social media

Facebook Enables Two-Factor Authentication Without A Phone Number

Facebook, the social media giant, announced on Wednesday (May 23) that it has improved two-factor authentication, the industry-best practice for providing additional...

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Social Commerce

Facebook’s Marketplace Adds Home Services

Starting now, thousands of home services professionals will be available via Facebook. The social media site’s Marketplace platform is rolling out a...

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Today In Data

Why Context Is Important In Commerce

In commerce, as in life, timing is everything. Show the right user the right Facebook offering at the right moment, and many...

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Consumer Advocacy Groups Want Facebook Broken Up

A group of progressive advocacy groups, including MoveOn and Demand Progress, is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to break up Facebook...

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Regulation

UK To Put Stricter Policies In Place To Make Social Media Safer

The U.K. is introducing new laws to make social media safer. According to Reuters, British lawmakers want to tackle “the Wild West...

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Funds Reconsider Facebook Holdings

Unsatisfied with Facebook’s moves to step up privacy on its platform, multiple socially-conscious investment firms are unloading or reconsidering holdings in the...

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Social Commerce

Klout Gets Clouted In A World That Kept Score But Moved On

To get a sense of why some apps succeed while others don’t, pay some heed to Klout. Which has none – clout,...

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Blockchain

Blockchain Gives Facebook Options — And Some Competitive Heft

At least one thing is clear about Facebook’s new interest in blockchain: It will help the social media giant keep up with...

Facebook’s Blockchain Efforts Prompt Speculation

Facebook’s announcement last week that it was creating a blockchain unit led by one of its most senior executives, David Marcus, is...

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Facebook Undergoes A ‘Philosophical Shift’ As It Takes On Privacy Concerns

Since Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified on Capitol Hill last month following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the company has stepped up its...

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VISA

Visa In Search Of A Traveler To Show Off Cashless Travel

Visa, the payments company, announced Tuesday (May 15) its launch of a search for a travel enthusiast to send on an international...

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Facebook Steps Up Policing Of Its Platform

Facebook disclosed earlier this week its efforts to fight back against fake and offending content on its platform, revealing that in the...

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Brands Can Turn Social Video Views Into Conversions

Brands sometimes face a dilemma when it comes to reaching consumers online: how to drive sales without annoying potential customers. Some brands...

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Merchant Innovation

Instagram Bows New Business Tools Focused On Messaging, Booking, Payments

In an effort to boost its presence in the business realm, Instagram unveiled new features on the social networking platform that will...

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Facebook Fires An Engineer For Boasting About His Data Access

Facebook, reeling from a data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, fired an employee Thursday (May 3) for boasting that he can access the...

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Earnings

Twitter 1Q Delivers 69 Pct Growth In Ad Engagements

Twitter’s revenue growth continued in the first quarter of 2018, with its investments in personalized content and video advertising helping the social...

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Facebook Unveils Once-Secret Content Policing Guide

Facebook is giving more detail on how and why it chooses to delete content from its network. The world’s largest social media...

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Facebook Tests Messenger Platform For High School Students

As Facebook tries to bring post-millennials onto its platform, the social media network appears to be at work on a feature geared...

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Facebook Gets Rare Downgrade Over Advertising Spending Growth

Facebook’s stock took a hit on Wednesday (April 18) after research firm OTR Global downgraded the stock, the first time an investment...

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Security & Fraud

Data Firm Exposes 48M Social Media User Profiles

LocalBlox, a small data firm, created personal profiles of 48 million people using data from the likes of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Zillow...

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Snap Adding ‘Shop Now’ Button To AR Lenses

Snap, the maker of the Snapchat disappearing messaging app, is reportedly adding a “Shop Now” button to its app, enabling users to...

Security & Fraud

Social Media Usage Increases In Q1 Despite Facebook’s Data Scandal

Despite Facebook’s data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, the number of people that are using social media platforms increased by more than 100...

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What Everyone Missed About Facebook

There are any number of conclusions one might draw after watching the Facebook hearings on Capitol Hill last week. That most of...

Startup Check-In

DadeSystems Is Building The Twitter Of Accounts Receivable

The year is 2018, and social media platforms like Twitter are now influencing the way businesses handle accounts receivable. With its 280-character...

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Even Mark Zuckerberg’s Data Ended Up With Cambridge Analytica

Facing his second congressional hearing in Washington this afternoon (April 11), CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers that he was among the 87...

