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.

One Year In and Meta’s Mega Bet Meets Stark Reality
One Year In and Meta’s Mega Bet Meets Stark Reality
October 28, 2022  |  Meta

A year old and Meta — formerly Facebook — looks to need a reset from its rebrand. October 2021 marked Facebook’s heralded leap into decentralized...

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Twitter Testing Feature to Provide Larger NFT Images
Twitter Testing Feature to Provide Larger NFT Images
October 28, 2022  |  NFTs

Furthering its involvement with nonfungible tokens (NFTs), Twitter is testing a feature that will expand links to NFTs to display a preview.  The social media...

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Zuckerberg Doubles-Down on Costly Metaverse Bet as Stock Slumps to 7-Year Low
Zuckerberg Doubles-Down on Costly Metaverse Bet as Stock Slumps to 7-Year Low
October 26, 2022  |  Meta

Another quarter, another huge earnings miss, another massive profit slide, and another nearly 20% drop in Meta’s share price. And there’s the metaverse right in...

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Dan-O’s Rides ‘Rocket Ship’ From Flea Market to Walmart in 5 Years
Dan-O’s Rides ‘Rocket Ship’ From Flea Market to Walmart in 5 Years
October 20, 2022  |  Retail

When Dan Oliver says “Yum yum, get ya some” these days it makes a big splash. That’s because the signature social media sign-off of  the...

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South Korea’s Kakao Super App Outage Shows Risks of Living a ‘Digital Only’ Life
South Korea’s Kakao Super App Outage Shows Risks of Living a ‘Digital Only’ Life
October 19, 2022  |  Mobile Applications

Technology makes everything easier. Except when it doesn’t work — and then makes everything harder. And if there is any indication that a “digital first”...

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Pinterest Cranks up the Volume on Idea Pins With Music Label Partners
Pinterest Cranks up the Volume on Idea Pins With Music Label Partners
October 19, 2022  |  Social Commerce

Pinterest is partnering with Warner Music Group and other record labels to crank up the volume on its Idea Pins feature with the expansion of its...

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Visa Aims to Turn Creators into Small Businesses with Digital Payments
Visa Aims to Turn Creators into Small Businesses with Digital Payments
October 19, 2022  |  Commerce Connected

In times past, a creator might’ve been a musician busking for tips on a street corner. Social media thrust those musicians — and artists, poets,...

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Meta Will Jettison Giphy Following CMA Ruling
Meta Will Jettison Giphy Following CMA Ruling
October 18, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Meta Platforms says it will sell the GIF generator Giphy following an order from the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority Tuesday (Oct. 18). According to...

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Meta’s Horizon puttering as Consumers Reportedly Don’t Return
Meta’s Horizon puttering as Consumers Reportedly Don’t Return
October 16, 2022  |  Meta

Meta is having some trouble selling its metaverse concept, facing headwinds including glitches, uninterested users and not much clarity on what it will take to...

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