Spotting sockpuppets with science

 If you’ve ever ventured into the comment section of a website or spent any time on…

You can now draw with a thicker brush in Snapchat

 Yesterday Snapchat tweaked their drawing tool so you can draw thicker lines on your snapsterpieces. To…

Amazon quietly launches its own social media influencer program into beta

 Social media influencers – like Instagram stars or YouTube celebs – often promote products they like,…

Twitter is getting rid of the egg avatar because that will totally fix the abuse problem

 Everyone knows that Twitter has a harassment problem. And while the service has tried things like banning…

UK wants tech firms to build tools to block terrorist content

 UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd is holding talks with several major Internet companies today to urge…

Facebook introduces personal fundraising tools, donate buttons in Facebook Live for Pages

 Facebook today announced it’s expanding its set of online fundraising tools to include its own GoFundMe…

The new algorithms enabling Facebook’s data fixation

 A billion and a half photos find their way onto Facebook every single day and the…

Facebook Stories looks like an ill-fitting mask

 Facebook has finally capped off its strategy of cloning Snapchat’s USP by slotting a camera-first, ephemeral…