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Safety and Security

Former FTC Head Predicts $1B Or More Fine For Facebook

Facebook’s latest disclosure that its search tools collect data on most of its 2.2 billion users could open up the social media company...

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Cambridge Analytica May Have Had Data On 87 Million Facebook Users

Following estimates from two newspapers that the Facebook data of more than 50 million users may have been improperly shared with Cambridge...

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Will Testify Before Congressional Panel

About two weeks after U.S. legislators asked Mark Zuckerberg to testify about Cambridge Analytica’s alleged misuse of Facebook data, the CEO is scheduled...

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Facebook CEO Fires Back Amid Apple CEO Criticism

With Facebook under intense criticism following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, the company’s Chief Executive, Mark Zuckerberg, is pushing back against criticism from Apple CEO...

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Brussels Calls For More Transparency From Social Networks After Facebook Scandal

In the wake of Facebook’s recent data scandal, Brussels is getting tough on social media companies accused of spreading fake news. According...

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Socure CEO: Facebook’s Big Data Fix

It is easy to overlook the incredible power of Facebook, Sunil Madhu, CEO of Socure, told Karen Webster. But with two billion...

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Personnel

Snap To Fire 100 Engineers In Its Latest Layoff Round

Snap, the parent company and creator of disappearing messaging app Snapchat, is laying off around 100 employees in order to focus on...

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Facebook Pulling Back The Amount Of Third-Party Data Sharing

Facebook, in an effort to quell some of the backlash since it revealed its latest data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, is limiting...

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Facebook Speeding Up Privacy Control Updates In Wake Of Data Scandal

Facebook executives Erin Egan, VP and chief privacy officer, policy, and Ashlie Beringer, VP and deputy general counsel. announced in a blog...

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FTC Investigates Facebook’s Privacy Practices

As news swirls that Cambridge Analytica may have improperly collected user data from Facebook that was reportedly used to help elect U.S. President...

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Facebook Caught Collecting Phone Data From Android Devices

It’s another possible data scandal for Facebook: This time, the social media site has been caught collecting call records and SMS data...

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Congress Asks Mark Zuckerberg To Testify About Cambridge Analytica

Following claims that Cambridge Analytica improperly collected personal data from Facebook users that was reportedly used to help elect U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S....

The Science Of Style: How Data Can Improve The Plus-Size Shopping Experience

Shopping for clothes is hard enough for women who fit industry ideals for shape and size. It’s even harder for women who...

Instagram Expands Shoppable Posts To Eight More Countries

After testing shoppable photo tags in 2016 and bringing the Shopping on Instagram feature to U.S. users last year, Instagram is now...

Security & Fraud

Facebook Loses $36.7B In Market Value Amid Steep Data Scandal Sell-Off

Facebook’s stock tanked in trading Monday (March 19), erasing $36.7 billion in market valuation and hitting a low not seen in four...

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Facebook Data Scandal Tanks Stock Market

Following a technology stock sell-off led by Facebook, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted in afternoon trading on Monday (March 19), at...

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Facebook To Launch Subscription Service To Help Creators Make Money

Aiming to take on YouTube in the content market, Facebook is gearing up to launch a new subscription feature to help creators...

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Regulation

The Curious Case For Breaking Up Tech Giants

There’s no question that the world’s weather patterns are undergoing a massive change. In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow...

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Bitcoin

Thomson Reuters Unveils Bitcoin Chatter Gauge

As cryptocurrencies fuel discussions on forums and news websites, a new version of a Thomson Reuters Corp tool will capture online chatter around...

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eCommerce

Who’ll Win When Facebook Advertisers Flee?

Procter & Gamble made headlines last week when its Chief Brand Officer, Marc Pritchard, confirmed that the world’s largest advertiser cut $200...

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Mobile Applications

Contrary To Kylie Jenner, Snapchat Is Doing Just Fine After Redesign

Wall Street doesn’t seem to care what Kylie Jenner thinks. Despite Jenner’s – and many users’ –criticism of its redesign, Snap shares...

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Personnel

New Pinterest COO Has Google, Square Roots

Pinterest has named its first-ever chief operating officer, hiring former Google and Square executive Francoise Brougher. According to news from CNBC, landing Brougher...

Facebook To Confirm Political Ad Buyers Via Snail Mail

Anyone wanting to purchase an election-related advertisement on Facebook’s U.S.-based social media platform will now get a postcard in the mail to...