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.

New Instagram Features For Brands To Love And Hate
New Instagram Features For Brands To Love And Hate
January 19, 2018  |  Retail

Instagram’s brand discovery game is strong. According to Forbes, it’s the number one social platform where consumers discover new places, products and experiences. A strong...

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Facebook Readying Video Chat Device Dubbed Portal
Facebook Readying Video Chat Device Dubbed Portal
January 10, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook is gearing up to enter the hardware market with Portal, its video chat device aimed at Amazon’s Echo. Citing people familiar with the matter,...

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Facebook Rolls Out New Messaging App … For Kids
Facebook Rolls Out New Messaging App … For Kids
December 05, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook is looking to get consumers hooked at a young age by rolling out a new messaging app for kids between the ages of six...

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Today In Data: Holiday Weekend Sales And SMB Lending
Today In Data: Holiday Weekend Sales And SMB Lending
November 27, 2017  |  Today In Data

With the holiday shopping season comes a lot of other factors: purchases made, money spent, items gathered and bills paid off. The Thanksgiving, Black Friday,...

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Facebook Adds Group Stories
Facebook Adds Group Stories
November 14, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook is getting rid of Messenger Day and melding its stories functionality with the existing Facebook Stories feature, which is a clone of Snapchat Stories....

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Social Networks Are Increasingly America’s Favorite News Source
Social Networks Are Increasingly America’s Favorite News Source
November 06, 2017  |  Social Commerce

Americans, according to the newest research from Pew, are increasingly likely to seek their news out on social media.  Around a quarter of American adults...

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Russian Fake News Seen By 126M Americans On Facebook
Russian Fake News Seen By 126M Americans On Facebook
October 30, 2017  |  International

They came. You saw.  They conquered … the election. (Maybe.) Turns out that as many as 126 million Americans, accounting for a third of the nation’s...

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Facebook: Too Big To Govern?
Facebook: Too Big To Govern?
October 30, 2017  |  Facebook

In December of 2008, Lindsay Ronson tried to log into her Facebook account with a new password — one she had recently created after experiencing, she...

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