Social Weekly News and Trends

Audience of service self-destructing messaging in VK since launch has averaged about 13 million users in a week. About it reports vc.ru with reference to the statement by the press secretary of the social network

Team VK announced about the launch of the new application for communities — Mailing. With this app administrators can send newsletters to subscribers via the post community. They are available text messages, images, documents, maps — all messages of the communities.

Roskomnadzor permits unlocking of the social network LinkedIn after the completion of the sale of the social network by Microsoft. About it report Arguments and Facts, citing a statement by the head of the department Alexander Zharov.

Mobile app for messaging OK Messenger has reached 1 million installations on iOS and Android since launch. As reported in the official blog of the social network, at the beginning of the year the messenger entered the top 5 most downloaded iOS apps of social networks in Russia.

Facebook announced that soon the videos in the news feeds of mobile social network applications will run with the included sound.

Twitter intends to close several promotional products to optimize their business. About it reports TechCrunch, citing its sources.

Senior engineer Google Image Search Randy Keller went to work at Pinterest. He took the newly created post of head of team search.

Facebook announced several updates that are designed to increase transparency for advertisers and to expand the range of options for the purchase of video ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network.

Facebook has launched a new service that allows owners of business pages to post jobs and users to respond to them. First accessed to new job social network service by companies in the United States and Canada, reports ReCode.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey bought more than 425 thousand shares of the company totaling nearly $7 million and reported about it in the tweet with the hashtag #LoveTwitter.