Who discerns what is fake news and why don’t we decide for ourselves?
Governments across the world are implementing policies and practices to control the fake news monster of social media. However, who...
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Social media may give millennials anxiety now, but paradigms have a way of shifting
Digital technology has been blasted time and again for causing mental health problems among the millennials and Gen Z’ers. It...
White House wants to hear your experience with online political censorship
The Trump White House is asking people to share their stories of being censored online due to political bias with...
Facebook in crypto-related advertising U-turn
Earlier this week, social media giant Facebook reversed elements of its ban on blockchain and cryptocurrency related advertising. Is this...
AR will allow ‘liberation from problems afflicting modern democracies’
Augmented reality (AR) has already become a hit in social media. Those of you who don virtual hats and moustaches...
Scopolamine: an entrepreneur’s hellish tale of unwitting consumption
In this episode of The Sociable Podcast, we share one entrepreneur's tale of shady business partners, drug-fueled partying, and unwittingly...
Is virtual reality the future of social networking?
The VR industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, reaching over $27 billion in 2018. Market analysts predict the worldwide VR market...
DARPA launches Polyplexus social network with 3 tech incubators
DARPA launches a public social network called Polyplexus for research and development, which contains three incubators covering Quantum Machine Learning,...
Are you really buying Facebook’s privacy-focused vision? Op-ed
TheFacebook launched on the exact same day DARPA's LifeLog project was reportedly killed. The vision of LifeLog is congruent with...
Facebook ‘breaches user trust’ once again with two factor authentication
Facebook has come under fire once again for breaching users trust with the misuse of their data, this time through...
Facebook edging stealthily towards cryptocurrency launch?
Can Facebook achieve what Bitcoin hasn’t been able to - mass market adoption? Reports indicate that the social media giant...
Facebook considering blockchain use case
Facebook CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg is expressing an interest in utilizing blockchain technology for account authentication and validation. The...
Social media is the new dais for Asian elections
Asian countries, such as India, Thailand, and Indonesia are all starting an election year and are banking on social media...
Social media blackout, ‘wanton violence’ during Zimbabwe’s 150% fuel hike protests
When Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a 150% hike in gas prices on Saturday, citizens revolted in the streets. In response,...
Facebook disguised sponsored ads as regular posts, Adblock Plus fixed that
Facebook disguised sponsored post as regular posts to bypass adblockers, but Adblock Plus just implemented a way to shut that...
YouTube’s PewDiePie and T-Series battle to break the internet
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Mesmerizing is watching the race between the Swedish YouTuber Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, known as PewDiePie, and the Bollywood content...
A look into big tech user data requests from governments worldwide
Facebook came out with its biannual Transparency Report yesterday, and we decided to take a look at big tech companies...
Boomers in Tech: Boomers on Facebook
The social media site originates from a college dorm room, yet it appears that its original user base of millennials are...
The Simpsons’ Apu ‘debate’ pinches political correctness nerve
Over the weekend, Indiewire reported that The Simpsons would be quietly phasing out it’s most controversial character, Apu, causing the...
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To reach the right audiences with the right messages in the extremely crowded modern advertising landscape, marketers are increasingly having...
