social media
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25 Oct
Move over LinkedIn, Bumble Bizz is here to sweeten up professional networking
LinkedIn wanted to kill the CV.
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18 Oct
UK spy agency GCHQ is monitoring social media accounts of millions of people
During World War II, the phrase “loose lips sink ships” was promoted to warn people about what they said in public, in case a spy may be listening in.
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2 Oct
Instagram hits out at a simplified version of their terms for young people
Whether you like it or not, social media is a part of the way we live now.
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22 Aug
Apparently young people are done with Facebook
How do you tell when a social media platform is no longer cool?
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18 Aug
Facebook is going to begin suggesting news stories for you to read
Mark Zuckerberg wants to make Facebook the only website you ever visit.
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16 Aug
As Barack Obama takes the crown, these were previously the most liked tweets in history
US president Donald Trump’s popularity has taken a hit in the wake of his handling of the Charlottesville demonstrations last weekend.
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10 Aug
A11 th0$e c0mp1ic@t3d pa$$words you’ve b33n u$ing ar3 u$e1ess
Sorry about it, folks, but apparently everything you know about passwords is wrong.
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10 Aug
Facebook Watch is just another attempt to get you to spend more time on the platform
It’s been rumoured for a while that Facebook was going to be taking on the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime with original shows and it has finally come to fruition.
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1 Aug
These are all the ways Facebook, Google and Twitter are trying to fight terrorism online
Social media is often criticised as being a hotbed of extremist content and a way for terrorists to spread their message online.
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31 Jul
Does censorship in China and Russia mean the end of VPNs?
Tech giant Apple has pulled as many as 60 VPNs from its App Store in China to comply with state law.
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27 Jul
Facebook’s earnings show the company officially dominates social media now
Facebook released its quarterly earnings this week and announced a bigger profit than expected thanks to huge ad revenue growth.
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28 Jun
Facebook has more users than any single country’s population – and it’s still growing
Facebook has announced it now has 2bn regular users, making it the world’s largest social media network.
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21 Jun
Winning the millennial pound: is Instagram the (major) ??
How did things go so wrong for Topshop?
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15 Jun
Facebook will use AI technology to remove terrorist content
Social media giant Facebook has announced plans to remove terrorism content from its site using artificial intelligence (AI).
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8 Jun
UK election: how much can Twitter tell us about what voters care about?
On Twitter, Brexit is one of the most popular hashtags used in relation to the UK’s upcoming General Election, more so than even the NHS, according to a report published today by the think tank, the UK in a Changing Europe.
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2 Jun
US visa applicants must declare their social media usernames as part of new vetting process
People applying for a US visa will will have to go through a far more thorough vetting process, under plans announced by the Trump administration on Thursday.
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18 May
EU Commission fines Facebook €110m for misleading information in WhatsApp deal
The European Commission has fined Facebook €110m ($122m) for providing incorrect or misleading information during its acquisition of messaging app WhatsApp back in 2014.
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11 May
This is how much Evan Spiegel lost after Snapchat’s first public quarter results
Snap Inc, the parent company of the messaging app Snapchat, was the biggest tech stock market listing since 2014 when it floated on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this year.
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8 May
Facebook is cracking down on fake news ahead of the UK’s general election
Fake news is still very much by-product of the internet and social media giant Facebook has announced its latest campaign to stop it.
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8 May
The risks of social media sharing for modern brands
Soap retailer Lush has been accused of fat-shaming after featuring statistics from new health documentary What the Health on its Instagram page.
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2 May
Has censorship in Turkey gone too far under president Erdogan?
Turkish authorities blocked access Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, over the weekend.
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2 May
Could Twitter’s new 24-hour news service boost company revenue?
Twitter, the micro-blogging service, is going to partner with global financial news outlet Bloomberg to create a 24-hour rolling news television channel.
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26 Apr
Google hopes to reach 1bn new Indian-language users with translation technology
Tech giant Google has announced that it aims to increase its user base in India by 1bn.
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26 Apr
Twitter has blocked the UK government from anti-terror monitoring
Social media network Twitter has reportedly blocked the UK government’s anti-terror monitoring tactics online.
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20 Apr
Facebook envisages a future where you can type with your brain
Facebook has revealed a new secret project as part of its F8 developer conference.
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6 Apr
Twitter launches Lite platform to tap into emerging markets in Asia and Latin America
Micro-blogging site Twitter has launched a new platform, named Twitter Lite, for emerging markets.
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24 Mar
Twitter considers charging users $20 a month for a premium service
Twitter, the micro-blogging service with about 319m active monthly users, is considering whether to introduce a subscription option for a monthly fee of $19.99.
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23 Mar
Twitter shuts down almost 377,000 accounts for promoting terrorism
Twitter, the online news and social networking service based in San Francisco, suspended 376,890 accounts for promoting terrorism in the second half of last year.
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23 Mar
Millennials beat boomers when it comes to healthcare
Millennials, a generation that now outnumbers the baby boomers, could be the key to alleviating burdens on our health care system and improving the health of future populations.
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22 Mar
From excess to experience: How retailers must adapt to changing habits
UK households are spending less on alcohol and tobacco, and more on eating out at restaurants, according to recent ONS figures.