Category: Social Media
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How Cognitive Bias Shapes Political Opinions and Elections
Cognitive bias is a flawed way of thinking that we can all fall victim to at times, but by being able to identify how this manipulation occurs, you can prevent yourself from falling prey to it – most of the time.
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Mobile App Popularity: Pandemic Winners and Losers
The coronavirus pandemic has had a distinct impact on the app market in North America. Some types of apps are seeing explosive growth in the number of active users and downloads. Others have seen a drastic decline in popularity.
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Meet Gen Z, Your New Co-Workers
Meet Gen Z, Your New Co-Workers Generation Z was born between 1997 and the early 2010s and makes up 25.9% of the U.S. population. 49% of Gen Z identifies as non-white. Compared to 44% of millennials, 40% of Gen X and 28% of baby boomers. Generation Z and Tech 98% of Gen Z own a […]
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The 30 Most Important Twitter Influencers in Business for 2020
Business has been transformed by social media. In fact, it’s safe to say that thanks to social media, all business is marketing to some degree. Today’s business leaders (i.e., top business influencers) have many platforms from which to speak or to author significant narratives that speak to the importance of social media influencers in business. […]
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Andrew Left is taking his short selling strategy to Facebook’s front door
Andrew Left has set his short-selling sights on Facebook. Citron Research’s short seller believes the company “is losing an extensive amount of relevancy,” According to CNBC. He believes Facebook is a good company but that it “just will not be a $330 billion company in a year,” he said in a CNBC interview. Facebook shares fell […]
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Twitter’s 140-character problem will no longer include links and photos
When Twitter announced in January that it was considering the removal of its 140-character limit, the company’s biggest power users said they would revolt. Now, in place of removing that character limit, the company is planning to no longer include web links or photos in the character count, according to a report by Bloomberg’s Sarah […]
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Facebook will cut tax bill by giving $1 million bonuses to staffers
Facebook UK staffers are in for a big treat. The company will pay £280 million ($396 million) to its UK-based staff over the next three years to offset the amount of tax it has to pay to the UK Treasury. Each employee is set to receive £775,000 ($1.1 million), which Facebook will list as a taxable expense. News […]
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Four top Twitter executives are leaving the company
Twitter is losing four of its top executives. The company announced on Sunday that product chief Kevin Weil, head of engineering Alex Roetter, Katie Jacobs Stanton, VP of global media and Skip Schipper, VP of human resources, were all taking their exit. CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed the departures, saying the four would be “taking some well-deserved […]
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Mark Zuckerberg Says He Will Take Two Months Of Paternity Leave
Mark Zuckerberg plans on taking a full two months off from Facebook when he and wife Dr. Priscilla Chan, welcome their baby daughter into the world. Zuckerberg took to his Facebook account on Friday to show his plans. While the couple have not shared the due date for their child, he did say, “every day things […]
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Facebook Says Government Requests For Data Are Rapid Increasing
Facebook Inc. said in a report on Wednesday that government demands for its user data surged in the first half of 2015. With government access to personal data from telephone and web companies becoming a hot topic among users, Facebook began reporting on government request numbers in 2015. According to the company the number of […]
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Snapchat Video Is Starting To Catch Up To Facebook
Snapchat videos have reached 6 billion plays per day according to the Financial Times. In May the company was delivering just 2 billion video plays on a daily basis. Snapchat confirmed the view count but declined to give any further details about its quick climb. The new 6 billion figure means Snapchat is quickly closing […]
