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.

Facebook Granted AOL, Nike, UPS Access To User Data
Facebook Granted AOL, Nike, UPS Access To User Data
July 02, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook is involved in another scandal involving improper access to its user data. This time, the site has admitted that it gave dozens of companies...

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Can Social Media Make Ordering Takeout Less Frustrating?
Can Social Media Make Ordering Takeout Less Frustrating?
June 28, 2018  |  Mobile Commerce

Food ordering and delivery have come a long way since reliance on the Yellow Pages and those paper menus stuck into door frames — no...

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Tod’s And Mr. Bags Take Luxury Retail Omnichannel
Tod’s And Mr. Bags Take Luxury Retail Omnichannel
June 27, 2018  |  Retail

Luxury retail has run into a conundrum as digital channels and eCommerce continue to edge out brick-and-mortar shopping venues. Although eCommerce may not be replacing...

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Facebook To Allow Some Crypto Ads
Facebook To Allow Some Crypto Ads
June 27, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook moved Tuesday (June 26) to let some advertisements for cryptocurrency run on its platform. In a blog post, Rob Leathern, Facebook’s director of product management,...

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Instagram’s Plans To Turn Context Into Conversions
Instagram’s Plans To Turn Context Into Conversions
June 26, 2018  |  Social Commerce

Context is everything, a truism that is becoming increasingly true when it comes to commerce in the digital age. Having what a customer wants is...

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Social Media As The ‘Ticket’ For Contextual Commerce
Social Media As The ‘Ticket’ For Contextual Commerce
June 22, 2018  |  Retail

Sports fans can’t get enough of their favorite players and teams: Their social media accounts oftentimes have hundreds of thousands or millions of followers. But...

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Instagram Expands Shopping To Instagram Stories
Instagram Expands Shopping To Instagram Stories
June 12, 2018  |  Mobile Commerce

Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing social network, announced Tuesday (June 12) that it is expanding shopping beyond Feed to Instagram Stories. In a press release, the company...

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Facebook ‘Whitelists’ Granted Firms Access To Walled-Off User Data
Facebook ‘Whitelists’ Granted Firms Access To Walled-Off User Data
June 11, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook is facing allegations that it inked data-sharing deals with certain companies, providing special access to user information after 2015 when it said it no...

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Social Media Can Make Bank Customers Susceptible To Scams
Social Media Can Make Bank Customers Susceptible To Scams
June 08, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Unintentionally making themselves targets for scammers, customers may become vulnerable to fraud by complaining to banks on social media when systems crash. After problems with...

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