分類彙整: social media
The Dead Will One Day Outweigh the Living on Facebook
Two things in this life are inevitable: death and social media. A new report from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) predicts the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within 50 years. Based […]
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Facebook Wants To Connect You With Your ‘Secret Crush’
Facebook has been connecting friends and family for 15 years. But can it provide a love connection? Kicking off its annual F8 conference, the social network on Tuesday introduced a new dating feature […]
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NY, Canada Gunning for Facebook Over Data Protection
Facebook’s luck may be running out. New York Attorney General Letitia James has opened an investigation into the social network’s unauthorized collection of 1.5 million users’ email content databases. Meanwhile, across the border, […]
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Sri Lanka Temporarily Blocks Social Media Following Terror Attacks
The Sri Lankan government blocked access to popular social networks following Sunday’s terror attacks that killed more than 290 people. A temporary shutdown of sites like Facebook and Instagram aims to stop the […]
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Facebook’s Virtual Assistant To Challenge Alexa, Siri
Facebook is reportedly developing a voice assistant to rival Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. The social network has been working on this initiative since early 2018, according to CNBC. Citing “several people” familiar […]
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UK Proposes Stricter Child Safety Rules for Social Media
The UK is calling on social media to step up their child safety guidelines. Turning off reaction buttons and limiting data collection are among the 16 recommendations for age-appropriate design, released this week […]
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LinkedIn Rolls Out Facebook-Esque ‘Reactions’
A picture emoji is worth a thousand words (as anyone who regularly relies on Facebook’s Like button can attest). So it’s no surprise that business network LinkedIn has introduced its own set of […]
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Twitter Listens to Beta Users, Updates Twttr Prototype App
Twitter’s experimental platform “twttr” has been in the wild for only a month, and already it’s proving more popular than the long-standing social network. “Most prefer the prototype over the Twitter app,” according […]
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KFC’s New Colonel Is Unnervingly Attractive—And Completely Fake
I love a good KFC marketing stunt, but has the fried chicken franchise finally gone too far? On Tuesday, the restaurant chain unveiled a finger-lickin’-good version of its classic spokesman: a computer-generated bro […]
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Facebook Adds Tributes Tab to Memorialized Accounts
There’s no escaping Facebook—even in the afterlife. The social network this week introduced a new “tributes” section for memorialized accounts. In an effort to preserve and declutter the original timeline of the deceased, […]
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