Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.
A new report by researchers from the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence showed it is fairly easy to purchase likes and...
As suspicions surrounding the app’s ties to China continue to increase, TikTok chief Alex Zhu will meet with legislators in Washington, D.C....
If one were to make a list of products for a cutting-edge fashion brand aimed at capturing the emerging Generation Z market,...
To create relationships with fans, sports stars, teams and leagues have used Instagram for a long time. But they are also increasingly...
Facebook is launching a new tool that allows users to transfer their photos and videos to other services, CNBC reported on Monday...
ByteDance, the company that owns popular social media app TikTok, is attempting to separate itself from its Chinese operations, as a probe...
Social media site Pinterest has announced a new feature that will allow users to make purchases from a selected number of online...
Google Maps is going to test a new social feature in which users can follow Local Guides to help discover restaurants and...
As part of a wave of fledgling cosmetics lines capitalizing on social media and celebrity founders, Kylie Jenner’s Kylie Cosmetics is on pace...
The popular video app TikTok is testing out a new feature that will give certain video creators the option to add links...
Luxury brand Burberry has teamed up with Tencent in China to offer a “social retail” store to take advantage of China’s online...
Amin Zoufonoun, who heads up Facebook’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A), defended the company’s Instagram purchase in a Facebook post amid investigations by...
Two Democrats have introduced a new bill that would create a federal agency tasked solely with regulating the tech industry. If passed,...
U.S. consumers are turning to technology to place food orders, and restaurants are looking to enhance the digital ordering experience. At the same...
Social media keeps on evolving, and that could bring big changes to the retail environment, especially as the preferences of younger consumers...
Paper-based accounts receivable (AR) processes aren't just slow and costly — they can also be confusing. Buyers struggle to decipher paper invoices,...
Small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) lack the financial buffers of their larger corporate counterparts and so are especially vulnerable to cash flow...
With the soft launch of a new curation product called Facebook News, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and News Corp CEO Robert Thomson...
A proposed law created to increase competition in the tech sector would allow users to move their data between social media platforms....
In a New York-led antitrust probe into Facebook, New York State Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuesday (Oct. 22) that 47...
On June 3, 2019, a star was born. Her name is Alessi Ren Luyendyk. If you are wondering why a random four-month-old...
In August, Facebook instituted changes to its advertising policies as the result of a settlement it reached with anti-discrimination groups and the...
It is looking unlikely that Facebook will get the regulatory approval needed to launch its controversial cryptocurrency, Libra, next year. Since the...
Social media is taking a lot of fire these days, whether the issue is “fake news” or data privacy or just the...
Twitter has revealed that some user data might have been used for advertising purposes. “We recently discovered that when you provided an...
New internet startups in India are tumbling, pointing to the possibility of an overall decline in entrepreneurship, DealStreetAsia reported on Sunday (Oct....
For the company’s prospects of competing with Instagram in the short term, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel is unsure if antitrust activity by...
The launch of a new Instagram app caused shares in the owner of Snapchat to fall more than 7 percent–its lowest level...
U.S. Attorney General William Barr wrote an open letter to Facebook asking it to postpone plans to encrypt messages on the company’s...
A European Union (EU) court has given judges more power over the removal of Facebook content in the region. The Wall Street...
Instagram, in its continued effort to expand its eCommerce offerings, has launched a new feature that will allow a user to be...
A recent study about how people respond to scammers shows that consumers are more likely to become victims on social media and...
Social media has become a cornerstone of everyday life over the last few decades, with 72 percent of Americans using social...
Investments in digital banking are paying dividends for credit unions by improving membership and creating more efficient services. However, digitizing services often...
Snap has documented Facebook’s alleged anti-competitive moves in a collection of files nicknamed Project Voldemort, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday...
Credit unions (CUs) are facing an ever-shifting financial services landscape. Advanced technology is increasingly raising the stakes of how CUs should operate,...
With few, if any, signs that Mark Zuckerberg had made new “friends” to help the firm deal with multiple probes, the Facebook...
The first Influencer Fraudnomics Summit in New York City on Tuesday (Sept. 17) will discuss the fraud problem stemming from influencer marketing....
An unsatisfying restaurant ordering experience can turn long-term customers into last-time patrons. So how can restaurants know which tech and services will...
Technology is an essential ingredient that connects consumers with their favorite food brands. Whether they have a hankering for burgers, pizza, tacos...
Some worrying news for Facebook came out today (Sept. 9), as reports are emerging that downloads of both Facebook and Instagram have...
Facebook has announced the launch of Facebook Dating, created to gives users “a more authentic look at who someone is.” The service...
Facebook is asking global regulators to write new data sharing guidelines after the company was compelled to revamp its own approach to...
Instagram and its parent company Facebook are working on a new type of messaging app to rival Snapchat, according to a report...
An Indian court has ruled that people in the country can’t link Aadhaar (unique identification) or any other government-issued identification with their...
Online marketplaces for everything from retail goods to travel services to hospitality need to ensure a quick and easy way for both...
A draft executive order from the White House might lay out how Big Tech firms curate and present their data. As noted...
India’s social media platform ShareChat, which serves 60 million monthly users, has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round, as...
There is a known issue on Instagram with strangers “watching” stories on the platform in an attempt to gain followers. Instagram said...
The world of social media can be a rough sea to sail in. There are plenty of pleasant corners of course —...