The landscape shifts every two weeks. Here are some of the changes up to August 2017…
- New social networks based on blockchain (e.g. Steem and WildSpark) – Aug 2017
- Watch: Facebook’s new video platform – Aug 2017
- Instagram Stories overtakes Snapchat – Aug 2017
- Reddit: redesign + foray into video – Aug 2017
- Facebook introduces “link ownership” – July 2017
- Facebook to enable publishers to paywall their Facebook content – July 2017
- Google search to add news to it’s homepage – July 2017
- Google News redesign – June 2017
- Google Contributor: “Ad removal pass” – June 2017
- Snapchat launches Snap Map – June 2017
- FBIA add support for AMP (and soon Apple News) – May 2017
- Google starts tracking users offline purchases – May 2017
- Washington Post launches Reddit profile – May 2017
- Facebook link pages and groups – April 2017
- Google re-vamping search algorithm to combat fake news – April 2017
- WikiTribune announced – April 2017
- Google “topic page” carousels – noticed April 2017
- Facebook chatbots 2.0 – April 2017
- Facebook unveil AR plans at F8 – April 2017
- Chrome announces it may introduce adblock – April 2017
- Facebook Instant Articles opens up email subscription component – April 2017
- Alexa starts advertising across London – April 2017
- CrowdTangle unleashed – March 2017
- Facebook launches Stories – March 2017
- WhatsApp launches Status (a Stories clone) – Feb 2017
- AMP allows tracking iframes at the top of the page – 2016/2017
- Fake news – Nov 2016
- Google search rolls out six major updates in 2016
- Snapchat launches Spectacles – September 2016
- Twitter opens Moments to everyone – September 2016
- Google live coverage – August 2016
- Instagram launches Stories – August 2016
- Facebook demote publishers posts – June 2016. (The Facebook algorithm changes every couple of months).
- Facebook Live launches – April 2016
- Apple News: changes every month or two
What have i missed?