10 Social Media Trends You Cannot Ignore in 2021 Gone are the days when social media was used just for socializing. Social media is easily accessible and unavoidable in the 21st century. Anyone can reach you with just one click. Most people spend a lot of time on social media, simply scrolling through it. Brands […]
Walmart Buys Ad Tech to Chase Small-Business Advertisers Major retailers continue efforts to become powers in ad sales Walmart plans to introduce a self-service tool that can help marketers create ads. Walmart Inc. will acquire technology from Thunder Industries, a company that uses automation to create digital ads, as it continues to invest in its ad business […]
Facebook leans red, TikTok trends blue, and YouTube is a swing state: Here’s how social media usage is linked to the 2020 election Social media is well established as a major factor in American politics, but how voter preferences align with different platforms is less understood. Preferred social media platforms and how one uses them […]
Should you uninstall your social media apps and switch to ‘wrappers’? The vast majority of smartphones have some kind of social media app installed, be it Facebook, TikTok, Twitter or a combination of all. And yet these apps are known to spy on our activity while drain the phone’s battery. The alternative is something call […]
The Social Dilemma: Is Social Media Really Affecting Our Mental Health? In the wake of Netflix’s hit docudrama, many people are rightly concerned about the negative effects of Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms on our self-confidence, body image, and psychological wellbeing — but are there other forces at play, too? Netflix’s hit docudrama The Social Dilemma paints […]
