Category: Social Media
Audi drivers have most social media followers, claims survey
Audi drivers are the most successful of any car brand on social media, with 25 percent having in excess of 1,000 followers on their social media platforms. That's according to a new nationwide study from YesAuto UK which surveyed 2,000 British drivers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, BMW motorists are the fastest on the road, with 38 percent…
Tech Digest daily round up: TikTok ‘closely controlled by Chinese parent company’
Former TikTok employees say the hugely popular video app is closely controlled by its Chinese parent company ByteDance, raising privacy concerns that the government in Beijing could leverage the app to collect personal information about Americans as part of its sprawling digital surveillance apparatus. Former employees told CNBC in a new report that key decisions and meetings usually ran through China, and…
Brits spend up to 51% of time in front of screen, claims study
A shocking new study by Uswitch has analysed how much time Brits are spending in front of a screen and the effects this can have on their wellbeing. The study reveals that the UK is spending a whopping 386 minutes (6.4 hours) using the internet every day - almost equivalent to an average shift at work. The study…
Facebook tops the list of app that collect most data on users, claims study
A new study by digital privacy software company, Clario, has analysed the world’s most downloaded apps and - perhaps not surprisingly - found that Facebook, Instagram and TikTok top the list for collecting and tracking your data including your FACE and voice. Facebook tracks your personal appearance, voice recognition, environment recognition and your contacts which…
Instagram’s hiding likes feature now official – and optional
More than two years after it first began experimenting with hiding likes, Instagram is now making the feature official. The app will now allow all users to hide likes, though it’s keeping the feature optional and users will need to enable the hide like count option in their settings. The change is a watered down…
Donald Trump Facebook and Instagram ban upheld
Facebook's Oversight Board has upheld the social media company's decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict Donald Trump’s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account. However, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension. Facebook’s normal penalties include removing the violating content, imposing…
US citizens most likely to quit social media, claims report
Image Credit: Frank Gaertner / Shutterstock Social media has become an essential part of our daily lives. And while it has many positive attributes, it can be a very toxic environment at times. This was recently exemplified by retired French footballer Thierry Henry quitting social media due to cyberbullying and racism.…
Shopify and Pinterest expand their commercial partnership
Social media channel Pinterest and e-commerce company Shopify are expanding their partnership to the UK and 26 other countries across the world. The partnership will enable Shopify merchants across the UK to use the Pinterest channel to sell more effectively by automatically placing a tag, creating a catalogue, receiving organic distribution, and launching Traffic, Conversion,…
WeChat now worth $68 billion – more than 3 Chinese banks
As the leading social networking app in China and the fifth most widely used globally, WeChat saw impressive growth amid the COVID-19 pandemic, both in revenue and the number of users. The brand value of Tencent Holding's mobile messaging app also surged in the last year, launching WeChat among the strongest brands globally. According to…
TikTok Your Way To Fame With These Six Tips
How You Can Build A Tiktok Presence When you think of the best kind of medium, what do you think of? I would say videos are the best medium because they are effortless to consumers. We can easily take in and process information from videos. If you want to market something, a video is almost…
