Social Media Quick Bytes: Giant Penguins, Stinky Genes, and Real World Pod Racing | Social Aug 24, 2018 Prehistoric Portly Penguin Fossils have long provided a lens into the ancient world and the fascinating animals that have been long gone. Recently, a…
Social Media Why Brands Are Posting Way More Content To Facebook | Social Aug 24, 2018 In the second quarter of 2018, the top 20,000 pages on Facebook posted an incredible 8.1 million times, up 24 percent from the first quarter. That’s…
Social Media Facebook, Twitter boot accounts tied to Iran, Russia for coordinated deception | Social Aug 23, 2018 Within hours of each other on Tuesday, both Facebook and Twitter announced that they had removed nearly 1,000 accounts for manipulative or…
Social Media Facebook bans first app since Cambridge Analytica, myPersonality, and suspends hundreds more |… Aug 23, 2018 Facebook announced today that it had banned the app myPersonality for improper data controls and suspended hundreds more. So far this is only the…
Social Media How the Internet Caused Explosive Growth in the Flat Earth Theory | Social Aug 23, 2018 In late 2017, a number of professional athletes, including NFL wide receiver Sammy Watkins and NBA star Kyrie Irving, shook up the sports world by…
Social Media 4 Incredible Image Hacks to Improve Your Facebook Ad Campaigns | Social Aug 22, 2018 Five years ago, a colleague of mine began promoting her e-commerce business on Facebook. After spending two years promoting it on AdWords, she…
Social Media Wireless communication breaks through water-air barrier | Social Aug 22, 2018 MIT researchers have taken a step toward solving a longstanding challenge with wireless communication: direct data transmission between underwater…
Social Media Facebook and Twitter remove hundreds of accounts linked to Iranian and Russian political meddling |… Aug 22, 2018 Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts and pages for what it calls “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” generally networks of ostensibly…
Social Media Instagram’s test of Recommended Posts is designed to not interrupt your feed | Social Aug 22, 2018 Instagram Instagram wants to use algorithms to pad your feed — on Monday, August 20, Instagram announced a test for recommended posts. The potential…
Social Media Study ties Facebook engagement to attacks on refugees | Social Aug 22, 2018 A study of circumstances and demographics attendant on attacks against refugees and immigrants in Germany has shown that Facebook use appears to be…