September 05, 2018
Digital Privacy, Security Issues Take Spotlight At Congressional Hearings
Top executives from Twitter and Facebook sought to reassure U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday (Sept. 5) that they can better protect users from election interference from foreign sources as the November...
September 05, 2018
44 Percent Of Millennials Have Unfriended Facebook
Facebook is losing its luster with some of its customers, as Pew Research finds that a “significant” share of its users have changed their relationship with the social media network...
September 04, 2018
UK Banking Execs Arrested On Bribery Charges
Nigel Kirby, the deputy director of the National Crime Agency’s economic crime unit in the U.K., told a group of lawyers Monday (August 3) that the head of a London...
August 16, 2018
Facebook’s Bank Data Request May Affect Small Businesses, Too
A controversial initiative by Facebook to seek financial information on users from their banks should be closely watched by small business owners, according to reports in Small Business Trends. In...
August 13, 2018
Payments’ Stranger Things
The payments world could very well be living in the Upside Down. The Upside Down is the fictional parallel universe controlled by a hive mind and humanoid predators called Demogorgons,...
August 10, 2018
YouTube Set To Benefit From Facebook’s Recent Stumbles
YouTube has a chance to take advantage of recent Facebook problems and move past the social media platform in terms of website traffic, according to a new study. Meanwhile, Yahoo...
August 10, 2018
A Bundle Of Contradictions: The Online Privacy Landscape
At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California’s...
August 10, 2018
Facebook Takes Steps To Safeguard Users From Finance Fiends
Facebook announced its policy for deleting posts, including getting rid of content that could put users in financial jeopardy. The explanation comes after the social media site removed four Pages...
August 08, 2018
Apple Says iPhones Do Not Listen In On Users
Apple told lawmakers in the U.S. this week that its iPhone isn’t listening in on users without their permission, and that it doesn’t let third-party app developers listen in on...