The types of online business fraud continue to grow with the increase of internet sites and advances in technology. One in ten of U.S. adults will fall victim to a scam or fraud every year. To protect yourself, here are some recommendations and resources that will help you identify whether a website or online business … Read more
Pinterest is very happy with its annual prediction reports. Last year, the platform noted that its trend predictions for 2020 were 80% correct, a claim it’s once again repeated in its latest Pinterest Predicts report, which provides an overview of where things are headed in 2022, based on Pin activity, in a range of business categories. This … Read more
Today, Twitter has announced that it’s acquired messaging app Quill, which is focused on facilitating more efficient messaging communication via advanced layout and sorting options, which are more specifically aligned to professional than personal communication. At a guess, I would say that Twitter is looking to build new professional tools into an alternate Twitter Blue type offering, which … Read more
Twitter has announced the winners of its #BestOfTweets Awards for 2021, which includes a combination of statistic-based a peer-voted awards, across a range of categories, recognizing the most outstanding brand tweets and handles of the year, The big winner of the year was McDonalds, taking out ‘Best Brand Presence’ overall. As explained by Twitter: “In no small … Read more
Gift giving is a lifetime activity, so it pays to learn how to do it well. That’s right, gift-giving isn’t an innate sense that you either have or you don’t; you can learn how to give great gifts. It can be anxiety-inducing for many, but with a variety of techniques and some effort, your gifts … Read more
You’re ready to make some coffee, but one turn of the faucet handle snaps you wide awake because your water pipes are frozen, and the next step is to find ways to unfreeze your water pipes. If you wait long enough, will those frozen pipes thaw on their own? If they don’t, how careful do you … Read more
Meta is joining a new push to help protect people against ‘revenge porn’, where intimate content featuring them is uploaded online without their consent. Meta has had processes in place to help detect and remove revenge porn since 2018, but now, the company is joining a coalition of assistance organizations and tech platforms on a new program … Read more
At 1.4 billion citizens, and rising, and with tech adoption gaining momentum across the nation, India is a key focus for almost every social platform, with India now the leading region, in terms of total users, for Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Clubhouse. And LinkedIn, too, is seeing a big rise in Indian usage. As you can … Read more
‘Tis the season for… disclosure? TikTok has today released its latest Content Removal Requests Report, which details all of the uploads that it took action against in the first half of the year due to violations of its community guidelines or other official and/or legal request. In addition to this, TikTok has also launched a new Transparency … Read more
When Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced today his plans to step down as CEO, he didn’t go quietly. “There’s a lot of talk about the importance of a company being ‘founder-led,’” he wrote. “Ultimately I believe that’s severely limiting and a single point of failure. I’ve worked hard to ensure this company can break away from its … Read more