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.

Twitter CEO Dorsey Summoned To Appear Before Indian Parliamentary Panel
Twitter CEO Dorsey Summoned To Appear Before Indian Parliamentary Panel
February 11, 2019  |  International

Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey is being summoned by an Indian Parliamentary panel that wants him to appear later in February. According to a report...

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Facebook Buys Image-Matching Tech Co GrokStyle
Facebook Buys Image-Matching Tech Co GrokStyle
February 10, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook has acquired GrokStyle, the maker of image-matching technology, to beef up its work in the field. Bloomberg reported Facebook spokeswoman Vanessa Chan confirmed the...

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Why Tech Giants Are Hiding, Or Shifting, User Stats
Why Tech Giants Are Hiding, Or Shifting, User Stats
February 07, 2019  |  Investments

In investing, as in life, information is power. We make choices based on the data at hand, sifting through what has happened in the past in...

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Indian Government Drafts New Rules For Chinese App Makers
Indian Government Drafts New Rules For Chinese App Makers
February 06, 2019  |  Regulation

The Indian government is going after social media apps run by Chinese companies, gearing up to create new regulations that will force them to oversee...

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China’s WeChat Exposes Debtors Via Social Media
China’s WeChat Exposes Debtors Via Social Media
February 04, 2019  |  Mobile Applications

A new Chinese app has been created specifically to shame people who don’t pay their bills. The “deadbeat map” app with WeChat, which was developed...

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Facebook Adding Instagram, WhatsApp To User Metrics
Facebook Adding Instagram, WhatsApp To User Metrics
January 31, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook is planning to change the way it reports user metrics, no longer giving results just for the social media site, but also including Instagram...

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Despite Scandals, Facebook Makes Q4 Gains On Users And Mobile
Despite Scandals, Facebook Makes Q4 Gains On Users And Mobile
January 30, 2019  |  Earnings

Facebook posted single-digit user gains in the fourth quarter of 2018, gains that arguably push back against ideas that the social media platform would lose...

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Goldman Sachs And JPMorgan To Underwrite Pinterest’s IPO
Goldman Sachs And JPMorgan To Underwrite Pinterest’s IPO
January 30, 2019  |  IPO

Pinterest, the social media operator that is gearing up to launch an initial public offering, has tapped Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. Reuters, citing people familiar...

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US Regulators Eye ‘Record’ Facebook Fine
US Regulators Eye ‘Record’ Facebook Fine
January 18, 2019  |  Regulation

Regulators in the United States have reportedly met to discuss levying fines against social media giant Facebook, a punishment that could be sizable in scope...

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