Mobile Minutes: Twitter app adds analytics; Messaging app and Sony hack; Facebook ads spur donations; Ebola info app
Twitter adds analytics to iOS app
Twitter announced yesterday? in a tweet, no less ? that it is adding mobile
analytics to its iOS app. Called the Tweet activity dashboard, this feature
displays a wide range of Tweet data that the company says will "help you
optimize your performance on Twitter" by leveraging insights and
incorporating them into your Twitter marketing strategy.
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Capitalizing on the Sony hack, a secret messaging app
is pitching Hollywood
Smartphone app developer Confide is using the hack to pitch big companies ? in
Hollywood and beyond ? on technology designed to let people communicate without
a trace. The company?s year-old app, also called Confide, sends encrypted
messages that automatically self-destruct like Snapchat images.
Read more on Wall Street Journal
Facebook says experiments prove ads on its site can
spur donations
Facebook conducted two experiments with Democratic Senate campaigns this year
to see if advertisements on its site encouraged people to make political
contributions. The company says the results show it did.
Read more on New York Times
ITU launches Ebola-Info-Sharing mobile app
The ?Ebola-Info-Sharing? mobile app facilitates coordination among organizations
responding to the Ebola crisis and offers the general public access to the
latest Ebola news from official sources, including an interactive map on Ebola.
Read more on IT News Africa