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October 11, 2016
According to a new study published today from the American Civil Liberties Union, major social networks including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have recently provided user data access to Geofeedia,…
Read articleOctober 5, 2016
Happy Twitter-versary (for the nth time around), Jack Dorsey. Things haven’t been going well, it seems, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel — Twitter may…
Read articleSeptember 26, 2016
If you combined the fastest and slowest types of social media, the result could be both must-see and never-forgotten. YouTube lacks short-form, frequently updated content, but is synonymous with…
Read articleSeptember 24, 2016
A bully is a bully and a troll is a troll, no matter where you go online. For as long as online mass communication has existed, online bullying…
Read articleSeptember 24, 2016
Rumors were flying all day yesterday that Twitter is up for sale, and Salesforce.com could be a chief suitor. At this point, with so many possible bidders being reported, it’s…
Read articleSeptember 20, 2016
Progressly, a new platform for supporting growth within large enterprises, just got a big boost in both money and staffing. Ruslan Belkin, a former top exec from Twitter…
Read articleSeptember 15, 2016
Twitter’s big day is finally here. Tonight is the first night of NFL’s Thursday Night Football, which will be streamed all season on Twitter (as well as CBS…
Read articleSeptember 14, 2016
Twitter needs to figure out a way to continue to grow — and it certainly seems open to looking into a lot of new places outside your phone…
Read articleAugust 9, 2016
This is the strategy behind Instagram Stories. Snapchat invented a brilliant format for sharing day-to-day life: photo and video slideshows jazzed up with commentary that disappear after 24…
Read articleJuly 25, 2016
Twitter is expanding its live sports plans, with weekly, live streamed games from Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League. The live streams will be available for free…
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