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.

Gary Cohn: Social Media Cos Aren’t Trustworthy

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

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  |  Legal & 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. Get the Full Story Complete...

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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  |  Cybersecurity

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

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

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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