About 40% of US college admissions offices check the applicants' Instagram or Facebook profiles. It is noted that this figure has quadrupled compared to 2008. However, the majority of respondents (89%) who checked applicants on social media ...
Internet giant Twitter intends to remove the 140-character limit when writing messages on its network. According to the Internet site Re / code, Twitter is thinking about increasing the message volume to 10 thousand characters. The innovation can be implemented as early as March. Wherein…
The social network Twitter sent out letters to parts of its users in which it warned of the threat of attacks by "state-sponsored" hackers. Writes about this Financial Times. At the same time, it was not specified which country pays for the services of computer hackers. Hackers might try to get phone numbers, addresses ...
Vocativ has discovered a new mobile app for Android phones that helps Islamic State supporters follow terrorist news. The app was created by Amaq, an agency linked to the Islamic State. Through the Islamic State app, the user can view exclusive video reports of terrorists from areas under their control, as well as...
The microblogging service Twitter decided to abandon the "Favorites" function, which allowed adding entries to bookmarks (as well as expressing sympathy for the author of the tweet - the function is called Favorite in English). As stated in the official Twitter blog, “favorites” will be replaced by likes: both the name of the function and the icon will change - an asterisk will be changed to a heart. In the Russian version ...
Former US National Security Agency (NSA) agent Edward Snowden told his Twitter followers what secure messenger he uses. “I use Signal every day. #FBI note (Spoiler: they already know about this), ”he wrote. Snowden added a link to ...
The American company Twitter will cut eight percent of its employees - 336 jobs in the company. This was announced by the CEO of the company Jack Dorsey. Twitter is considered one of the most popular sites on the Internet. The number of users has reached 300 million. However, the company lags behind Facebook, ...
A brochure has appeared on the Internet for politicians who want to learn how to use the Twitter microblogging service. The 136-page manual contains answers to basic questions about maintaining public accounts and tips for advanced users, reports NPR. In particular, the publication contains information about ...
Microblogging service Twitter is developing a new product that will allow users to post messages longer than 140 characters. In addition, according to Re / code, Twitter is considering changing the principle of counting characters in a message, excluding, for example, links from it. On Twitter for any comments on plans to remove the 140 character limit ...
The popular photo app Instagram has bypassed Twitter microblogging in terms of the number of users. The photo and video sharing application announced that the number of users exceeded four hundred million, writes the Daily Mail. In addition, the company noted that more than eighty million are posted on Instagram daily ...