Posts tagged with "twitter"
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into one single cup of coffee. These are the things you need to know before you step foot out of your door (or in front of a webcam) and into the real world this morning. So sit back,...
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Monday, March 8, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into one single cup of coffee. These are the things you need to know before you step foot out of your door (or in front of a webcam) and into the real world this morning. So sit back,...
Jack Dorsey Hoping History Remembers Him as “The Square Guy” Instead
Jack Dorsey, founder and CEO of both Twitter and Square, has stated he’d prefer his historical legacy center around the latter company as opposed to the former, sources indicate.
#SaveAMC, Game Stop and Robinhood Befuddle Investors
It's been a weird week on Wall Street, to put it gently. A campaign that began on Reddit and quickly spread to Twitter and Tik Tok, has upset a normally very intentional market. Social media enthusiasts have taken to Robinhood and similar apps to trade in small amounts, but with a huge effect. For example, Game Stop ($GME) began the...
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into one single cup of coffee. These are the things you need to know before you step foot out of your door (or in front of a webcam) and into the real world this morning. So sit back, grab...
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into one single cup of coffee. These are the things you need to know before you step foot out of your door (or in front of a webcam) and into the real world this morning. So sit back, grab...
You’re fired; Twitter Permanently Suspends Trump As Facebook Takes Action Too
Following the riots in Washington D.C. last week, Twitter is pointing the finger at President Donald Trump for the “incitement of violence” through the context of his tweets and has removed his account @realDonaldTrump from the public venue for good. According to a company blog posted Jan. 8, two of Trump’s tweets violated...
Making Sure Your Social Media Can Control Who Sees What
Today we live in a world that is entirely driven by technology, and getting any work done requires plenty of dependencies on the internet. These days the gateway to someone’s life is through their electronic devices, whether it be their phones, computers, or even their MP3 players. Applications like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram,...
Can Social Media Really Be Regulated?
Last week, President Trump introduced an executive order in response to Twitter's fact-checking labels. The situation then initiated discussions around regulating social media platforms. Though Trump is attempting to introduce new changes to the 1996 Communications Decency Act, tech experts and government officials are skeptical of how...
How to Lose Your Job in 280 Characters With Social Media
Online privacy is an illusion. It doesn’t exist. All it takes is one poor choice when making a social media post to destroy your reputation and bring about a level of personal fame that you hadn’t planned for. The fact that all social media posts are potentially public means that people can have access to posts that you never...
Should Brands Try To Be Cool?
In the age of so much free content, you quickly learn to expect you’re going to be advertised to a lot. And, most of the time, these advertisements are harmless reminders that it’s time to buy a new car or restock on paper towels. However, the age of social media has brought along a new age of advertising, where the advertisement...
Why Twitter Shouldn't Double Its Character Limit
In Twitter’s short history, it has stood out for one major aspect that sets it apart from other social media sites: its 140-character limit. This has allowed Twitter users to express short thoughts to be dispensed quickly, allowing for jokes, thoughts, and full-on arguments to be written out a few sentences a time. However, the...What Trump's Tweets Cost Us (you may be surprised)
Trump’s prolific tweeting sets him apart in our presidential pantheon. As Twitter posts losses year after year, Trump seems hellbent on keeping it in business all by himself, as he continues to be one of the most well-known tweeters. For someone as busy as the president, you have to wonder: how much of his time is taken up by this...