Telecoms’ operators are on a mission to show their endorsement to platforms driven towards online videos and stories via its latest innovation, Story RBT. During 2020, an approximate 80 percent of the world’s internet traffic switched their attention towards platforms that provide one of our days’ most strived for services, online videos and stories. With […]
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For the first time, LinkedIn has officially surpassed $10 billion in annual revenue, five years after Microsoft announced its decision to acquire the platform for more than $26 billion, the company reported on its recent fiscal report released on Tuesday. Although Microsoft did not exactly reveal the number of the profits and losses made, officials did state that LinkedIn’s revenues were up by 46 percent in […]
It’s 9 a.m. The average summer heat wave feels less intense today as you’re walking down your neighborhood. The strong craving for a croissant consumes your thoughts as you’re contemplating what to have for breakfast. Out of nowhere, a bakery appears next to you with various croissant options to satisfy your cravings. You stop, choose your breakfast, only to realize […]
Snapchat, the social media application that everyone used back in the day just rose back from its pitfall. From its inception in 2011, the messaging application was the first to introduce the concept of pictures and messages being only available for a short period of time before becoming inaccessible to recipients. Ten years later, and the wondrous little app is witnessing its […]
A consortium of cybersecurity specialists launched on Tuesday an initiative to encourage companies to implement preventive security measures to end abusive online behavior experienced by workers. Respect In Security, launched by Lisa Forte from Red Goat Cyber Security and Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson on July 14 on Twitter, is a long overdue plan that focuses […]
E-commerce titan Amazon payed Facebook an undisclosed fee as part of its latest acquisition, terminating Facebook’s efforts to deliver internet connectivity. Amazon acquiring Facebook’s employees initiates the beginning of its plan to provide internet connectivity from low Earth orbit satellites, The Information reports. Back in April, Facebook’s team was added to Amazon’s 500-person group which […]
Facebook exposed on Thursday an Iranian cyber-spying operation that went after U.S. military personnel and people working at defense and aerospace companies. The tech giant said that group of Iranian hackers, known as Tortoiseshell, created fake social media profiles, and sent targeted malicious links to victims. The links that aimed to infect devices to enable espionage, used different tactics including setting up fake job recruiting sites. Facebook said the hackers tried to direct people to other websites, […]
Cubans facing the country’s worst economic crisis in decades took to the streets over the weekend. In turn, authorities blocked social media sites in an apparent effort to stop the flow of information into, out of and within the beleaguered nation. Restricting internet access has become a tried-and-true method of stifling dissent by authoritarian regimes […]
TikTok launched on Wednesday an avant-garde pilot program that allows users to upload video resumes for jobs based in the U.S. through a new feature, TikTok Resumes. The culture fueling platform announced the launch of its new tool, resurfacing from the content that appears on the platform organically, such as #CareerTok. This step, if succeeds, […]
Twitter has shown a willingness to fully comply with India’s recent social media regulations following the state’s IT Act, as the social networking platform will establish an Indian liaison in the upcoming weeks. In the never-ending feud between the microblogging platform and the Indian government, in the wake of the recent stand-off between Twitter and […]