It looks like Facebook might soon begin to compete with LinkedIn by allowing companies to display jobs, along with other information on company pages. This could also prove to be a blessing in disguise for companies, who until now used Facebook pages for customer care and marketing and LinkedIn for recruiting. #hr #social
To promote active participation from freelancers, Gigster is adding freelancer equity program. Freelancers will get a share of equity on the profit earned by Gigster after paying back the investors. This is a promising initiative with long term financial security for freelancers who continue to help clients on Gigster. The scheme looks ambitious though, it all depends on the success of Gigster and its clients. #corporate
Leading funding platform Kickstarter has introduced live streaming feature that allows campaign organizers to interact directly with potential funders and ensure prolonged customer engagement. Viewers can ask questions with an ability to select rewards and back projects. Playing down religiously, Kickstarter boasts of simplicity of graphics and direct approach in contrast with Facebook Live and other live platforms. #corporate
To handle privacy concerns, SudoApp allows users to create and delete temporary/ permanent identities. All identities allow you to have a different name, email id and phone number. A second app SudoPay allows you to create one-time or multi-use credit prepaid debit card to use along with your identities in case you are apprehensive about credit card frauds. Let’s hope users don’t fall prey to identity crisis. #apps
Most Mexican banks don’t allow their customers to use debit card online. To counter this, Uber is issuing its own debit card called the UberCard to boost riding among Mexicans. Issued by MasterCard through online bank Bankaool, UberCard can be used ubiquitously. What’s more, customers can link the card to their Uber accounts to get first ride free. Smart move to bank on. #bigchange
Instagram will introduce product tags to allow customers to shop within the app. Tags take the customer to a different product page with more information and a shop now link connecting them to the seller’s storefront. Instagram has merely been an exposure platform for brands; with sale window open, marketers have a compelling reason to embrace it. #social
New update to Atlassian’s HipChat comes with Amazon Alexa support. Users can simply start a conversation by speaking to Amazon Echo device. Alexa can respond on your behalf, notify you when new messages are posted and show summaries of chat. Beyond messaging capabilities, HipChat allows developers to build third-party extensions. With Alexa support, you can command Echo the way you want. #social
Microsoft is updating Outlook mobile app with scheduling assistant that allows you to easily fix a meeting with your colleagues. Users can view their colleagues’ availability in real-time and arrive at a mutually suitable date and time for a meeting. The app available only on iOS right now, uses date-picker and time-picker with a set of different colors to schedule a meeting. Rolling out a host of new features recently, Microsoft seems to be doing a lot more than expected. #apps
Scribd users can now access premium magazine articles from Fortune, Time, New York Magazine etc as soon as they are available in print versions. The subscription service available at $8.99 a month will offer premium articles along with existing content like ebooks, audio books, and documents. Though users can select what they want to read, Scribd will also surface content based on your interest. With content competition getting fierce, content providers eye for a bigger share of the pie. #epublishing
Twitter is all set to introduce new features in direct messages to help businesses improve customer service. The new features will help brands to leverage welcome messages and quick replies to customers. Apart from phone, email and web chat; twitter interactions are redefining the way brands interact with customers. Twitter clearly appears to be on its toes through a series of developments lately. #social
