SNAP Stock Doubles This Year on Major Developments, What Now?
Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP), the parent company of the popular social media platform Snapchat, seems to have kicked off 2019 on a good note, with SNAP stock price almost doubling from the beginning of the year. …
Facebook and Instagram Ban White Nationalism and Separatism Content
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) and Instagram announced today that they will be banning white nationalism and white separatism on their networks next week after an advocacy group called on the social media giants to do more …
Grindr is Being Sold Amid US Government Security Fears
Popular dating app Grindr is up for sale. The company behind the world’s largest dating app for homosexual people is being forced to sell the app following pressure from the US Government.
According …
Google Strikes Again: Get Ready for a New Way to Play with Stadia
Google reveals its latest toy today, a game-streaming service by the name of Stadia. Stadia is Google’s attempt at providing the masses with on-demand video games—and something tells me it’s going to be a successful …
MySpace Loses 12 Years of Content: Accident or Foul Play?
Social networking veteran MySpace reported that it has lost every piece of content that was uploaded to its site before 2016, with no chance of recovery. This mass deletion included millions of songs, photos, and …
YouTube and Twitter Struggle to Remove Mass Shooting Videos
YouTube (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Twitter (NASDAQ:TWTR), and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) are all under fire today after failing to remove disturbing videos from their platforms. As I’m sure you’ve seen all over the news, there were two mosque attacks …
Social Media Outage: All Facebook Platforms Blackout for Hours
Social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) experienced a social media outage across all its owned platforms. Lasting 14 hours, the blackout was experienced on a global scale. Normal service has since resumed and, according to the …
Social Media is Becoming More Private, Says Facebook’s Zuckerberg
In major tech news today, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the messaging services of social media platforms Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram will soon intertwine. Or, to coin his own phrase, be “interoperable.” …
LinkedIn Live: LinkedIn Launches New Live Video Service
Social media for the working world, LinkedIn, is launching live video. The news service gives its 600 million users the ability to broadcast real-time video. The videos can be specified to a group or posted …
Jeff Bezos Accuses The National Enquirer of Blackmail and Extortion
Amazon CEO and world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, has accused The National Enquirer publication of “blackmail and extortion.”
In a blog titled ‘No thank you, Mr. Pecker’, Bezos targets David Pecker’s publication, alleging …