by Beth Holmes | Aug 11, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Rebranding Twitter as X is never going to catch on, despite Elon Musk’s recent and half-hearted efforts. Elon Musk has some kind of obsession with the letter X. He owns SpaceX, and there’s a Tesla Model X. He even named his son X Æ A-12 (pronounced either...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 26, 2023 | News, Social Media, Technology
Chinese livestreamers are using TikTok as a sales platform, targeting American consumers for goods from cosmetics to alternative medicines. TikTok faces possible bans in the United States and Europe over privacy concerns, but that hasn’t slowed down the...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 10, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Threads is a new rival to Twitter, about to be debuted by Facebook’s parent company Meta. The new listing for the Threads app, which appeared recently on Apple’s App Store, bills it as a “text-based conversation app” linked to Instagram. “Threads is where...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 5, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media
Iphone discrimination is the allegation of a billion-dollar lawsuit against food delivery app DoorDash. Filed early this month in Maryland, a class-action lawsuit is accusing DoorDash of appling higher fees to iPhone users verses Android users with identical orders....
by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media
NPR has announced that it will no longer be posting content on Twitter after the social media platform labeled NPR’s main account as “state-affiliated media,” a label meant to identify likely propaganda. NPR said in a statement on Wednesday that it “will no...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 27, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
FTX founder may wait for trial in jail, as his judge grows frustrated with him violating the terms of his bail package. The terms of Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail package allow him to live with his parents in Palo Alto, California, while his attorneys and prosecutors...
