What is Vero? The social media app everyone is talking about
This weekend, a relatively unknown new social app surged up to the top of the Apple App Store. The app? Vero – true social. Vero has been around for nearly three years but it is now the top new social network. The app has nearly one million users, having added …
Youth urged use social media to promote peace
"If social media is well-utilised, it can change one's perception on ethnicity, attitude and promote tolerance and mutual understanding. This can bridge the divisions … KAMPALA – The youth have been urged to use social media platforms to promote peace and harmony rather than violence. The executive … Read More
U of H police looking into social media threat against campus
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) –. The University of Houston says its police department is looking into a possible threat against the school posted on social media. … UHPD has been contacted by concerned members of the UH community regarding an individual's posts on social media. Thank you to the UH … Read …
How social media bots can amplify fake news
That's how fake news started trending on social media during the 2016 presidential election. In response, U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller recently filed charges against a Russian organization called the Internet Research Agency that had hundreds of employees operating fake accounts during the … Read More
Vero is apparently THE new social media app to be on
When you're not busy scrolling through Instagram stories, updating your Snapchat, tweeting a random musing about the latest episode of Survival Of The Fittest and checking into Nando's on Facebook, you could be using Vero – social media's newbie. This weekend, scores of Brits were busy … Read More
Why everyone on Instagram is talking about Vero
Launched in 2015, Vero bills itself as an ad-free "social network that lets you be yourself." The app is the brainchild of billionaire businessman Ayman Hariri, son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Hariri, who has a net worth of $1.33 billion, according to Forbes, told CNBC he started …
Monday Buzz: Advocating on Social Media? Here’s What You Should Know
Social media platforms are powerful tools for advocacy, but constant algorithm updates mean your social strategy has to stay flexible. Also: How to make your new member webinar more beneficial. Being nimble with your social media strategy is a must these days. Constant news feed algorithm changes … Read More
My husband sneakily posted photos of our kids on social media and I’m furious
Q. My husband and I disagree about how much of our children we should be putting on social media. I don't do much social media after giving up Facebook, but he spends a lot of his day on various sites. I thought I had gotten through to him about the …
Social media has given communities a voice
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes," as Mark Twain said, but he did not envisage social media: "halfway" is understating it. A lie – or at least a bad impression – can get fully around the world, in an instant. …
Fitness: How do friends’ social media posts affect us?
The participants were required to access their most-used social media account and view the posts that their friends had entered over the past 30 days. They were then asked to count how many of these posts were related to their friends' exercise routine, which could include a broad range of …