The GDPR day of reckoning is upon us.
Two years (or six months, or two weeks, or ten seconds, depending on your level of preparation) of blood, sweat and tears have been leading up to this moment.
However you’re feeling about GDPR, we can all agree on one thing: the internet-wide frenzy that the new regulation has plunged us into has resulted in some hilarious tweets. Here are eight of our favourites.
A running theme in our latest Social Media Quarterly is how platforms are reducing harassment and increasing support for users online.
For more on this topic, and the very latest news and stats from the world of social media, you can download the full report here.
No matter where you shop, Christmas tends to be a big old drain on the bank balance.
Lidl, the UK’s fastest-growing supermarket, has just launched a social campaign with this in mind.
This week’s digital news sees plenty from the world of social media, alongside a dose of alt-right controversy and some smashing results from China.
Elsewhere, we’ve seen gender updates from Tinder and a lovely Rube Goldberg recruitment video from AT&T.
Dive in.
Algorithms run the internet.
On Google, an algorithm determines which sites appear in search results, and where. On Facebook, an algorithm determines which content makes it into each user’s News Feed.
This week’s tinder box of digital news has included Shakespeare, Slack, AI (as usual), Vine, a humongous acquisition and Donald Trump (as usual).
Why not read it while eating some seasonally-appropriate porridge with a topping of your choice?
If, like me, you were lucky enough to be at the best event in the marketing and advertising industry this week, you may have hazy memories of the week’s news.
Well, here, you can metaphorically gaze in the mirror and attempt to focus on the tattoos of tech news you have had inked all over your body in an attempt to remember who owns what and whether cars can drive themselves yet.
For weeks, rumors have been swirling that Twitter is a buy-out target.
The likelihood of a bidding war fizzled out yesterday after Disney and Google were ruled out as potential buyers, causing Twitter’s share price to drop by 20%.
It leaves Salesforce as the most likely buyer, though it could mean that Twitter remains unsold.
Snapchat evolves, Twitter sells (?), Facebook is rapped by the Germans.
As ever, there’s been plenty of digital news this week. Here’s your handy roundup.
The digital world has seen it all this week – from overcharging and misreporting, to philanthropy and AI.
Here are the best bits you should catch up on…
You may have missed it, like I did, but Twitter last week added a DM button to its embed library of tweets, grids, timelines and other buttons.
It’s not massive tech news, granted, but allowing people to DM you direct from your website could have advantages.
Here are five of them…
Digital news this week has been corking – nothing massive, but all very interesting and plenty that has flown under the radar.
Updates come from Google, Uber, Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Alibaba and Tencent.
Here’s what you missed…