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Influencers in the arts can drive real profits, even with small moves. A single Instagram post by Beyoncé, for example, […]

In 2006 Google’s acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion, and Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012.   Many dismissed these purchases […]

When you go online, where do you set our boundaries? If you’re like many social media users, you simply may […]

If you’re a human being (read: not spambot) and you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably wondered who looks at your profile. Facebook’s voyeur-identifying techniques are stealth, allowing you to be a voyeur without really feeling like a stalker. Here are some of the ways you can bypass Facebook’s secret algorithmic ways and find out who’s looking at you…

The debate about companies’ use of location data has gained a lot of traction this year. However, that shouldn’t make […]

Social media needs a surgeon general’s warning. No, that isn’t hyperbole. We know social media is highly addictive. We know […]

The most connected, tech-savvy generation in history does not know how to mail a letter.

If you want to make a career in web development or it is merely your area of interest, it can […]

What to do if you can’t canoe.

Facebook is an accepted means of communication. It is a never-ending virtual social gathering filled with adopted puppies, cute LOL kitties, baby announcements, viral articles and videos, events, groups, organizations and fan pages. But why do people really use it?

A new study entitled “Why do people use Facebook?” from Boston University’s…

How and why has humanity created a pandemic? Have inexorable protection mechanisms have been triggered to create what is now […]

Social ads have social consequences. Josh Kopelman, Managing Director of VC firm First Round Capital, recently found that out. Kopelman, a very savvy web 2.0 investor who got in early with StumbleUpon, Odeo, LinkedIn, and others, tried an experiment with Facebook’s controversial SocialAds advertising system. He spent $50 to test the platform…

A new survey from Gartner Research delivers some bad news regarding our online security practices: two-thirds of U.S. consumers use the same one or two passwords for all the websites they access. And they like it that way. Although people claim they’re concerned about security, they still tend to use unsafe password management techniques rather…

And why does a vegetarian “like” McDonald’s, while a guy who has never owned a car “likes” Subaru? The weird side of Facebook likes. 

Did you know that your tweets have an expiration date on them? While they never really disappear from your own Twitter stream, they become unsearchable in only a matter of days. At first, Twitter held onto your tweets for around a month, but as the service grew more popular, this “date limit” has dramatically shortened. According to Twitter’s…

The dangers of Instagram spam, and how to fight back.

Not all Twitter usernames are worth $50,000, but when they are, hackers want them.

There are a slew of social media aggregation sites willing, waiting, and wanting to pull your updates, videos, photos, links, music, “shares,” “likes,” and other content from all around the web. A few of them work well, some have really cool features, and others have critical mass.

But none of them are as drop-dead good-looking – or as…

Each Facebook Timeline profile now has a tiny clock icon in the status window update, allowing you to place items on your wall in the past. This is a pretty significant Facebook update considering that, initially, Timeline defaulted to publishing posts in the present only. Now the decision to travel back in time is yours. This new feature mimics…

X is rolling out audio and video call capability to Android users, after it was introduced for iOS users in […]

Until now, users needed 1,000 followers on TikTok to access its live-streaming features. Now, however, any user who is a […]

Reddit is set to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in March, following up on plans more than three years […]

MrBeast, a popular YouTuber, Jimmy Donaldson, is accustomed to analyzing the pros and cons of products in his videos — […]

Elon Musk has promised that X creators will soon earn more for their posts, in response to a public blasting […]

Australia’s eSafety commissioner has blasted the social media platform X after it found that over 6000 banned accounts have been […]

Elon Musk wants to implement features on X to turn it into a live streaming platform to rival Amazon’s Twitch, […]

Rumble, the online video-hosting platform that claims to be a free speech YouTube alternative, is reportedly under investigation by the […]

Almost 2,000 employees are due to be laid off by gaming software developer, Unity, as first reported by The Wall […]

Hackers are specifically targeting prominent verified accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter, to promote crypto scams and drop links […]

Telegram, the messaging platform, launched its most recent update on New Year’s Eve, boasting a brand-new calls interface and some […]

Social media platform X experienced widespread outages early on Thursday, December 20, affecting thousands of users around the world. Peaking […]

Elon Musk’s X has created a new team specifically designed to generate advertising revenue for political advertisers. The goal of […]

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has spoken on plans for profit amid the potential of an IPO in 2024 and the […]

An industry group representing TikTok, Meta, and X has issued a lawsuit against the US state of Utah over strict […]

The European Union (EU) has opened formal proceedings against Elon Musk’s X to investigate if it breached the bloc’s Digital […]

Disney has increased their ad spending on Meta’s Instagram by as much as 40% after halting advertising on X over […]

Online video platform Rumble is cracking down on Media Matters with a new lawsuit targeting people connected to the left-leaning […]

A Texas judge has upheld a ban on TikTok on government devices in the U.S. state. The ban covers all […]

TikTok owner ByteDance is set to resume business in Indonesia by taking a majority 75.01% stake in Tokopedia with a […]