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The Best Types of Instagram Posts for Engagement: Carousel, Image, or Video?

As Instagram’s evolved, so too are the types of posts you can share on your feed — from single images, to carousel posts, to videos. But what type of Instagram post performs best when it comes to engagement? We analyzed over 81M Instagram feed posts (excluding Reels)

Wikipedia at 20: last gasp of an internet vision, or a beacon to a better future?

Twenty years ago today, a tech startup called Nupedia launched a side project. The company had been hard at work producing a free online encyclopaedia, but it was slow going: its strict editing process, comprehensive peer review and focus on expert authors meant it finished only 21

How social media makes or breaks a company in crisis

A contributing factor of customer loyalty involves how a company responds to crisis situations, a Crisp report found. With the proliferation of social media, news of a crisis can spread quickly, impacting consumer perceptions and company reputations. Companies must adequately prepare themselves for how to handle difficult

Forget Windows, Linux or MacOS: Try these alternative operating systems

No Windows, no Linux, no macOS: is there really a desktop operating system that’s worth using outside of the big three? We’ve set out to answer that question, and while there are no absolute definitive answers here – everyone’s use case is different, after all – we’ve discovered ten distinct

AI in Web Development: Reality or Hype

To what extent will artificial integration (AI) change how we do things going into the future, particularly in the field of web development? This debate has been going on for quite some time now, some arguing that AI will soon replace humans on all tech-related jobs. Truth

Web design trend: follow it or lead it?

When you are designing a website, it is not always about how good your web design is or how practical it is for you to design it – it is about how convenient and attractive it is for your customers. Designing a website is not only aimed

‘I was hacked’ – feeble excuse or real threat on social media?

Every so often somebody embroiled in a firestorm over a jarring social media post responds with three words – “I was hacked.” But how easy is it to “hack” a social media account? Take‚ for example‚ a recent racist and homophobic tweet directed at Somizi‚ which unleashed

SPEND THE WEEKEND LEARNING CODING, WEB DESIGN, OR EVEN A NEW LANGUAGE

Whatever plans you have for this weekend, cancel them immediately, because Udemy is running another sale on game development courses. OK, that might be a little extreme, so maybe you could enhance your weekend plans by sitting down and learning how to code, build a website, or even start

Advertisers warn social media to step up, or they’re out

Trust in what we read online is eroding quickly, and social media and “Big Tech” are facing blame. It’s even reaching a tipping point for advertisers, who are threatening to pull their ad dollars from the digital domain unless things change — fast. “Consumers don’t trust what they see online.” That was a central

Web Design: Native, Hybrid or Responsive, What Format Is Made For Your Mobile Application

Native, hybrid or responsive: what format to choose to make your mobile users live a successful experience. We take stock! At some point, when designing your mobile application, you will have to decide on how you will develop the application. Your choices include native applications, hybrid applications