Social Media

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.

Snapchat Posts Blow Out Q2 As Revenues Double and Active User Growth Hits 4-Year High

Snapchat Posts Blow Out Q2 As Revenues Double and Active User Growth Hits 4-Year High
Snapchat Posts Blow Out Q2 As Revenues Double and Active User Growth Hits 4-Year High
July 22, 2021  |  Earnings

Given that shares of Snap had risen more than 150 percent over the past 12 months, one could argue that the $95 billion owner of...

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TikTok Mobile App Reaches 3B Global Downloads
TikTok Mobile App Reaches 3B Global Downloads
July 14, 2021  |  Mobile

TikTok has now topped three billion worldwide downloads from the App Store and Google Play, according to data from Sensor Tower Store Intelligence, making it...

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TikTok Bans Financial Advertising In Clamp Down On Misinformation
TikTok Bans Financial Advertising In Clamp Down On Misinformation
July 12, 2021  |  Social Commerce

TikTok is just saying no to financial products and services — at least when it comes to their promotional material. The social media giant has...

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Instagram Preparing Subscriber-Only ‘Exclusive Stories’
Instagram Preparing Subscriber-Only ‘Exclusive Stories’
June 30, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Instagram is readying an “Exclusive Stories” function similar to Twitter’s recently announced “Super Follow” feature, the website 9to5Mac reported on Wednesday (June 30). Get the...

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Social Commerce Battle Heating Up Just In Time For Summer
Social Commerce Battle Heating Up Just In Time For Summer
June 29, 2021  |  Retail

With Facebook expanding Instagram’s in-app Checkout capabilities across the pond to the United Kingdom — albeit on a trial basis — it’s clear that social...

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Commerce Department Rescinds Never-Enforced TikTok, WeChat Bans
Commerce Department Rescinds Never-Enforced TikTok, WeChat Bans
June 21, 2021  |  Legal & Regulation

The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday (June 21) formally withdrew, retroactive to June 16, Trump-era restrictions preventing certain transactions involving Chinese-owned smartphone apps WeChat and...

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Instagram Adds Ads to Its Reels Feature
Instagram Adds Ads to Its Reels Feature
June 17, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Instagram announced Thursday it was adding ads to its short-term video service/TikTok competitor Reels. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Dorsey: Lightning Network May Be Coming To Twitter
Dorsey: Lightning Network May Be Coming To Twitter
June 11, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Will Twitter integrate the bitcoin layer 2 payments protocol Lightning Network? CEO and Founder Jack Dorsey seemed to indicate as much on the social media...

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