Search engines sent more traffic to publishers than social media in 2017
Search engines, namely Google, have begun to display more links to social media content directly in their search results, and this contributed to search overtaking social referral traffic. As search engines index more news shared on social media in their search results, users don't need to go to social … Read …
Anne Arundel County police investigate school threat on social media
Anne Arundel County police said they have charged some people involved in a social media threat against a school. Authorities said they learned about the social media posts over the weekend. While there is no danger at schools, police said officers will be visible through the day Monday. Read More
Social media executives to monitor local news
For a sharper delivery of the government's message to the voters, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) on Monday approved the hiring of 716 social media executives, one for each district of the country. Their primary responsibility will be to analyse local news media and help the government … Read …
Kendall Jenner Just Went Nude On Social Media
Kendall Jenner isn't afraid to reveal herself, particularly on Instagram. The 22-year-old Keeping Up with the Kardashians star flaunted some stunning poses and little else on her social media feed this week. The reality TV star released a tasteful nude photo on Sunday — providing an intimate, beautiful … Read More
What is Vero? What you need to know about the rising social media platform
As Snapchat's new format, Twitter trolls, and Facebook's fake news woes drive users away, some social media types are flocking to Vero. Its newfound popularity has caused some new users to experience difficulties in actually getting it to work, but Vero says it's “working to restore things.”. Read More
Feedless is an iOS content blocker that takes the media out of social media
Amid a broader cultural reckoning over the unintended consequences of massive social networks, a small but growing number of people are adopting technologies that enforce discipline in their app use. For some, the solution is simply to deactivate their accounts and move on. Orbuch is betting that a … Read More
Justin Theroux Just Broke His Social Media Silence Since Jennifer Aniston Split
Since Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announced their split two weeks ago after over two years of marriage, Theroux has been radio silent on social media. But, he broke his streak yesterday to post a very important series of photos on Instagram featuring… puppies. Theroux posted a few shots of … …
Disney goes all out for social media influencers, who don’t seem to have any idea what’s actually …
The Disney Social Media Moms Celebration is an annual gathering of the social media influencers that Disney has selected to help spread the word on the latest happenings at the company. The family-focused, invite-only conference is a who's who of the latest hot names in family social media … Read More
Delta – Social Media And Micro Management Gone Wild?
Delta added on to their earnings and revenue headwinds with two social media blunders over the weekend. The company publicly ended a discount to the NRA convention infuriating millions of gun owners and conservatives. Later the same day, the company's social media team fumbled a "golden" PR … Read More
Why I Decided to Reveal My Crohn’s Disease on Social Media
On the morning of my 27th birthday, I sat in a hospital bed, typing carefully into the Notes app on my phone. I was drafting a social media post to share the news of the Crohn's disease flare-up that had carved a fistula (tunnel-like hole) into my intestines. The subsequent …