Every year Google removes a lot of ads that violate its policies, but 2016 was the worst year yet. The search giant, which earns billions as the web’s largest purveyor of digital advertising, said it removed 1.7 billion so-called Bad Ads in 2016, up from 780 million in 2015. The offending ads range from payday …
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If you’re trying to create immersive virtual-reality video today, you’ve got a problem: choosing between a camera that’s compact or a bulkier one that offers sharp imagery. Researchers at the University of California at San Diego, though, have found a way to get the best of both worlds. It’s a camera called PMast. The camera is just a prototype today, …
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Mark Zuckerberg is apparently having second thoughts about a series of lawsuits he has filed related to a recent land purchase in Hawaii. The Facebook CEO has been the target of widespread criticism after filing quiet title lawsuits in December against a few hundred people who own or once owned property inside 700 acres of beachfront land he purchased on …
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Snapchat is growing up as a place for news. Snap, the parent company for the popular social network, said Monday it updated its guidelines for publishers, cracking down on images that are misleading or have no editorial value. Snapchat also laid out its policy for dealing with material that violates its guidelines, stressing that it will allow inappropriate material if …
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Hmm, I guess we may now know why Pittsburgh Steelers’ star Antonio Brown’s controversial locker room video was on Facebook Live moments after the Steelers‘ upset playoff win. The All-Pro wide receiver has an endorsement deal with the social networking giant that’s in the “high six-figures,” according to a NFL.com report Sunday. In case you missed it, Brown was criticized …
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The idea for the Women’s March on Washington to protest Donald Trump’s presidency started as a Facebook post, but for anyone actually at the march on Saturday, sharing their experience on social media during the event was nearly impossible. The wireless networks ground to a halt for much of Saturday as hundreds of thousands of people marched in Washington DC …
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As he took the oath of office on Friday, President Donald Trump vowed that “the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.” “January 20th, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again,” Trump told the crowd during his 16-minute speech from the Capitol Steps. “Everyone is listening …
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At an early point in “Dear Angelica,” you switch from watching an animated movie to living inside it. It feels a little like stepping into a dream, except it isn’t one sprung from your own mind, but that of an artist leading you into hers. The virtual reality experience, which visualizes the memories of a fictional daughter about her departed …
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Starting Friday, we’ll officially have our first social media president. Sure, Barack Obama’s ascendancy aligned with the rise of social networks. He broke onto the national political scene in 2004 with a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, the same year Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in a Harvard dorm room. But while Obama’s victory in 2008 was partly due …
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If you need a guide to Twitter, one of Thursday’s trending topics should help. And if you’re already a hardened Twitter veteran — no egg avatars, please — you’ll know that Tehran is trending because of a deadly building collapse in Iran’s capital, while Steve Carell is trending after a massive trolling from “The Office” star. Social Cues is our …
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