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www.bbc.com
2 months ago
Tech industry

Facebook at 20: Four ways the app changed the world

Facebook has changed the world by rapidly taking hold as a popular online social network.
Facebook has experienced continuous growth and has expanded into less connected countries to increase its user base. [ more ]
SiliconANGLE
3 months ago
Startup companies

Two years after filing IPO paperwork, Reddit reportedly preparing to go public in March - SiliconANGLE

Reddit plans to go public in March after confidentially filing for an IPO two years ago
The valuation of Reddit is yet to be determined, but estimates in 2021 ranged from $10 billion to $15 billion [ more ]
Plasticbag
3 months ago
UX design

How Threads will integrate with the Fediverse

Meta hosted a Data Dialogue event in San Francisco to engage the 'Fediverse' community and gather feedback on their product 'Threads'
The Fediverse is a decentralized approach to social networking where multiple networks can interoperate seamlessly [ more ]
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
Manchester United

Who is Thomas Zilliacus? New Manchester United bidder's net worth and career

M anchester United, ranked to be one of the most popular and marketable football teams in the world, is currently on sale.The bidding war between Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe seemed to progress before Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus threw his hat in the ring.
Social Media Explorer
1 year ago
Online marketing

What Spending 12 Billion Hours Per Day On Social Media Has Taught Us - Social Media Explorer

Un 35-year-old man sits in a dark room, using his smartphone.getty Evidently, we all have much to share.Over the last 10 years or so, more and more social media users have grabbed their digital blow-horns and announced what they don't like about their current flight, the sushi place near their home, and the person speaking during a political debate.
Social Media Explorer
1 year ago
Online marketing

Is It Time To Ban AI Chatbots From Using Social Media? - Social Media Explorer

With transparent effect, chat vector illustration featuring speech bubble symbols.You can scale it to fit any size.... [+]
getty Anyone can see that Lia's chatbot on Twitter does not exist.One quick look at her profile This digitally created humanoid shows all the characteristics of a robot.The shadows are not quite right, the flecks in her eyes are too perfect, and there's a slightly cartoonish look.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
1 year ago
Social media marketing

The Silent Killer of Mental Health - Masroor Khan, Tiffin School

Social Media (Image: Marketing Tech News) Studies have found strong links between excessive social media use and mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression and loneliness.Is social media the culprit for the deterioration of mental health?In recent years, our society has become ever more consumed by social media and with websites that allow virtual social interaction.
Medium
1 year ago
Web design

5 Mistakes I Avoid When Designing for Conversions.

You may be confident that your website is well-planned, well-designed, and that all pretty important sections have been included.However, you see that your conversion rates remain flat.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

Meet the Microsoft Holo Glasses concept, a consumer-grade fashion-friendly version of the Hololens - Yanko Design

Styled less like a piece of hardware and more like functional fashion, the Microsoft Holo Glasses are redemption for exactly how geeky Google's glasses were in 2013.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Patent Troll Uses Ridiculous "People Finder" Patent to Sue Small Dating Companies

Finding people near you with shared interests, and talking to them, has a very long history in human culture.We're social animals.
www.ocregister.com
1 year ago
Tech industry

Here's a detailed look at the history of social media

After Elon Musk's massive multibillion-dollar purchase of Twitter and the commotion it's causing in the tech world, here's a look at social media's history It might seem like social media has been around forever, but it's relatively new tech, with a major boom in 2004.Nice to tweet you What began in April, with months of waffling, lawsuits and almost a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

California Governor Signs Sweeping Children's Online Safety Bill

Civil liberties experts argued that the measure could also have deleterious consequences for adults.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Federal Trade Commission sues to block Meta's acquisition of VR company

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued to block Facebook parent company Meta from buying the maker of popular virtual reality games, arguing the purchase would stifle competition in the burgeoning industry.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

TikTok moves to ease fears amid report workers in China accessed US users' data

TikTok has said that Oracle will store all the data from its US users, in a bid to allay fears about its safety in the hands of a platform owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.
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