Has social media been the source of a “terrible devastation” upon society? A pair of Silicon Valley veterans apparently think so, and have debuted an app they say is designed to offer a countering effect, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Jan. 4) Biz Stone...
X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday (July 9) that she is stepping down from that position after two years, without giving a reason for the move. In a Wednesday post on X, Yaccarino said she is grateful to X owner Elon Musk for entrusting her with the...
X’s CEO says the social media platform will “soon” offer an investment/trading option. “You’ll be able to come to X and be able to transact your whole financial life on the platform,” Linda Yaccarino said in an interview with the Financial Times (FT) Thursday (June...
The European Union is reportedly preparing penalties against X that include a fine and demands for changes to the platform. The penalties are expected to be announced this summer and would be the first issued under the EU’s Digital Services Act, which requires companies to police their platforms...
November 08, 2023
Consumers are becoming increasingly connected on social media, and retailers are taking notice. In a bid to grow engagement and sales, merchants have taken to social media platforms to promote their wares. In turn, these platforms have made it increasingly easy for consumers to buy things they like instantly. For instance, TikTok launched TikTok Shop […]
October 11, 2023
Fake news is getting more real, and so is the problem for companies and their audiences. That’s because as the capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI) advance, the images and...
August 03, 2023
Super apps like Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat have become super successful in Asia. Their market dominance in turn has made Western entrepreneurs “super” interested in building their own, perhaps...
July 13, 2023
Is the social media landscape too crowded? The winners of today’s attention economy don’t seem to think so. That’s why Meta, the parent company of social behemoth Facebook, last week...
January 18, 2026
Meta-owned social media platform Threads is reportedly surpassing X in terms of mobile usage. Threads now has more daily usage on mobile devices than Elon Musk’s X, TechCrunch reported Sunday (Jan. 18), citing data from Similarweb. Meta introduced Threads, a text-based app seen as its answer to Twitter/X, in 2023. Although X, formerly Twitter, still […]
January 04, 2026
Has social media been the source of a “terrible devastation” upon society? A pair of Silicon Valley veterans apparently think so, and have debuted an app they say is designed...
July 09, 2025
X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday (July 9) that she is stepping down from that position after two years, without giving a reason for the move. In a Wednesday post on X,...
June 19, 2025
X’s CEO says the social media platform will “soon” offer an investment/trading option. “You’ll be able to come to X and be able to transact your whole financial life on...
