I suppose this was inevitable, but does the world really need a social network for shopping? “Amazon Spark has one big advantage over Instagram. That’s because its e-commerce component is integrated directly into the social feed. Instagram can’t compete with that. In fact, Spark users can shop on Amazon without even leaving the social site.”…
Let’s face it. The internet isn’t going away. It’s here to stay, for better and worse. This article does a fair job of describing both the benefits to kids and teens of using social media and the internet in general, as well as the risks. They both exist, let’s not kid ourselves. Don’t hide your…
As with most stories about artificial intelligence, this is the key: “The primary difference between Facebook’s and Instagram’s filtering tools appear to be that Instagram’s AI system was specifically “trained” with the spam and offensive comments that specifically appeared on its own service, the Wired report shows. Instagram had to hire contractors to comb through…
“Of the 1,000 U.S. parents surveyed, 44 percent said they have never looked at their child’s Facebook or Instagram accounts.” As many of you know, I write about child abuse elsewhere, and one of the things that always catches my interest is anything that involves kids being targeted online, whether it be bullying from other…
This is something I have noticed a few of my connections doing with Instagram stories, and something I’m trying to do more of as well. Right now, my Instagram story doesn’t get the audience Facebook or Twitter does, but I agree, the story is a very powerful feature. But with stories, everything is there, in…
Consider this an FYI announcement that next week, I’ll be driving, and driving, and driving, to the next stop in the adventure, Baton Rouge, La. So while I have some things scheduled for my various blogs during the week, I may not be able to respond to comments or anything quickly. Law Enforcement frowns on…