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.

Using Live Online Performances To Build A New Middle Class Of Musicians
Using Live Online Performances To Build A New Middle Class Of Musicians
October 13, 2020  |  Innovation

Being a musician in 2020 is a very different experience than it’s ever been, and not just because COVID-19 has mostly shut down concerts all...

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Facebook Announces eCommerce Initiative To Support Black-Owned Businesses
Facebook Announces eCommerce Initiative To Support Black-Owned Businesses
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

To support Black-owned businesses and their communities, Facebook has introduced its #BuyBlack Friday event in the United States. The event is part of the social...

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Instagram To Add Shopping To IGTV Video App
Instagram To Add Shopping To IGTV Video App
October 05, 2020  |  Social Commerce

Facebook isn’t wasting any time to add more features to its Instagram app, the photo and video sharing social networking, to take on rival TikTok. CNBC...

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Burger King, Steak-umm And Next-Level Social Media Marketing
Burger King, Steak-umm And Next-Level Social Media Marketing
October 03, 2020  |  Social Commerce

Brands have flocked to social media in an attempt to meet their consumers where they are and display a different side of themselves. Social media...

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DOJ Seeks To Overturn Ruling To Prevent WeChat Ban
DOJ Seeks To Overturn Ruling To Prevent WeChat Ban
October 02, 2020  |  Legal

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking to overturn a federal magistrate’s ruling last month that stopped a U.S. ban on WeChat, China’s social...

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Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round
Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round
September 22, 2020  |  Investments

IRL, or In Real Life, the social calendar startup created to help users meet over shared experiences, announced a $16 million Series B funding round...

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Americans Rush To Download WeChat App In Advance Of Ban
Americans Rush To Download WeChat App In Advance Of Ban
September 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

WeChat users in the U.S. are racing to download the Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app, Reuters reported. The surge comes as...

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HSBC To Staff: Stay Off Bank’s Social Media Accounts
HSBC To Staff: Stay Off Bank’s Social Media Accounts
September 21, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The 233,000 worldwide employees of HSBC Holdings Plc were ordered on Monday (Sept. 21) to stay off the bank’s social media sites after a report...

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Facebook Threatens EU Pullout
Facebook Threatens EU Pullout
September 21, 2020  |  Facebook

In a bit of high-tech saber-rattling, Facebook is threatening to pull the plug on its social media platform in the European Union if a controversial...

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