?

Posted on July 27, 2017

Ever since John Logie Baird gave his first demonstration of the television in 1925, we have become used to watching video footage in landscape form. It fits the shape of our televisions and desktop computers, and is well suited to the rooms we put these devices in, since they too are usually wider than they are high.

In fact, the move towards (more…)

Posted by John Murray

SAScon 2017 – back to the present?

Posted on July 26, 2017

The Engage Web team went off to Manchester at the end of last week for another year’s SAScon event. Probably the premier event of its kind in the north of England, the two-day conference gathers speakers from around the world sharing their knowledge and tips from the world of search, analytics and social media.

There was a change of venue this year, with (more…)

Posted by John Murray

SASCon 2017 – A playful take on search and social

Posted on July 25, 2017

Last week, the Engage Web team made its annual trip up the M56 to Manchester to attend SASCon 2017 – an event filled with information, sweets and Jon Burkhart’s ginger balls.

Burkhart opened the (more…)

Posted by Alan Littler

Facebook takes the fight to fake news

Posted on July 24, 2017

In the latest step to rid itself of the Trump-taint of “fake news”, Facebook has made it impossible to tamper with a link preview – with one exception.

The platform was seen as a (more…)

Posted by Mark Glenning

Google to introduce feeds to its services

Posted on July 21, 2017

Search giant Google has recently announced that it is to launch a Google Feed to its iconic search tools. This will see the company add a stream of videos, news articles and links, and other content that will be customised for each (more…)

Posted by Alan Littler

Say hello to Facebook’s ‘Hello’ feature

Posted on July 20, 2017

Recent visitors to Facebook could be forgiven for thinking that Adele or Lionel Richie had got involved on its design, with the introduction of a ‘Hello’ button.

The button, which has an icon of a waving hand next to it, now appears as an option on any individual’s Facebook page. If you want to greet somebody but don’t have (more…)

Posted by John Murray

Older Posts »