Including socially-driven moments like #JeSuisCharlie and #MeToo, the site is designed to recognise the increasing impact of social media on global culture. Check out the site here. It showcases the work of 10 artists commissioned by We Are Social to create original artworks, each representing a year between 2008 and 2017. These original works – using media from print to projection – are on display at an exclusive exhibition in London. The show is part of the agency’s ongoing 10th birthday celebrations. Online, there is information about the artists involved and the significance of the event depicted in their works. Each page…
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Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice and Electronics and Information Technology, on Wednesday said social media platforms should themselves weed out circulation of fake news and that the government will not tolerate abuse of data by companies for influencing elections in India. He said the government has ordered a CBI investigation into alleged misuse of data of Indian Facebook users by British political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica. “Any foreign entity, Facebook or Cambridge Analytica, cannot abuse the data of Indians to influence elections of India. India’s elections are very transparent, sanctified,” Mr. Prasad in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour.…
There are a lot of options when it comes to posting photos of your pets on social media, but how about one that’s just for pets? A new app called PetSmooch lets you create a profile for your pet and share photos and stories about them. You and your pet can even make friends. It works like most other social media sites in that it lets people like, share and comment – with one big difference: pets only! Users can also search pet shelters to find their next furry companion. PetSmootch is free to download and use. It’s available on the Apple…
Pacific Software, Inc. (OTC: PFSF)(“Pacific Software” or the “Company”), an emerging development technology corporation positioned for investments, mergers and acquisitions of software technologies and platforms, announced today it signed a letter of intent with Inovam Brasil, a leading nut exporter from the Brazilian State of Rondonia. Pacific Software executed a letter of intent with Inovam Brasil to implement its Agri-Blockchain technology to augment their supply chain management processes, certification, traceability and verification of products. In addition, the Company will be developing an e-commerce platform that will facilitate Inovam Brasil’s global expansion through international distribution channels as well as implementing digital marketing campaigns…
In an investor conference call following Apple’s release of fiscal quarter three earnings on Thursday, Cook said some four million people are running beta software on their iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV devices. “In June, we hosted an extremely successful developers conference that previewed many major advances coming this fall to our four operating systems: iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS,” Cook said. “Developer and customer reaction has been very positive and we have over four million users participating in our new OS beta programs.” The number of beta program participants is not something that Apple typically releases, so…
Days after Facebook’s stock suffered the largest drop in Wall Street history, a shareholder sued the company, accusing the social media network of making misleading statements about its user numbers and operations. The plaintiff, James Kacouris, filed the lawsuit Friday seeking class-action status and to recover damages. Kacouris alleged that Facebook and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, violated federal securities laws by misleading shareholders about the company’s number of active users and the slowing growth of its revenue. Kacouris also named Facebook chief financial officer David Wehner in the lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Facebook said in…
Although WhatsApp recently limited forwards on the app, Ministry of Electronic and IT Secretary Ajay Kumar Sawhney on Monday noted that this alone would not be enough to tackle the growing problem of circulation of fake or speculative news. “It (WhatsApp) has become a publishing medium, so there should be rules made for it, as publishing is from one to many. Some steps have been taken, some more measures are all also needed,” Sawhney told reporters. Meanwhile, cyber expert Pawan Duggal said that although WhatsApp’s move is welcome, it would not have a substantial impact. “WhatsApp has taken a great step, but it would…
In line with its efforts to curb abuse and harassment of users on its platform, Twitter has now selected two research projects that aim to develop metrics to measure the “health” of public conversation. “An update! We’ve selected 2 partners from 230 idea submissions. Our first goal is working to measure the ‘health’ of public conversation, and that measurement be open and defined by third parties (not by us),” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a tweet on Monday. Earlier this year, the microblogging site said it would work to increase the collective health, openness, and civility of the dialogue on its service. As…
Sony Corp. on Tuesday reported a record first-quarter operating profit on the back of strong sales of game software, giving support to the new management’s strategy of focusing on stable sources of revenue. The electronics firm posted profit of ¥195.0 billion for April-June, up 23.7 percent from ¥157.6 billion a year prior. With the previous year’s one-time gain of ¥36.8 billion excluded, Sony logged even sharper first-quarter growth of 61 percent. That gain came from the sale of Sony’s camera module unit and the receipt of insurance payouts for earthquake damage. When earnings in the year that ended March 31…
The fifth edition of Vampire: The Masquerade, the classic tabletop role-playing game first released in 1992, is set to launch later this week. In light of several public controversies surrounding the game’s development, publisher White Wolf has elected to create a revised version of the core rulebook. Vampire will now feature a new foreward that doubles as an explicit content warning, as well as a detailed appendix full of strategies for players dealing with mature themes at the table. The change comes just days before the physical product is due to go on sale at the nation’s largest tabletop gaming convention, Gen Con…