I look at the ways each of the Big Five tech companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft) earn their income.
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Tag: Facebook
Blog status update (January 2019): Shuttering the blog’s Facebook page (again)
An update on the current state of my blog, including my decision to shutter my blog’s Facebook page, between Facebook’s problems and a lack of usefulness.
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Facebook’s “pivot to video” push is a bust… and now, the subject of a lawsuit
Facebook has been hit with yet another criticism in its “pivot to video” push: overinflating the prominence of video in the first place.
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Farewell, Google+: Google to shut down its social network by April 2019
Google’s finally pulling the plug on its often-mocked social network Google+. I look back at my own experiences with it, and where Google went wrong.
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Blog status update (September 2018): Social network changes
In this month’s blog status update, I look at some of the changes I’ve made to my social media presence, including less emphasis on Google+.
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How popular is soccer on social media?
I take a look at how well soccer, the world’s most popular sport, fares on Facebook and Twitter, also comparing it to the “Big Four” American sports.
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The Cambridge Analytica scandal’s exposed the downsides of using Facebook. But what alternatives, if any, exist to the popular social network?
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My social network usage (Spring 2018)
An update on my current social network usage, from Facebook and Twitter to the likes of Google+, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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Alternatives to Facebook for promoting your website
With Facebook’s algorithms and rules constantly changing, I thought I’d take a look at alternatives to Facebook for site promotion.
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Tips on using hashtags on social media
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the hashtag, the labeling/categorizing device that’s become Twitter’s signature. But how should hashtags be used?
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