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

November 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

June 18, 2021December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

January 12, 2021December 10, 2021 Anthony

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)

August 21, 2020December 10, 2021 Anthony

Time for another blog status update… Facebook and Instagram pages return (again) Photo by opopododo (Flickr / CC BY / cropped from original) Since the

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How to break up the tech giants?

August 3, 2020December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

May 27, 2020December 10, 2021 Anthony

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)

March 4, 2020December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

January 13, 2020December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

November 1, 2019December 10, 2021 Anthony

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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Facebook to launch news feature that includes Breitbart

October 28, 2019December 10, 2021 Anthony

Yes, it’s even more news about Facebook. (Things have been very busy lately for Mark Zuckerberg’s company.) Late last week, Facebook announced plans to launch

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