A former Googler who started a job site says you should assume employers will find your social …
Google alum and WayUp CEO Liz Wessel has some advice on getting your social media presence up to snuff during a job search. • She said drastic actions — like removing your name from all your accounts — aren't necessary. • You've just got to t hink long and hard …
Sri Lanka cuts off access to social networks to curb violence
In an effort to curb extremist violence in Sri Lanka, government officials have ordered some social networks to shut down. ABC News' anonymous source says that the blockage affects Facebook, Instagram, Viber and WhatsApp, specifically. In capital Colombo, some are blocked wholesale while others … Read More
SOCIAL MEDIA USERS REACT TO VIRAL ‘HALO BROW’ TREND
'It looks like church staff were drunk on Ash Wednesday': Social media users slam BIZARRE 'halo brow' trend after Instagram beauty guru gave herself a giant circular brow on her forehead. British make-up Instagrammer Hannah Lyne, from Huddersfield, shared two photos of her 'halo brows' in recent … Read More
Why social media are more like chocolate than cigarettes
However, our research suggests that social media are more like a chocolate than a cigarette – it can be healthy or unhealthy depending on how you use it. While health ratings make no sense for cigarettes, they do help consumers make informed decisions about the level of sugar, oil and …
DeKalb water main break: Residents react on social media
A massive water main break shut down traffic, caused a boil water advisory and led DeKalb County and Decatur schools to alter their schedules Wednesday morning. While the main break was in Doraville, near Buford Highway, it affected residents and workers across DeKalb. Read More
UK watchdog wants disclosure rules for political ads on social media
The Obama campaign was the first time that there was a lot of use of data analytics and social media in campaigning. It is a good thing, but it needs to be made more transparent, and we need to control and regulate how political campaigning is happening on social media, …
The Parkland Students’ Social Media Story Is More Nuanced Than a Tweet
The secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, had only just announced that she would visit Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when the students began to react. “Good thing I was already planning on sleeping in tomorrow,” Emma González tweeted out to her 1.2 million followers Tuesday evening. Read More
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There's a new way to join in the conversation about news stories on Delmarva, and hone in on the stories that interest you most. On our official Facebook page, we make the posts and share stories from all over Delmarva. But in our groups, you can post too, and follow …
Sri Lanka: Social media shut down amid communal violence
Sri Lanka's government shut down social messaging networks including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Viber on Wednesday to control violence against minority Muslims. The move comes after the imposition of a state of emergency on the Sinhalese Buddhist-majority island. Tensions have escalated … Read More
Sri Lanka blocks social media amid anti-Muslim violence
Anti-Muslim rioting flared anew Wednesday in the hills of central Sri Lanka despite a state of emergency, as the government ordered popular social media networks blocked to stop the violence from spreading. The police also ordered a curfew across much of the region for the third straight day, trying to … …