Social Media Updates Archive
18 Sep 2015
Social media can bring down politicians, but can it also make politics better?
Social media can bring down politicians, but can it also make politics better? The enormous impact of social media on politics is undeniable: from fomenting political upheavals such as during the Arab Spring, to career-ending tweets such as those by British MP Emily Thornberry or US congressman Anthony Weiner, to providing the medium around which
15 Sep 2015
Square now lets you tweet political donations
Square now lets you tweet political donations Square has teamed up with Twitter to let you easily send cash donations to US presidential and local campaigns that you support. Once a candidate has signed up for Square’s new program, they can then tweet a unique URL called a Cashtag to request donations from their
14 Sep 2015
Twitter can tell which apps will fail next… sometimes
Twitter can tell which apps will fail next… sometimes While not particularly well known for data-driven reporting,BuzzFeed found that by looking at the number of tweets linking to an app, it was possible in some cases to detect the health of an app, and whether it was likely to shut down in the near future.
14 Sep 2015
Facebook’s M is a Siri-like personal assistant for Messenger
Facebook’s M is a Siri-like personal assistant for Messenger Facebook’s Vice President of Messaging Products David Marcus today announced a new service called M. M is designed to be your personal assistant, which you can use to ask for recommendations such as gift ideas or restaurants to visit when you’re traveling. Currently in testing, M also helps
14 Sep 2015
Ashley Madison reportedly planned to send 100,000 spammy tweets a month, and failed
Ashley Madison reportedly planned to send 100,000 spammy tweets a month, and failed It seems like Ashley Madison’s troubles just won’t let up. Company emails found in a data dump leaked by hackersafter they breached the site’s systems reveal that it planned to send out no less than 100,000 spam tweets a month. Business
11 Sep 2015
Over 1B people used Facebook in a single day for the first time ever
Over 1B people used Facebook in a single day for the first time ever Here’s a crazy statistic for you: For the first time in history, one billion people used Facebook in a single day this past Monday. That means one out of every seven people on the planet was logged into the network at some
11 Sep 2015
Facebook’s newest product helps educators track students’ progress
Facebook’s newest product helps educators track students’ progress For the past year, Facebook has been working with a group of public schools to help improve the software they use to monitor students’ progress. Now, it wants to give it away for free to schools across the US. The social network says its dedicated team
11 Sep 2015
Instagram ads are going global and expanding to 30 seconds
Instagram ads are going global and expanding to 30 seconds Instagram announced that it will allow businesses to run ads up to 30 seconds long on its platform. Brands will also be able to use Instagram’s new landscape format for photo and video ads. As of September 9, ads are available in more than
07 Sep 2015
Is it Time for Twitter to Ditch its Limits?
Is it Time for Twitter to Ditch its Limits? Twitter: a great tool for messaging friends, reading random strangers’ musings on life’s daily events, and having conversations with brands and people you might never engage with otherwise. (Great for poking fun at others, too.) However, most Twitter users have felt the frustration that comes
05 Sep 2015
5 psychology secrets for great interaction design
5 psychology secrets for great interaction design It’s becoming more important every day for your designs to connect more with users and include a “human element.” Website and user experience design needs to feel real, from aesthetics to interactions to motion (perceived and real) to emotional connection. The problem designers most often encounter when