Instagram’s new Countdown Sticker gives users the ability to create a countdown for a particular date/time and share it with their followers in Instagram Stories.

Instagram launches a new feature called Close Friends. The feature allows users to share Stories content with a select group of users rather than all of their followers or the general public.

Facebook has launched a new video sharing app called Lasso to compete with TikTok.

Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann announced that he is launching a new video looping act called Byte in Spring 2019.

Google announced that it is rolling out the anticipated Group Planning feature in Google Maps. The new feature makes it easy for groups of friends to decide on what restaurants or destinations they want to go to.

Spotify, the popular music streaming platform, has announced that is allowing independent artists to upload their music to Spotify for free without the need for a label or distributor.

Pinterest has announced it is opening up its API to third-party influencer marketing platforms to provide brands with key metrics for influencers such as monthly views, followers, impressions, click-throughs, and saves.

Continuing its mission of “democratizing creation for podcasters of all experience levels,” Anchor rolls out Smart Background Music to provide podcasters with "100 beautiful, podcast-ready background tracks" that can be used for free with no commercial restrictions.

Pandora launches a personalized playlist in The Drop for Pandora Premium users. Featuring as many as 100 songs, The Drop features the latest and greatest music from artists that a user likes as well as artists that they may like based on the app’s “state of the art machine learning models.”

Instagram launches two new shopping features in Shopping In Stories and Shopping In Explore.

Instagram is testing a feature that will allow users to tag other accounts in their video posts.

Instagram recently took to Twitter to announce a new feature in a personalized emoji shortcut bar for easy and quick commenting.