A look at who makes up the world’s most popular websites, from tech giants like Google and Facebook to Russian and Chinese sites.
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Tag: Facebook
Facebook stores plain text passwords for years; Tumblr traffic drops post-adult material purge
Facebook faces trouble for storing passwords in plain text; meanwhile, Tumblr usage has fallen off sharply after its adult material purge.
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My social network usage (Spring 2019)
I take a look at my current social network usage (or lack thereof), from Facebook and Twitter to Pinterest and LinkedIn. Also, farewell Google+.
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Pinterest and other tech companies fight back against the anti-vaccination movement
Pinterest and several other tech companies are starting to fight back against misinformation spread by the anti-vaccination movement.
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Facebook’s new Patreon-like service offers creator-hostile terms
Facebook has introduced “Fan Subscriptions,” a Patreon-like service for creators. Unfortunately, creators should stay as far away from it as possible.
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How do the Big Five tech companies earn most of their income?
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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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.
Read more 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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