Blog status update (March 2023): The site switches back to WordPress (again)
In this month’s blog status update, I give reasons why I’ve switched the site back from ClassicPress to WordPress (again).
Tag: Facebook
Into the metaverse: Facebook to change its parent company’s name to “Meta”
Facebook announced it’s changing its parent company’s name to “Meta,” with plans to focus more on the so-called “metaverse.”
Juneteenth and the Big Five tech companies
A look at how the “Big Five” tech companies are planning to observe the newest US federal holiday, Juneteenth.
Trump banned from Twitter; Parler also kicked offline
Donald Trump has been banned from Twitter. Additionally, far-right website Parler has also been kicked offline.
Blog status update (August 2020): My Facebook page is back (yet again)
Time for another blog status update… Facebook and Instagram pages return (again) Since the last time I wrote one of these updates, I’ve rearranged and …
How to break up the tech giants?
Last week, Congress held a hearing to question the business practices of four of the biggest tech companies, and to see if they violate antitrust …
Facebook buys Giphy for $400 million
Last week, Facebook announced it’s buying the popular animated GIF archive site Giphy for $400 million. The new purchase will be folded under the Instagram …
My social network usage (Spring 2020)
Here’s my annual look at my current social network usage. Facebook I shuttered the blog’s Facebook page in late 2018, and not reopened it since. …
A look at Facebook in the 2010s
Facebook rose over the 2010s to become synonymous with the phrase “social media.” Early on in the decade, Facebook was seen as reasonably benign, or …
Twitter to stop carrying political ads
Twitter’s not been in the news as much as Facebook has lately. That’s despite Twitter having its own long list of problems. There’s its problems …
