Twitter Turns 10!
Yesterday was Twitter’s 10th anniversary. It’s hard to believe Twitter’s launch date was on July 15th, 2006. People on Twitter have noted the ten year anniversary. Ten [...]
July 2016
Twitter and the Social Media Live-Stream Trend
Twitter has been successful in the past with live streams. They beat Amazon and Verizon in a competitive bid for a global NFL Streaming deal. Twitter plans to live stream the [...]
Line Messaging – Going Public
Japan’s largest social network, LINE, is going public on the New York Stock Exchange on July 14th, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 15th, 2016 (JST). Line was launched [...]
Splatoon – Nintendo’s Successful Game
Splatoon, a game unveiled in 2014 and released in 2015 has seen a remarkable rise in popularity with 1.6 million sold in its first month. It’s a four vs. four team-based [...]
Pokémon Go – What is it?
If you’re unaware of the social media hailstorm over the last few days regarding Pokémon Go, you’re probably living under a rock. Pokémon Go uses Google Maps [...]
China’s Censorship Laws Become Stricter
China’s strict censorship laws when it comes to the internet are well-known. In April However this week, their strict internet rules became even stricter: news sites are [...]
Prsy – Revolutionary Social App
Prsy is a revolutionary app that allows you to build your own social app under your name and photo. An app that helps you build social apps is a simple idea that hasn’t [...]
What’s Going On With MySpace?
MySpace seemed to have everything. It was the largest social media site in existence and even surpassed google as the most visited website in the US. It had personal [...]
Tumblr Users = Social Justice Warriors?
Tumblr and “social justice warriors” seem to go hand in hand, according to people who are found to constantly criticize them. It’s been noted that many of these terms [...]
Why Cat Videos and Not Dog Videos?
We all know about the cat obsession on social media sites like YouTube. Short videos like “Surprised Kitty” have over 76,000,000 million views. The cat video obsession [...]