Social Media

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 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 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 »

  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 »

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) isn’t just a social media network. Over the course of the last decade, the microblog site has emerged to become an integral part of global society in its own rite. Twitter is a place where anyone can find fame, elections are fought and won and news travels the globe at break-neck speed. Bearing that in mind, it’s little ... Read More »

Perception is everything. In the business world, people are naturally attracted to the biggest names, whether you call them influencers, experts, or [insert industry here] rock stars. But what if you aren’t a big name yet? What if you’re just starting out and looking to make a name for yourself? How can you get on the radar of people you ... Read More »

Google Assistant to Launch With Hinglish Support; Allo and Duo Availability Detailed HIGHLIGHTS Google Assistant to support Hinglish and English upon launch. Allo and Duo app to hit the market between June and September. Android N will be released earlier than ever. Even though Google unveiled a host of things at first day of I/O, there was little to no ... Read More »

David Drummond has a simple explanation for why Alphabet Inc., one of the more acquisitive technology companies, has been sitting on its hands for more than a year. “Have you seen the valuations?” Drummond, the corporate development chief for Google’s parent company, said in an interview after the Alphabet annual shareholder meeting June 8. That’s about to change as stratospheric ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS Factually correct articles will bear ‘Fact check’ tag next to them Google will check if websites are conducting fact checking on their own It is currently rolling out in the US and the UK How many times have you been proven wrong among your friends because something you said was factually incorrect? You then actually doubt your knowledge and ... Read More »

Evernote Says Small Number of Mac Users May Have Lost Notes, Offers Premium Subscription HIGHLIGHTS The company says it was only able to restore some lost notes Users with lost notes can attempt to manually restore them Premium users can use the gift code for an additional year of service A small number of Evernote for Mac users are being ... Read More »