Hyperlapse Lets You Selfielapse: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

What's New This Week?

Instagram's Hyperlapse Introduces Selfielapse: The recent Hyperlapse update allows you to “use your front-facing camera to shoot a video of yourself.”

Starting today, you can use your front-facing camera when taking a Hyperlapse. Learn more about #selfielapse here: https://t.co/Z8Bk5q02G8

— Instagram (@instagram) September 25, 2014

Facebook Allows Users to Save Links in Photo Posts: “The save feature on Facebook now allows users to save links in photo posts. Plus, you can now save multiple links and tagged pages in posts.”

Facebook Announces Updates for iOS 8: “Facebook for iOS 8 will have an improved experience for people who want to share content from other apps to Facebook.”

Amazon Enables Access to Amazon Wish List Via Twitter: You can now add items to your Amazon Wish List without leaving Twitter.

Introducing #AmazonWishList. Now you can add items to your Amazon Wish List without leaving Twitter https://t.co/qZN2fwAwDL

— Amazon (@amazon) September 24, 2014

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Pinterest Plans to Make Promoted Pins More Relevant to Pinners: On October 19, 2014, Pinterest will make a few updates to their privacy policy to explain these plans.

Ello Introduces New Social Platform: This new social platform promises an experience different from Facebook. It allows members to sign up with fake names and promises to be ad-free.

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