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Facebook’s profits depended on trampling it users’ privacy. Apple put a stop to that. Now what?

Thursday, November 17, 2022 3:34 pm5 Comments

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

Thursday, February 10, 2022 10:51 am3 Comments

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

Thursday, December 9, 2021 2:37 pm10 Comments

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

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 11:08 am2 Comments

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

Friday, July 17, 2020 12:31 pmFriday, July 17, 20208 Comments

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

Monday, September 16, 2019 12:01 pmMonday, September 16, 20192 Comments

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

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 5:08 pm7 Comments

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

Friday, July 27, 2018 1:28 pmFriday, July 27, 201813 Comments

Twitter Inc. shares plunged the most in two years after the social media company said monthly users dropped by 1 million…

How to share Animoji or Memoji to any social network

Thursday, July 5, 2018 4:00 pmThursday, July 5, 20182 Comments

You don’t have to keep Animoji confined to iMessage conversations…

Privacy on Facebook and Google is ‘like holding a gun to your head’

Tuesday, July 3, 2018 4:00 pmTuesday, July 3, 201813 Comments

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

Monday, June 25, 2018 5:33 pmMonday, June 25, 20187 Comments

Facebook has been widely recognized for the extreme lengths it takes to collect data on its users…

Researchers: Smartphone addiction creates imbalance in brain

Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:06 pmThursday, November 30, 201710 Comments

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

Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:01 pmTuesday, August 15, 201716 Comments

FrontRow’s 55-gram form-factor was specifically designed to wear conveniently…

Twitter shares plunge on user decline

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 4:37 pmWednesday, February 10, 201620 Comments

Twitter fourth-quarter financial performance in 140 characters or less? Not good…

Google about to toss Google+ atop its mountain of failed ideas?

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:32 pmWednesday, April 30, 201415 Comments

The abrupt departure of Google+ creator Vic Gundotra from the beleaguered social network…

How to permanently delete your Facebook account

Monday, December 16, 2013 11:58 amMonday, December 16, 201325 Comments

I left Facebook nearly four years ago because…

Facebook: Oops, technical flaw exposed 6 million users’ phone numbers and e-mail addresses

Friday, June 21, 2013 8:35 pmFriday, June 21, 201322 Comments

Facebook has inadvertently exposed six million users’ phone numbers…

Google requires people to use Google+ social network, gains ground against Facebook

Thursday, January 3, 2013 12:01 pm43 Comments

Google Inc is challenging Facebook Inc. by using a controversial tactic…

Pinterest now open to all

Thursday, August 9, 2012 9:41 amThursday, August 9, 201215 Comments

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

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 5:01 pmWednesday, August 1, 20122 Comments

Apple Inc. floated the idea of investing in Twitter Inc. as the companies discussed…

Microsoft to buy Yammer for over $1 billion

Friday, June 15, 2012 8:32 am15 Comments

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

Monday, June 4, 2012 12:19 pm26 Comments

We heard many weeks ago that Apple and Facebook engineers were working…

Apple won’t buy Twitter, but Google might

Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:03 pmThursday, April 26, 201235 Comments

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

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:31 pmTuesday, April 10, 201233 Comments

Researchers have established a direct link between the number of friends you have on Facebook…

Facebook is stupid and for old people

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:03 pmTuesday, April 10, 201265 Comments

With Facebook owning Instagram, it would ruin its entire purpose…

Could Google+ ever have been anything but a failure?

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:56 amTuesday, March 27, 201222 Comments

Steve Jobs knew he was the hawk in 2007, and he knew that what he was doing…

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