Social Media Updates: January 2026

Pinterest To Acquire tvScientific Pinterest announced it is set to acquire tvScientific, a connected TV (CTV) performance advertising platform. "For...

Instagram Chief Addresses AI Challenges for 2026

Ringing in the new year is a time for celebration, one often filled with feelings of hope, gratefulness, and reflection on the year just passed....

The Year In Social Media, 2025

It's hard to believe I'm writing this again so soon, but we're wrapping up another year in social media. For 2024, the buzzword was AI—and this...

A Jewelry Designer’s Favorite Social Media App This Year Is…

Drumroll please...it's Instagram. Might you have guessed it? I certainly could have, though my conversations with members of our industry weren't...

Pinterest Predicts 2026’s Top Trends

It's my favorite time of year—the holidays, yes, but also the release of Pinterest's annual trends forecast for the upcoming year. According to the...

TikTok Reports Most Successful Black Friday Weekend Ever

TikTok's report on its Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) results supports the National Retail Federation's declaration that the holiday shopping...

Social Platforms Remind Businesses Not to Sleep on Q5 Sales

While some small retail businesses close their doors between Christmas and New Year's, they shouldn't ignore opportunities for online sales—through...

Pew’s 2025 Social Media Report Shows Endurance of YouTube, Facebook

A Pew Research Center report on "Americans' Social Media Use 2025" says that while YouTube and Facebook were the most popular platforms, they were...

Social Media Updates: November 2025

TikTok Officially Launches Bulletin Board TikTok had extended its bulletin board messaging feature to all users, after making it available on only...

What Jewelers Should Know About GoWish Ahead of the Holidays

Have you heard of GoWish? The shopping and wish list app, which was launched in 2015 by the Danish-Swedish national postal service (under the name...