Marketing Tech Unicorns in 2017’s IPO Pipeline In its annual Tech IPO Report, released today, CB Insights identifies the top 369 high-value and “high-flying” technology companies which might be in the pipeline for IPOs. We mined the report for gems on some of the marketing (and sales) tech companies we cover. Among the companies in the 2017 pipeline: Qualtrics, the ... Read More »
ANKARA Turkish authorities are investigating some 10,000 people on suspicion of using social media to support terrorism, the interior ministry said on Saturday, part of a wide crackdown that has alarmed rights groups and some Western allies.Turkey, which faces security threats from Kurdish and leftist militants and Islamic State, has sacked or suspended more than 100,000 people following an attempted ... Read More »
Since enduring the election (and some minor heartbreak during the holiday season), I’ve found myself continuously abusing The Worldwide Bloodstream—namely Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram—despite the fact that it only exacerbates my mood. My news feeds have literally been “feeding” my negative emotions about current affairs, and allowing me to stew in a pool of bitterness about my personal life. I ... Read More »
Enlarge ImageFarewell. Photo by Bauer-Griffin, GC Images And so the greats pass, one after the other. David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell and now George Michael. Michael, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, died of heart failure on Christmas Day. Tributes immediately poured in on social media. On Twitter, fans and celebrities offered their memories and their disbelief that Michael, just ... Read More »
NOW PLAYINGTrump transition entering final weeks Never autoplay videos A Republican National Committee official lashed out at critics after part of a Christmas statement it made Sunday sparked outrage on social media. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus released a three-paragraph statement on the holiday, but it was the first paragraph that drew critics’ attention. “Over two millennia ago, a new hope ... Read More »
PHOTO: Mr Reardon hopes the website will provide a forum for people with disabilities to support each other. (ABC News: Felicity Ogilvie) RELATED STORY: New social network connects people with disabilities online MAP: TAS A social media site created by a Tasmanian man and designed for people with disabilities is being praised by users as a useful place to make ... Read More »
Representative image GURGAON: Your social mediaposts are under close watch. The Haryana government has decided to ratchet up its cyber policing with a centre for digital investigations that it will inaugurate on Wednesday in Gurgaon. The Digital Investigation Training and Analysis Centre (Ditac) will focus exclusively on social media content, picking up anything it feels is “inflammatory” or “illegal” in ... Read More »
ENLARGE Curtis James Jackson III, the rapper known as 50 Cent, arrived at a federal courthouse in New Haven, Conn., to attend a bankruptcy-court proceeding in 2015. PHOTO: MICHELLE MCLOUGHLIN FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By KATY STECH Dec. 26, 2016 10:49 a.m. ET 39 COMMENTS This October, when Ido Alexander saw photos a young man had posted on social ... Read More »
Rubi Ibarra, at her party that went viral CREDIT: REX Associated Press 27 DECEMBER 2016 • 4:10AM Looking overwhelmed by the attention, yet resplendent in an elaborate fuchsia dress and gleaming tiara, Rubi Ibarra celebrated her 15th birthday on Monday on a ranch in central Mexico after the invitation to the event by her father went viral and made her ... Read More »
The Customs and Border Protection has previously said it wouldn’t prohibit entry to foreigners who didn’t provide their social media account information. Photograph: Dave Einsel/Getty Images Edward Helmore in New York Monday 26 December 2016 19.48 GMTLast modified on Monday 26 December 2016 21.15 GMT View more sharing options Shares 655 The US government has begun asking select foreign travelers to disclose ... Read More »
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