How Facebook sound designers gave emojis a voice

Facebook has created a library of sound bites that are pretty fun to snack on. In July, the social media company introduced “soundmojis”: A menu of emojis in Facebook’s chat application Messenger that each have an associated sound effect. When you send a soundmoji, the person who receives it taps on the emoji to hear…

Google Ads attribution models now support YouTube and Display

“As of this week, we’ve upgraded all Google Ads non-last click models, including data-driven attribution, to support YouTube and Display ads. In addition to clicks, the data-driven attribution model also measures engaged views from YouTube,” wrote Charles Huyi, Product Manager for Google Ads in an announcement on Monday. Understand the buyer journey. Along with knowing which channels are contributing along the buyer journey…

How to follow and unfollow someone on TikTok

New to TikTok and want to learn how to follow your new fave TikTokers? We’ve got you covered. Following a user on TikTok is very straightforward and makes it so their videos will show up on your “Following” page. Following a user will also help curate your “For You” page. If you’re sick of a…

Yelp introduces “Proof of vaccination required” and “Staff fully vaccinated” profile attributes

Yelp is introducing two new COVID-related profile attributes, the “Proof of vaccination required” and “Staff fully vaccinated” attributes, the company announced Thursday. Users will be able to filter searches using these attributes and the “Proof of vaccination required” attribute will be visible in search results. Image: Yelp. “We’ve put additional safety measures in place to…