ProPublica pointed to some potentially problematic Facebook ad capabilities today — specifically, the ability to include or exclude users from a given ad campaign based on their “ethnic affinity.” These capabilities
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Let your Vines live on forever with this Giphy conversion tool
The death of Vine was perhaps not entirely unexpected, but it’s sad nevertheless. Luckily, six-second videos are pretty easy to archive for posterity, and all-purpose GIF platform Giphy wants you
Gfycat brings its higher quality GIFs and DIY creation tools to iMessage
Gfycat, the startup that recently raised a whopping $10 million for its user-generated content platform that lets you creating silent, looping animations and videos, has now launched its first mobile
WhatsApp-Facebook privacy U-turn now being probed by EU data watchdog
A seismic shift in privacy policy by messaging app WhatsApp this summer, when it said it would begin sharing user data with parent company Facebook including for ad targeting, has now attracted
Video: 5 things to know about reliable hacking
Not all hackers are Elliot Alderson from Mr. Robot, listening to Christian Slater revelation them to interrupt society. And not all hackers wish to take things, nonetheless some do. Some
Facebook tests Snapchat-style camera special effects with ephemeral sharing
Facebook is overhauling its in-app camera to embrace the next era of augmented reality visual communication pioneered by Snapchat. The new features include Snapchat-style animated selfie masks, overlaid graphics, and
Twitter plans to get up close and personal, surfacing content for your special interests
In Twitter’s Q3 earnings call today, executives dodged a question from an analyst about whether the company could give details about any “big, revolutionary” product changes that might move the needle on
BlackBerry is focusing on confidence and program with a new DTEK60 phone
The new DTEK60. Despite a disappearing marketplace share given 2009, Blackberry hasn’t exited a smartphone locus only yet. They announced this week a launch of their new DTEK60 phone. It
Twitter is shutting down Vine
With Twitter’s future still in question following failed attempts at finding an acquirer and the recently announced layoffs of nine percent of its workforce, the company today announced it’s shutting down
Founder’s comment on Vine shutting down? “Don’t sell your company!”
Vine founder Rus Yusupov threw a ton of shade at Twitter with a tiny little tweet in reaction to the company saying Vine will be shut down soon: “Don’t sell
Vine stars react to #RIPVine
Broken hearts, blind rage and calls to follow them on YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat. That’s how Vine stars are coping with the news that Twitter will shut down the Vine app
Alphabet reports a strong third quarter despite free-falling advertising values
Alphabet’s strategy of trying to stuff the difference between declining mobile advertising value with additional clicks appears to still be paying off as the company once again showed Wall Street that
Facebook launches augmented reality selfie “masks” for Live video
Copying Snapchat and capitalizing on the acquisition of MSQRD, today Facebook finally integrated augmented reality selfie lenses it calls “Masks” into its main app. Starting with Halloween-themed skeleton, witch, and
How to weigh plan government software
There are many reasons to find out collaborative plan government program for projects. For one, a series of tasks, a complexity of tasks and a need to lift together vast
Twitter lays off 9% of its workforce as it posts a desperately-needed positive Q3
With Twitter’s acquisition hopes essentially dead, the company now seems it’s on its own to fend for itself and needs to figure out a way to build a reasonable and
