Chinese government employees are inserting millions of deceptive messages into the streams of real social networks, to divert citizens’ attention from adverse or embarrassing news, according to new research.
Last week, a mother’s video clip showing her hilarious reaction to trying on a Chewbacca mask became the most watched Facebook Live video ever. Kohl’s, the US supermarket that sold the toy, quickly made a follow up video, showing how brands need to react fast in a social world.
“Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star Scott Disick has become the subject of web ridicule after mistakenly including all the instructions his advertisers sent him on a paid Instagram post.
This year’s Google I/O conference saw the internet giant unveil a raft of new platforms and features. We look back at the top nine announcements from the event, from smart homes to streaming apps…
Google has launched Spaces, a collaborative messaging app similar to the increasingly popular Slack.
A hacker is advertising what they claim is more than one hundred million LinkedIn logins for sale, forcing the social network to reset accounts.
Instagram is testing a new analytics tools that provide deeper analytics as the Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform aims to provide more value to brands and marketers.
Photos and links will no longer count towards Twitter’s 140 character limit, as the social network looks to give its users more room to tweet, according to a new report.
MTV is launching a new sex education series on Snapchat, with Trojan condoms lined up as sponsor.
A couple of months on from Facebook’s launch of “Reactions”, Facebook has seen its new set of emojis boost engagement with the service, according to new research.