A look into 2020 digital trends and conversation topics and 2021 predictions

Pinterest launched its Pinterest Predicts Report showcasing 2021 trends by several audiences and categories, meanwhile, TikTok, the most downloaded app in 2020, revealed brands that inspired the app. Click here to download Facebook's annual 'Topics and Trends' report providing insight into key discussions in a range of areas, or find out Google's insights into the top search queries of 2020.

Twitter acquired multi-participant video chat streaming app Squad

As Squad announced its shut down this week, its former employees were hired by Twitter's design, engineering, and product departments. With this acquisition, new video streaming features are being expected from Twitter.

Instagram tests sharing reels to Facebook's news feed and watch listings

Facebook is considering enabling Instagram users who are posting Reels to also enable those clips to be watchable on Facebook, with the potential of being shown in both the News Feed and in Facebook Watch.

New company page roles have been added to LinkedIn

To provide more management options, LinkedIn created new roles such as; Super Admin, Content Admin, Curator, and Analyst. Additionally, the company is now listing its 'Paid Media Admins' in a separate category, with three different options: Click here for more details.

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LinkedIn begins testing ads in stories

LinkedIn announced that the company is testing Stories Ads with a limited number of advertisers in a closed beta with all members globally. The plans are to launch it more broadly in 2021.

Pinterest adds new board features to improve user navigation

As the platform keeps providing new ways for users to keep track of the various ideas and inspirations, there's now a new set of board-specific tools including private personal notes, additional search tools, to-do list makers, and Pin favorites.

Sharing Tweets directly to Snapchat stories is now available

This week, Twitter announced that iOS users will now be able to add tweets directly into their snaps, with official linkage back to the app. The company also told that they will be testing sharing Tweets to IG Stories to a small %.