Family sues trading app Robinhood over suicide
The family of a college student who killed himself after thinking he'd lost a fortune using Robinhood sued the free trading app Monday.
Feb 9, 2021
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Addictive de-vices: How we can unplug from this 21st century epidemic
We spend our days looking at them, talking to them, and touching them.
Oct 3, 2019
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China targets tech giants in app privacy crackdown
Chinese tech companies including social media giant Tencent were ordered by regulators on Thursday to clean up how their apps handle user information or face possible penalties.
Dec 19, 2019
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Who's Zooming who? How the coronavirus crisis is finally putting the 'social' into social media
The platforming of our lives on social media apps —like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter —is usually met with criticism. Interactive technologies, like video games and social media, we're told, make us anti-social. Now, ...
Apr 20, 2020
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Sheltering consumers shut out of Snapchat for hours
The Snapchat application popular with young smartphone users went offline Wednesday for undetermined reasons, the company said.
Apr 9, 2020
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In Tokyo, social platforms help the Pandemic Olympics shine
A condom fixed Jessica Fox's canoe, and skateboarder Jagger Eaton celebrated his bronze medal by broadcasting live on Instagram. Margielyn Didal "let" Tony Hawk take a picture with her to post on Facebook.
Aug 5, 2021
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Twitter outages reported from Japan to USA
Several features on Twitter were down Wednesday, the platform said, with users from Japan to the USA reporting they were unable to log in, use the mobile app or see direct messages.
Oct 2, 2019
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Maturing social media analysis
Online social media analytics is a powerful tool to boost e-commerce, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics. Ogunmola Gabriel Ayodeji and Vikas Kumar of the ...
Jul 18, 2019
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TikTok ends retail business in Indonesia after ban on social media shopping
TikTok said it will halt its online retail operation in Indonesia on Wednesday to comply with the country's decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms—a big blow to the video platform's fastest-growing ...
Oct 4, 2023
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Europe's Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here's what that will look like
Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used.
Mar 6, 2024
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