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.

Pinterest Makes Push to Reclaim Social Commerce With New CEO
Pinterest Makes Push to Reclaim Social Commerce With New CEO
June 29, 2022  |  eCommerce

Pinterest co-founder and longtime CEO Ben Silbermann is handing the reins of the social platform to Google commerce chief Bill Ready, a shakeup that when combined...

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China’s WeChat Blacklists Accounts Tied to Crypto, NFTs
China’s WeChat Blacklists Accounts Tied to Crypto, NFTs
June 28, 2022  |  Mobile Applications

Chinese social media app WeChat is reportedly banning accounts associated with cryptocurrency and NFTs. According to the report, none of the over 1 billion WeChat...

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Shopify-Twitter Deal Highlights Social Media’s Growing Role in Retail
Shopify-Twitter Deal Highlights Social Media’s Growing Role in Retail
June 22, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Deal by deal, partnership by partnership, the connected economy takes shape. And social media’s role in that evolution becomes ever-more important. In just one example,...

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Snap CEO Firm on Long-Term Plays, AR
Snap CEO Firm on Long-Term Plays, AR
June 21, 2022  |  Mobile Applications

Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel reiterated his support for long-term decision making at the corporate level and expressed enthusiasm for the company’s virtual reality work...

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Musk Will ‘Integrate Payments’ Into Twitter, Crypto Included
Musk Will ‘Integrate Payments’ Into Twitter, Crypto Included
June 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Twitter’s move into the payments field is about to accelerate dramatically. And it’s very likely to include cryptocurrency. Elon Musk made that clear in his...

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Facebook to Restructure Feed Around Videos to Take on TikTok
Facebook to Restructure Feed Around Videos to Take on TikTok
June 16, 2022  |  Facebook

Meta’s Facebook is planning a redesign to compete with TikTok and will restructure its main feed around videos and tweak its algorithm, The Verge reported,...

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Dorsey Steps Down From Twitter’s Board
Dorsey Steps Down From Twitter’s Board
May 25, 2022  |  Personnel

Jack Dorsey, the Twitter co-founder, has now left the company’s board of directors, NBC wrote Wednesday (May 25). That came weeks after he was instrumental...

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TikTok to Test Live Subscriptions
TikTok to Test Live Subscriptions
May 24, 2022  |  Subscriptions

TikTok has announced a program to allow viewers to pay to subscribe to specific streamers, a report said Tuesday (May 24). Called Live Subscription, it...

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Snapchat Users Can Now Share eBay Listings
Snapchat Users Can Now Share eBay Listings
May 19, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Snapchat is adding a new way for users to share things they like on eBay, a company blog said. Snapchatters will now be able to...

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