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...
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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...
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...
LinkedIn jumps on ‘Stories’ trend with new feature for students
Dubbed 'Student Voices', the new feature introduced by LinkedIn promises students to boost their academic and professional job prospects by...
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...
Time to “log out”: Why Facebook’s data scandal isn’t the only thing we should be worried about
Facebook has been shoved into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons this year. A level of mistrust has amounted...
Facebook’s Portal born out of Pentagon-inspired Building 8
Facebook has a new hardware product called Portal, a video sharing device which has Amazon's voice assistant Alexa built-in, and...
Epic fails: 5 ways to destroy your brand on Social media
Social media channels have repeatedly turned into an expensive graveyard of failed campaigns. We look at the five most tragic...
Why Privacy in the Age of AI Is an Outdated Concept
Chances are, you’ve already heard about #DeleteFacebook and the recent upheaval over Cambridge Analytica’s internationally explosive breach of privacy. Though...
3 hacks for optimizing online video across social media platforms
Online video for business has the power to attract new clients, drive revenue, and bolster brand awareness when combined with...
How Facebook’s 2018 algorithm goals will affect businesses
Facebook revenues are higher than ever. At the same time, Facebook engagement is reaching record lows. Studies have shown that,...
Facebook acquires govt ID authentication startup
Confirm, the Boston-based government ID authentication startup, has been acquired by Facebook for an undisclosed fee. Confirm will now terminate...
Noble causes to no-man’s land: Tech’s 2017 month-by-month
To take a comb through the tech news at the moment is to read a lot of articles about how...
Facebook ups efforts to spot suicidal tendencies in its users by utilizing AI
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Facebook has got a bit of a bad reputation as of late for not doing its job in moderating content...
Zuckerberg is running for president, even if he never runs: KU interview analysis
Mark Zuckerberg's interview at the University of Kansas on Friday was the moment for those who wonder whether the Facebook CEO...
How social media affects our collective unconscious
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." - Carl Jung. In 1912...
Is Facebook planning to change the News Feed as we know it?
Facebook is considering changing its News Feed by separating social posts from public posts by introducing a new Explore Feed...
Murky methods: social media’s initial anti-terrorism efforts
As governmental pressure mounts on social media companies to rid their platforms of terrorist content, initial AI methods are producing...
