All posts tagged "social media"
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4.5KMiscTim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Just Released A Set of Rules to Avert a “Digital Dystopia”
We’re sliding in a “digital dystopia”, thinks Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989 and now...
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4.6KMiscWikipedia’s Founder Takes On the Giants with Growing Social Media Platform WT:Social
In a move no one saw coming, earlier this month Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced a social media platform called WT:Social. That...
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6.0KMiscThe League Dating App Now Matches You Based on Livestreams
In the world of dating apps, some go the extra mile when it comes to the way they match you with potential...
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1.6KMiscFacebook Quietly Introduces Whale App for Making Memes
News outlet The Information spotted Whale, a meme-making app signed by no other than social media giant Facebook. The app was quietly...
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4.4KMiscGrowing Buddhist Online Cult “UFO Kaokala” Says Aliens Will Save Us From the Apocalypse
The fact that some weird things can grow in echo chambers isn’t a secret, especially after the rise of incels, but some...
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1.1KMiscFacebook Will Also Begin Testing Hiding ‘Likes’
A while ago, Instagram began a trial period of hiding the number of ‘likes’ under the images across the platform. In the...
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3.1KPhonesThe Witcher Game Co-Creator Launches Mudita Pure, A 140 Grams Phone Free of Social Media
Update: The Mudita Pure campaign on Kickstarter was funded 100% in an hour. The Witcher, a gripping RPG that needs no introduction,...
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1.8KMiscInstagram Will Restrict Posts That Promote Plastic Surgery and Weight Loss Products
Seems like Instagram has had just about enough of the diet tea culture and the heightened interest of teenagers in cosmetic surgeries...
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2.3KMiscYou Can Now Schedule Instagram Posts and IGTV Videos Through Facebook
Facebook has officially released a new update for its Creator Studio which lets business account holders schedule their Instagram posts and IGTV...
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2.6KMiscThe Chinese Government Silenced Hong-Kong Protests On Tik Tok
Videos of hundreds of thousands of marchers filling through the streets of Hong Kong, as well as images of protesters, filled the...
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1.3KMiscSnapchat Now Lets You Take More Three-dimensional Selfies
Selfie lovers will now have something to be excited for, as the company released a new camera mode. The “3D Camera Mode”...
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2.0KMiscFacebook Could Be Testing Hiding Like Count
Only a few months ago, Instagram began hiding how many likes posts received in test regions like Canada. Facebook, Instagram’s parent company,...
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9.8KMiscLebanese Harvard Student Denied U.S VISA Due To His Friends’ Social Media Posts
Ismail B. Ajjawi is a 17-year old from Lebanon who was on his way to settle into the Harvard campus recently. However,...
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4.1KMiscTelegram Reportedly Under Pressure to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency This Fall
Telegram, the messaging app who had multiple run-ins with the Russian government, is now reportedly under pressure to launch its own cryptocurrency. ...
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2.0KSmart LifeSnapchat Announces Spectacles 3 With HD Cameras and More
Snapchat announced it’s third generation of Spectacles, the company’s augmented reality sunglasses, which arrive with a sleek new design and an additional...
