Jignesh Mevani fears for safety after Whatsapp chat of senior cops goes viral
Vadgam MLA and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani has raised questions on his safety and security after a discussion on a Whatsapp group called 'ADR Police & Media', which has members from the media and senior police people, went viral on Friday. In the whatsapp group, two videos — one in …
Vergecast: S9 leaks, Twitter bots, and a new Verge podcast
This week on The Vergecast, Dieter is on vacation, so Silicon Valley editor and host of an upcoming Verge podcast, Casey Newton, joins us. Nilay, Paul, and Casey run through the news of the week, including Samsung Galaxy S9 leaks, Twitter bots, and third-party keyboards. Also, as a preview of … …
Businesses Can Now Respond to Twitter DMs 5 Times Within 24 Hours
Twitter announced a new feature aimed at ensuring that businesses can respond to direct messages during periods of high volume. Developer advocate Jon Cipriano introduced adaptive rate limits in a blog post, saying that the feature allows accounts to send up to five DMs via the Twitter … Read More
Facebook’s Growth Threatened By Twitter, Snap
in terms of total revenues and users, but its growth rate is stalling, CNBC reports. Daniel Ives, chief strategy officer and head of technology research at market research firm GBH Insights, tells CNBC that Facebook used to be "the only game in town" for advertising on social media. Now, he …
Why Facebook Is a Waste of Time—and Money—for Arts Nonprofits
Like many nonprofits, we use Facebook to connect with our audiences, and they use Facebook to stay in touch with us. It's not our preferred way, but it's where more than 4,000 people have chosen to stay informed about what we do at the Center for Artistic Activism. Part of …
How to Hide ‘Trending Topics’ From Twitter and Facebook
“Trending topics” are bullshit, says Select All. These little modules on social media sites are swamps of banality and disinformation. This Wednesday, YouTube's trending page included a conspiracy-theory video, which claims that the Stoneman Douglas High School students fighting for gun control are … Read More
Facebook’s Growth Threatened By Twitter, Snap
in terms of total revenues and users, but its growth rate is stalling, CNBC reports. Daniel Ives, chief strategy officer and head of technology research at market research firm GBH Insights, tells CNBC that Facebook used to be "the only game in town" for advertising on social media. Now, he …
4 Industries That Will Dominate Social Media in 2018
Once seen as purely a tool for entertainment, social media has become an indispensable marketing tool for many industries over the past few years, rivaled only by word of mouth. According to a first-quarter-2017 report by 4C Insights, overall social media spend was up 60 percent compared with a … Read …
Propaganda, lies and social media: Harvard’s Nicco Mele on how the tech we love hurts us
This was following World War II, and there was a real sense that media shaping the public was a very dangerous thing. It carried special responsibility. And that view is wholly absent from people like Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg appears to give it some lip service, but it's …
Social media helps French police find WWI soldier’s relative
Jean-Marie Salanova, right, head of the local police department, hands a copy of a letter by French WWI soldier Sgt. Jean Soulagnes to his great-great-grand niece Clara as her father Stephane Douhot, and mother Lydie, right, look on during a ceremony in Marseille, southern France, Friday Feb.23, … Read More