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Blog status update (March 2023): The site switches back to WordPress (again)
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Blog status update (March 2023): The site switches back to WordPress (again)

by Anthony DeanMarch 28, 2023March 27, 20230

In this month’s blog status update, I give reasons why I’ve switched the site back from ClassicPress to WordPress (again).

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Into the metaverse: Facebook to change its parent company’s name to “Meta”
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Into the metaverse: Facebook to change its parent company’s name to “Meta”

by Anthony DeanNovember 1, 2021December 10, 20212

Facebook announced it’s changing its parent company’s name to “Meta,” with plans to focus more on the so-called “metaverse.”

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Juneteenth and the Big Five tech companies
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Juneteenth and the Big Five tech companies

by Anthony DeanJune 18, 2021June 25, 20220

A look at how the “Big Five” tech companies are planning to observe the newest US federal holiday, Juneteenth.

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Trump banned from Twitter; Parler also kicked offline
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Trump banned from Twitter; Parler also kicked offline

by Anthony DeanJanuary 12, 2021December 10, 2021

Donald Trump has been banned from Twitter. Additionally, far-right website Parler has also been kicked offline.

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Blog status update (August 2020): My Facebook page is back (yet again)
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Blog status update (August 2020): My Facebook page is back (yet again)

by Anthony DeanAugust 21, 2020December 10, 20210

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 …

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How to break up the tech giants?
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How to break up the tech giants?

by Anthony DeanAugust 3, 2020August 27, 20220

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 …

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Facebook buys Giphy for $400 million
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Facebook buys Giphy for $400 million

by Anthony DeanMay 27, 2020December 10, 20210

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 …

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My social network usage (Spring 2020)
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My social network usage (Spring 2020)

by Anthony DeanMarch 4, 2020March 19, 20230

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. …

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A look at Facebook in the 2010s
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A look at Facebook in the 2010s

by Anthony DeanJanuary 13, 2020December 10, 20210

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 …

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Twitter to stop carrying political ads
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Twitter to stop carrying political ads

by Anthony DeanNovember 1, 2019December 10, 20210

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 …

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