Category: Internet

Americans continue to be heavy social media users despite recent controversies, with Facebook usage steady and growth in some rivals like TikTok, according to a survey Facebook usage has held steady in the United States despite a string of controversies about the leading social network, even as younger users tap into rival platforms such as […]

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Facebook on Wednesday launched an experimental online forum called Hotline, an attempt by the social media giant to keep up with the live audio trend made popular by the likes of Clubhouse. Social media stalwarts are scrambling to prevent users from being lured away by audio-only online rivals. The Facebook application […]

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The image-sharing platform Pinterest became the latest social media company to agree to set up a legal entity in Turkey to comply with a controversial social media law. Pinterest appointed a legal representative in Turkey on Friday, Transport and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Omer Fatih Sayan said. Sayan said the move means […]

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The popularity of purchasing goods and services through online retailers such as Amazon continues to increase, making it overwhelming for consumers to differentiate fact from fiction in online product and service reviews. Thanks to the latest research from professors at UA, consumers, as well as marketers, can better identify and understand […]

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The striking short-form viral videos and images of Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok continue to climb in popularity with Gen Z. According to a Pew Research Center study, about 71% of 18- to 29-year-olds say they use Instagram, compared to 65% for Snapchat and about 48% who use TikTok. The results released […]

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Yahoo Answers, one of the longest-running question-and-answer sites on the internet, is shutting down after 16 years. The site will shutter on May 4, according to a banner on the top of the Yahoo Answers homepage on Monday. An FAQ page said users won’t be able to post any new questions […]

In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a mobile phone user turns on the Twitter application on his smartphone in Moscow, Russia. A court in Moscow on Friday April 2, 2021, fined Twitter for not taking down calls encouraging minors to take part in unauthorized rallies, the latest in a series of moves against […]

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Data affecting more than 500 million Facebook users that was originally leaked in 2019, including email addresses and phone numbers, has been posted on an online hackers forum, according to media reports and a cybercrime expert. “All 533,000,000 Facebook records were just leaked for free,” Alon Gal, chief technology officer at […]

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research reveals while mainstream media remains the main go-to news source for Gen Z and Millennials, young people worldwide are relying on multiple platforms, such as social media, for information on the coronavirus (COVD-19) pandemic. The global survey, conducted in collaboration by the University of Melbourne, World Health Organization (WHO), […]

Google’s new advertising claims to preserve user privacy, but it still gathers and processes the details of our online activities. Credit: Shutterstock In March 2021, Google announced that it was ending support for third-party cookies, and moving to “a more privacy first web.” Even though the move was expected within the industry and by academics, […]