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.

Peloton Looks to B2B Subscription Growth to Offset Revenue Challenges
Peloton Looks to B2B Subscription Growth to Offset Revenue Challenges
February 01, 2024  |  Earnings

As Peloton sees its revenue fall, the connected fitness company is looking to capture businesses’ corporate wellness spending to drive subscription growth. The company reported...

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Tinder Sees Subscriptions Drop as Consumers Pull Back Amid Financial Challenges  
Tinder Sees Subscriptions Drop as Consumers Pull Back Amid Financial Challenges  
January 31, 2024  |  Earnings

Tinder is seeing its subscriber counts drop, as ongoing financial challenges put pressure on consumers’ budgets for nonessential services. Online dating giant Match Group shared...

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TikTok Trials Feature to Make All Video Posts Shoppable
TikTok Trials Feature to Make All Video Posts Shoppable
January 29, 2024  |  eCommerce

TikTok is testing a new feature that aims to make all videos posted on the social media platform shoppable, allowing viewers to easily find and...

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X Boosts Content Moderation Teams as Taylor Swift Deep Fakes Go Viral on Platform
X Boosts Content Moderation Teams as Taylor Swift Deep Fakes Go Viral on Platform
January 28, 2024  |  Social Commerce

Social media platform X is hiring 100 content moderators to police child abuse content. “At X, we have zero tolerance for Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), and we...

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Reddit Pushed by Investors to Seek $5 Billion IPO Valuation
Reddit Pushed by Investors to Seek $5 Billion IPO Valuation
January 28, 2024  |  IPO

Reddit’s potential investors reportedly want the company to seek a $5 billion IPO valuation. That’s according to a report Sunday (Jan. 28) by Bloomberg News, citing...

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Tech Providers Add ‘Buy Button’ Features to Win Subscription Merchants’ Spending
Tech Providers Add ‘Buy Button’ Features to Win Subscription Merchants’ Spending
January 26, 2024  |  eCommerce

With subscription companies seeking more frictionless ways to drive conversion, tech giants are looking to capture the opportunity, offering one-click solutions and other quicker, easier...

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Meta Pivots AI Focus to Product-Level Progress in Latest Restructuring
Meta Pivots AI Focus to Product-Level Progress in Latest Restructuring
January 25, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

The artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem faces two crucial bottlenecks around compute and research talent resources. And the battle for both has never been fiercer, with...

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SEC Says ‘SIM Swap’ Attack Enabled Takeover of X Account 
SEC Says ‘SIM Swap’ Attack Enabled Takeover of X Account 
January 22, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

The Jan. 9 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) was apparently the result of...

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FSB to Recommend Measures to Control Bank Runs Spurred by Social Media
FSB to Recommend Measures to Control Bank Runs Spurred by Social Media
January 22, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is set to deliver a report to the G20 in October, shedding light on the influence of social media in accelerating bank deposit outflows...

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