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Facebook Now Lets You Order Food, Book Movies With Friends’ Help

Facebook Now Lets You Order Food, Book Movies With Friends’ Help Facebook on Thursday introduced new features to allow you to order food, request an appointment with a local spa, get a quote and even book movie tickets with your friends’ recommendations as you travel to a new place. Now if you are in the US, write a Facebook post ... Read More »

Facebook Sparks Outrage as It Removes Swedish Breast Cancer Video

Facebook has removed a video on breast cancer awareness posted in Sweden because it deemed the images “offensive”, the Swedish Cancer Society said Thursday. The video, displaying animated figures of women with circle-shaped breasts, aimed to explain to women how to check for suspicious lumps. Sweden’s Cancerfonden said it has tried to contact Facebook without any response and has decided ... Read More »

Twitter, Netflix Among Services Impacted by Massive Cyber-Attack; Hacker Group Claims Responsibility

HIGHLIGHTS Friday saw a massive Internet outage in the US Major websites like Twitter, Netflix, PayPal, Spotify were down for hours A hacker group called New World Hackers claimed the attack responsibility Withering cyber-attacks on server farms of a key Internet firm repeatedly disrupted access to major websites and online services including Twitter, Netflix and PayPal across the United States ... Read More »

Facebook to Allow More Graphic News

Facebook on Friday said that it will begin allowing more graphic or potentially disturbing newsworthy posts to be shared at the leading online social network. “We’re going to begin allowing more items that people find newsworthy, significant, or important to public interest – even if they might otherwise violate our standards,” Facebook vice presidents Joel Kaplan and Justin Osofsky said ... Read More »

Russian Indicted in US on Charges of Hacking LinkedIn

Russian Indicted in US on Charges of Hacking LinkedIn A federal grand jury in California has indicted a Russian man for hacking computers belonging to LinkedIn Corp , Dropbox and Formspring, the US Justice Department said on Friday. Yevgeniy Nikulin was arrested on October 5 by officials in the Czech Republic and remains in custody in Prague, the Justice Department ... Read More »

20 Things You Should Know About Tumblr’s New Live Video

These days, it looks like just about every other social networking site under the sun owns a livestreamingplatform. Google has YouTube Live, Amazon has Twitch, Facebook has Facebook Live, while Twitter hasPeriscope, but even with all that competition the social networking and microblogging website Tumblr recently joined the livestreaming arms race, teaming up with existing platforms like Kanvas, Upclose, YouNow, ... Read More »

How To Use Instagram Stories for Small Business: A Guide

About a month ago, Instagram introduced Instagram Stories and now, instead of having to choose a few photos for posting, Stories allows you to post a bunch of photos throughout the day. The photos, however, disappear after 24 hours. Does this sound familiar? That’s probably because Stories features remarkable similarities with Snapchat. How to Use Instagram Stories for Business Ready ... Read More »

20 Things You Should Know About New 140 Second Video on Vine And Twitter

While companies better known for online video have been duking it out for supremacy in the field, Twitter and Vine have been quietly innovating. Earlier this summer, Twitter announced extended lengths of Vine and Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) video uploads to 140 seconds. Here are a few things you should know about the increased video length. 20 Things About 140 Second Video ... Read More »

Social Media Referrals to eCommerce Sites Have Increased 198 Percent

  Here’s another very good reason for your business to be more active on social media. A new study of over 1,000 U.S. consumers by Sumo Heavy Industries, a digital commerce strategy firm, hasfound a 198 percent increase in social media referral traffic to eCommerce sites between 2014 and 2015. The Rising Success of Using Social Media for Ecommerce Sites ... Read More »

45 Creative Social Media Marketing Tips You Don’t Hear Every Day

Social media’s potential impact for small businesses cannot be understated. But if you’ve been using social media for awhile, then you probably already know a lot of the standard tips. However, there are plenty of other things you can do on social media aside from just posting product photos and responding to customer inquiries. Here are some social media marketing ... Read More »