Facebook Reactions Broaden Emotional Range
‘Love’ and ‘angry’ among choices, but still no ‘dislike.’ Facebook users no longer have to lament clicking the “like” button on friend’s heart-wrenching post or on a news story that makes them...
View ArticleInstagram May Shift to Show Users “The Best” Posts
But will users agree with site’s choices or method of displaying their feeds? Like Facebook and Twitter before it, your Instagram feed may no longer show the newest posts first. The photo-based social...
View ArticleFacebook Fills Workday Void With Touch-Screen Basketball
Facebook’s latest attack on worker productivity is here: a basketball mini-game hidden inside the Messenger app. Now you can celebrate NCAA March Madness and miss deadlines all at once! To play, make...
View ArticleGoogle Taps Founder of Anything-Goes 4Chan
Chris Poole brings success and a bit of infamy to the Internet giant. Photo by Rex Hammock – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0. Google has hired Chris Poole, founder of the controversial online community 4chan...
View ArticleStoried Guitar Maker Has Credit Rating Downgraded
Slipping sales and a shift away from guitars to electronics hurting Gibson. Poor sales last year and high executive turnover has led to a credit downgrading for prominent guitar maker Gibson Brands....
View ArticleSpotify Royalty Settlement Reached With Publishers’ Group
Streaming music service, Spotify, has been hit with several lawsuits over payments to artists. Music publishers will get royalties for songs streamed on Spotify under an agreement reached with the...
View ArticlePrince’s Legacy of Leadership
The “Purple Rain” musician pioneered music on the internet and fought for artists’ rights. Maybe leadership isn’t the quality that first comes to mind when considering Prince, the musician who passed...
View ArticleGoogle Goals Push Self-Improvement
Calendar tool finds free time for users to spend becoming better people. Google wants to help users better manage their time for making dreams of self-improvement come true. It’s introduced a new...
View ArticleTech-Weary Consumers Dumbing Down Phone Choices
Tired of staring at smartphones, some people are opting for basic phones that do less. While Apple continues to sell millions of iPhones each quarter, a different kind of phone is steadily capturing...
View ArticleFacebook Stumbles Into Journalism
Rancor over reports of liberal bias show the social media site is in the news game, like it or not. A recent meeting of the minds between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and 16 conservative leaders served...
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