Your Twitter Third-Party Apps, Such As Tweetbot And Talon, May Soon Stop Working
Third-party apps for Twitter, such as Tweetbot, Talon, Twitterific, and Tweetings, may soon stop working due to a planned change to the social network's API. The update was initially scheduled to be rolled out in June, but Twitter has decided to delay the launch. There is still no assurance that …
Zayn Malik just deleted all of his Instagram pictures, and Twitter is losing it
Or, this could mean that he is on his way to debuting an entirely new image. Maybe it means new music! But when he deleted every picture, all of his relationship history with Hadid went with it. Some artists have done something similar before releasing a new album. (Taylor Swift, …
Parent concern over primary schools’ use of Twitter in classrooms
Ian Marriot, a parent at Auckland's Warkworth Primary, said he received a general newsletter from his 9-year-old daughter's school in February that mentioned students would be participating in the initiative and using Twitter as part of their literacy programme. "There was no consultation at all with … Read More
You should stop using Facebook Messenger until it proves it’s worthy of your trust
Facebook Messenger is a juggernaut, with more than 1.2 billion users. Chances are your family and friends have it installed on their phones. That makes it incredibly useful — after all, the value of any messaging app is directly tied to how many of your contacts also use it. And …
Here Is Facebook’s Dubious Plan to Prevent Its 2016 Election Catastrophe From Happening Again
Pressure has been mounting on Facebook and its leadership to make big privacy changes in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal—in which it lost control over extensive data on what it now says are 87 million users—and after weeks of hedging and minor tweaks around the margins, the … Read …
Sheryl Sandberg Says Facebook Users Would Have to Pay for Total Privacy
In an interview with NBC's Today show, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said that users who wished to entirely stop the social media platform from making money from their personal data would have to pay for the privilege, if the option were to be made available. “Could you come up with …
Amazon Beats Its Brand by Locking Customer Accounts for No Apparent Reason
For at least a week, many Amazon customers have complained on social media that their Prime accounts — the ones that people pay for — were either locked or closed with little … Extremely poor customer service from @amazon @AmazonHelp locked out of Amazon Prime for 7 days with no …
Jason Quigley Nails The Problem With Conor McGregor & Social Media
Quigley's comments about both his own use of social media and McGregor's make for an interesting comparison and whether McGregor's actions on Thursday were a way to keep himself in the news or a display of empty bravado, his need to remain in the headlines is beginning to alienate a …
Social media helps to spread messages of good deeds
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – Social media has changed the way we communicate with friends and family, near and far. Users are also using the platform to share good deeds. A viewer sent us this picture that she took back at the end of March while at a Dollar General in Martinsburg. …
Violent youths ‘should face social media ban’
Young people who commit violence offences should be banned from using social media such as YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram, according to the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on knife crime. Speaking before the launch of the government's new serious violence strategy, the MP Sarah … Read More