MG OMD FWD 28th April

Hello and welcome to this week’s WFH FWD. Week 7, to be precise.

For anyone that is still yet to acclimatise to working at home, The Verge has published a handy guide on how to work from home productively and comfortably (make sure you check out the soothing animal webcams to watch, section)

Snapchat users jump 20% in Q1
Twitter is testing a new way of displaying retweets with comments
Instagram has initiated a #MonthOfGood initiative to coincide with Ramadan
Instagram starts work a new ‘Share Professional’ sticker, enabling users to promote business profiles in Stories
TikTok tests eCommerce potential with ‘Small Gestures’ virtual gift-giving
Microsoft believes that spacing is a bad thing. As they introduce a new error correction for double spaces in Microsoft Word

How lockdown is helping brands get creative on social
After the recent surge in video conferencing services being used, Facebook looks set to launch their latest product, Messenger Rooms. Designed to rival the likes of Zoom and Houseparty
Here are 5 ways 5G could change how we communicate in the future
Disney+ forecast to hit 226m global subscribers by the end of the fiscal year 2024

You can now tip your favourite music artist, via Spotify
Facebook avatars are coming to Europe
KFC brings the UFC (Ultimate Fried Chicken) fight to Instagram Live
Facebook adds a new ‘animate’ option to add motion to still images in Facebook stories

Extraordinary times, extraordinary trends. Here are the most important data on digital audiences during coronavirus
How Coronavirus helped TikTok find its voice
WhatsApp’s efforts to crack down on misinformation prove successful, as it sees a drop of 70% in ‘highly forwarded on’ messages

MG OMD FWD 28th April

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