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.

Snap Loses 3M Users, But Sees Rise In Users Ages 35+
Snap Loses 3M Users, But Sees Rise In Users Ages 35+
August 07, 2018  |  Earnings

The backlash to the Snapchat redesign continued to depress user figures in the second quarter of 2018. But Snap Inc. still beat analyst expectations and...

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Gary Cohn: Social Media Cos Aren’t Trustworthy
Gary Cohn: Social Media Cos Aren’t Trustworthy
August 07, 2018  |  Facebook

Former Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn doesn’t trust social media companies. According to Bloomberg, Cohn believes that banks were more trustworthy in 2008 than social...

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Senator Mark Warner Drops New Policy Proposals For Regulating Tech
Senator Mark Warner Drops New Policy Proposals For Regulating Tech
July 30, 2018  |  Regulation

The team at Facebook is not having a great week, as it seems all of its recent data scandal chickens have come home to roost....

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Pop-Ups Getting A Boost From Social Media
Pop-Ups Getting A Boost From Social Media
July 23, 2018  |  Retail

Many people are flocking to pop-up shops and experiences in the hopes of capturing an Instagram-worthy photo — which is good news for merchants in...

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Touché LA, Social Influencer Alexis Ren Remake Middle-Market Fashion
Touché LA, Social Influencer Alexis Ren Remake Middle-Market Fashion
July 20, 2018  |  Retail

Even a decade ago, Touché LA Co-founder Karl Singer told PYMNTS in a recent conversation, the middle market of fashion was a very different place...

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Facebook Testing AR Ads In News Feed
Facebook Testing AR Ads In News Feed
July 10, 2018  |  Social Commerce

Facebook is bringing augmented reality (AR) to its News Feed, providing advertisers with a new way to reach potential customers. A report citing Ty Ahmad-Taylor,...

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Snap’s Amazon Visual Commerce Connection
Snap’s Amazon Visual Commerce Connection
July 10, 2018  |  eCommerce

Visual product search is, reportedly, about to gain another foothold. A feature in planning by Snapchat — more popular with teens than Facebook — would enable consumers...

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Timehop Discloses Data Breach That Impacts 21M Users
Timehop Discloses Data Breach That Impacts 21M Users
July 09, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Timehop, the mobile app that gathers photos from social media, disclosed on Monday (July 9) that it was the subject of a data breach. In...

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Expanded Federal Probe Sinks Facebook Shares
Expanded Federal Probe Sinks Facebook Shares
July 04, 2018  |  Facebook

Following news that the U.S. government probe into the Facebook data breach connected with Cambridge Analytica has widened, shares of the company dropped 2 percent...

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