That Black and Blue Facebook Icon? Just a Glitch, They Say!
A funny thing happened when I updated apps on my iPhone the other day. Suddenly I saw a mysterious black and blue Facebook icon!
A funny thing happened when I updated apps on my iPhone the other day. Suddenly I saw a mysterious black and blue Facebook icon!
How'd you like to have a foldable iPhone or iPad? If you're champing at the bit to bring one home, you'll have to wait a while longer.
If you spend much time browsing sites like Facebook, Instagram or Threads, you've surely seen some lousy photo captions lately.
I've lost count of how many people I now see walking around having conversations on speakerphones in public! What happened to etiquette?
Does social media actually need a warning label? America's surgeon general says it's contributing to an 'emergency' mental health crisis.
Fast food giant McDonald's confirmed it has called off its AI drive-thru experiment after some bungled orders hit social media.
When the Threads API comes out, it will mean users will be able to schedule posts on the platform through social media management tools.
Loyal users hoped Post News might find a way to stay afloat after word came of its pending demise. But those hopes have been dashed.
If you've secretly been hoping X owner Elon Musk would change his mind and resurrect the Twitter brand, you won't...
One of the new 'improvements' coming to social media is BlueSky direct messages, something many have, unfortunately, asked for!
The ball is now in the court of Tiktok's owner after President Joe Biden signed legislation to pave the way to an American Tiktok ban.
One of a handful of hopeful Twitter replacements, Post Social, announced it will cease operations within the coming weeks.
I suppose it had to happen sooner or later...but there's word that Meta plans to give Threads users an option for direct messages.
There's a new chapter in the saga over X checkmarks as owner Elon Musk has decided to begin restoring them to certain accounts.
As you try to build an audience on social media, I find that having follow-back rules can help you weed out spammers and adult content.
After trying plenty of the Twitter alternatives out there, the relatively new platform Threads has risen to the top of the heap for me.
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