Category: social

A closer look at the redesigned Facebook app

Post author By Randall
Post date April 30, 2019
Categories In Entertainment, events, Facebook, facebook app, facebook events, facebook groups, facebook messenger, gear, groups, hands-on, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, messenger, Mobile, personal computing, personalcomputing, social, Social Media, Tech

[ad_1] As mentioned earlier, a big focus of this version is on making Groups more ubiquitous inside the app. An overhauled Groups tab (pictured above) will show you a feed of activity from communities you’re subscribed to, while a new discovery feature is going to recommend you Groups you might be interested in. The Events […]

Bots have invaded Instagram comments

Post author By Randall
Post date April 19, 2019
Categories In bot, bots, comments, Entertainment, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, Robots, Scam, scams, services, social, Social Media, spam, Tech, Trolls, verification, verified, verified badge

[ad_1] Based on dozens of Instagram pages we reviewed, including those from ESPN, House of Highlights, LeBron James, Travis Scott, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and The Fat Jewish, these types of comments are becoming commonplace. Most of the accounts posting them have similar usernames, usually a name followed by a number (e.g. “cherylmason0” or “delpha_dibbert5”), […]

Russia worked hard to recruit social media users to campaign for Trump

Post author By Randall
Post date April 18, 2019
Categories In bots, Donald Trump, Entertainment, Facebook, gear, Google, Instagram, Internet, internet research agency, ira, mueller report, Politics, president trump, Robots, Russia, Security, social, Social Media, Tech, Trolls, tumblr, Twitter, Youtube

[ad_1] According to the report, the IRA had dozens of employees who were responsible for “operating accounts and personas” on all these social media sites. The IRA referred to these employees as “specialists,” and they were in charge of creating pages that pretended to be personal accounts of people in the US and, later, fake […]

A week with Twitter’s attempt at a more civil internet

Post author By Randall
Post date March 21, 2019
Categories In business, conversation, conversations, Entertainment, gear, hands-on, Internet, jack dorsey, Mobile, prototype, services, social, Social Media, social network, Tech, threads, tweet, tweets, Twitter, twttr
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[ad_1] With Twttr, the company says it wants to make conversations easier to read, understand and join. And to do that it’s using features like color-coded chat bubbles to help you browse threads more efficiently. For instance, if someone you follow replies to one of your tweets, their response will be highlighted by a light-blue […]

Facebook is using AR to bring a massive mural to life

Post author By Randall
Post date March 9, 2019
Categories In Ar, Art, art house, Augmented Reality, Design, Entertainment, Facebook, facebook art department, facebook camera, gear, hands-on, Internet, mural, social, Social Media, sxsw, sxsw2019, Tech
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[ad_1] Down the road, the company plans to expand its “AR/T” program to other places in the US and abroad, as it looks to work with more local artists and developers on ways to put a technology twist on their art. “We feel really strongly about the value of the analog, like the materials,” Jessica […]

Facebook only cares about privacy because it has to

Post author By Randall
Post date March 7, 2019
Categories In asus, business, Data Privacy, encrypted, encryption, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, Mark Zuckerberg, Messaging, opinion, Privacy, services, social, Social Media, social network, Tech, whatsapp, zuckerberg
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[ad_1] That’s great and all, but why is Facebook suddenly interested in taking this approach? After all, the company has built its entire business model around people sharing things publicly. While Zuckerberg has been hinting at this new strategy in recent earnings calls, it’s now clear that it’s no longer just an idea. It will […]