Issue 72 of Scott's Weekly Wrap.
WordPress Weekend Warriors
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Ellie O’Brien on How She Started Her Growing Blog | @contentacademy | “What’s holding you back?” That’s the question food blogger, Ellie O’Brien, recommends…

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One of the most difficult things about writing online is expressing tone and emotion. Emoticons and Emoji help, but what if there was a tool that uses artificial intelligence to determine the emoti…

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Things of the Week

Today Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai made clear he intends to dismantle strong net neutrality protections in the US. If approved,

Thirty years ago, the GIF was born. Ben Zimmer on how this technology term has aged remarkably well—even though how to pronounce it is still debated.

Now that spring has arrived, chances are you’ll be planning travel—some of which may be business-related. So before you hit the road, we’ll give you the lowdown on tax perks. One of my favorite movies about business travel is the Steve Martin / John Candy classic: Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The film might not teach you […]

It takes a concentrated effort, but it’s good for the organization.

Social Front

Facebook started 2017 with a road trip down South to meet with local journalists. As those trips continue, the social media giant announced another level of in-real-life engagement on Thursday — a …

For better or worse, brand-backed influencers seem to be obsessed with Instagram. In fact, a new survey shows that 92% of influencers say the Facebook unit is their main focus these days.

Instagram has doubled its user base, to 700 million monthly actives in two years, fueled by Stories, web signups and better onboarding on low-end Android..

If you visit the Facebook page for Netflix drama Narcos and it looks like the cover image is moving, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you.

Always-on Twitter TV is on its way, Twitter COO and CFO Anthony Noto tells BuzzFeed News.

Strategic Search

Google isn’t planning to rid fake news from its search results -- but it’s trying to purge it from the top.

Go you!

If you are anything like I used to be, you probably put mornings right up there with death on the scale of things you most dread. I used to wake up in a fog, feeling just as tired as when I went to…

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