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.

Facebook Launches Desktop Messenger Video Chat
Facebook Launches Desktop Messenger Video Chat
April 02, 2020  |  Facebook

The desktop version of popular app Facebook Messenger has arrived on Mac and Windows computers, letting people communicate via video chat during a time when...

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Retail Branding Comes Off The Back Burner
Retail Branding Comes Off The Back Burner
March 26, 2020  |  Retail

For retailers, especially those deemed non-essential and struggling with revenue, branding may be on the back burner right now. Big mistake, say several branding experts....

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Facebook Traffic Up 50 Pct, But Not Ad Revenue
Facebook Traffic Up 50 Pct, But Not Ad Revenue
March 25, 2020  |  Facebook

The coronavirus has ended up a boon for social media giant Facebook, which saw a 50 percent spike in usage as the virus ate its...

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Quaranstreaming And The Future Of Social Commerce
Quaranstreaming And The Future Of Social Commerce
March 23, 2020  |  Social Commerce

A good slogan is hard to write, as it needs to be brief, memorable (for good reason) and continuously evocative no matter how often it...

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Facebook Funds $100M In Grants For SMBs Hurt By Coronavirus
Facebook Funds $100M In Grants For SMBs Hurt By Coronavirus
March 17, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Facebook wants to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) survive the coronavirus pandemic, and is offering $100 million in grants to 30,000 companies in over...

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Dorsey To Remain As Twitter CEO Amid New Investments
Dorsey To Remain As Twitter CEO Amid New Investments
March 09, 2020  |  Personnel

A new deal struck by Twitter and investment firms Silver Lake and Elliott Management won’t affect CEO Jack Dorsey’s position with the company, according to...

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Using Ethical AI To Turn Citizens’ Information Into Insight
Using Ethical AI To Turn Citizens’ Information Into Insight
March 03, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

In the service of business, of society at large, artificial intelligence (AI) can be effective. It can be fast. Can it also be ethical? The...

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Big Sizzle: Gaming And Social Networks, Thriving In The Age Of The Coronavirus
Big Sizzle: Gaming And Social Networks, Thriving In The Age Of The Coronavirus
February 28, 2020  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

In the age of the Coronavirus, amid supply chain disruptions and workers being sent home, there’s still the need for human contact, for information and...

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Solving Social Commerce’s Conversion Problem
Solving Social Commerce’s Conversion Problem
February 24, 2020  |  Retail

The potential of social commerce – consumers transacting directly through their various social media channels – has been talked up for the better part of...

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