Apple pulled “Wizz,” a Tinder-like social media app growing in popularity among U.S. teens, this week over sextortion concerns…
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Elon Musk has a message for Apple and others who paused advertising on X: ‘Go F yourself’
Elon Musk has a message for Apple and others who paused advertising on X over a fake controversy ginned-up by Media Matters: “Go F yourself.”
Elon Musk’s X CEO Yaccarino: Apple has only ‘temporarily paused’ ads due to ‘misleading and manipulated article’
X CEO Linda Yaccarino sent a note to employees Sunday evening, saying a Media Matters hit-piece on ads appearing near antisemitic content…
Elon Musk to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ against Media Matters action which caused Apple, others to pull advertising from X
X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, will file a lawsuit against Media Matters and those who attacked social media platform X, Elon Musk said…
Apple reportedly pauses advertising on X over Elon Musk post
Apple is pausing all advertising on X, the Elon Musk-owned social network. The move comes as Musk faced backlash for replying to a post…
Meta’s X wannabe Threads unravels
According to Similiarweb measurements, daily user numbers at X rival Threads, from Meta Platforms, has fallen by nearly 80 percent in just…
Elon Musk rebrands Twitter as ‘X’
Twitter has rebranded to “X” under Elon Musk’s leadership. The social media platform’s original blue bird logo has been replaced with…
Facebook’s profits depended on trampling it users’ privacy. Apple put a stop to that. Now what?
For years, Facebook-parent Meta Platform’s profits depended on trampling it users’ privacy, but Apple put a stop to that with its…
Twitter misses expectations on earnings, revenue, and user growth
Twitter reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2021 Thursday that missed analyst estimates on earnings, revenue and user growth…
EU looks to regulate ‘hate speech’ on social media
The European Union will work towards regulating social media platforms by establishing liability for “hate speech.”
Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy push hurts Big Tech rivals’ ad businesses
The latest earnings reports from Facebook and Snapchat show that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy framework is having…
Why President Trump’s Twitter account wasn’t part of massive hack
The team’s conclusion: The hack was coming from an account inside the house, yet perhaps the most high-profile Twitter accounts of all, President Trump’s …
Apple’s iOS 13 privacy pop-ups to shine spotlight on creepy Facebook’s data grabs
Apple’s iOS 13, which will be generally released later this week, has already been spotted catching Facebook’s app trying to use Bluetooth to track nearby users…
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers from Facebook accounts leaked online
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online…
Twitter shares plunge after social network loses 1 million active users
Twitter Inc. shares plunged the most in two years after the social media company said monthly users dropped by 1 million…
Privacy on Facebook and Google is ‘like holding a gun to your head’
Vesselin Popov and his team at the University of Cambridge Psychometrics Centre have found themselves embroiled…
Facebook patents show it can predict when you’ll get married, change jobs, and die
Facebook has been widely recognized for the extreme lengths it takes to collect data on its users…
Researchers: Smartphone addiction creates imbalance in brain
Researchers have found an imbalance in the brain chemistry of young people addicted to smartphones and the internet…
Ubiquiti unveils FrontRow, a new camera technology for easily capturing and sharing of life’s experiences
FrontRow’s 55-gram form-factor was specifically designed to wear conveniently…
Twitter shares plunge on user decline
Twitter fourth-quarter financial performance in 140 characters or less? Not good…
Google about to toss Google+ atop its mountain of failed ideas?
The abrupt departure of Google+ creator Vic Gundotra from the beleaguered social network…
How to permanently delete your Facebook account
I left Facebook nearly four years ago because…
Facebook: Oops, technical flaw exposed 6 million users’ phone numbers and e-mail addresses
Facebook has inadvertently exposed six million users’ phone numbers…
Google requires people to use Google+ social network, gains ground against Facebook
Google Inc is challenging Facebook Inc. by using a controversial tactic…
Pinterest now open to all
Pinterest announced open registration…
Last year’s Apple-Twitter investment talks were tied to iOS integration; Ping’s plug to be pulled later this year
Apple Inc. floated the idea of investing in Twitter Inc. as the companies discussed…
Microsoft to buy Yammer for over $1 billion
Business-software company Yammer Inc. agreed to sell itself to Microsoft Corp…
iOS 6 to feature system-wide Facebook integration, including ‘Liking’ App Store apps
We heard many weeks ago that Apple and Facebook engineers were working…
Apple won’t buy Twitter, but Google might
Whenever a major acquisition occurs, the world scrambles to figure out which companies…
Study finds link between number of Facebook friends and ‘socially disruptive’ narcissism
Researchers have established a direct link between the number of friends you have on Facebook…
Facebook is stupid and for old people
With Facebook owning Instagram, it would ruin its entire purpose…
Could Google+ ever have been anything but a failure?
Steve Jobs knew he was the hawk in 2007, and he knew that what he was doing…