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Social Media stories

Facebook ban serves as stern warning for marketing firms

Facebook has banned a digital marketing group in the Philippines from its platform after the agency allegedly violated spam and misrepresentation policies.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 14th Jan 2019

Breach Prevention

52mil users affected by Google+'s second data breach

Google+ APIs will be shut down within the next 90 days, and the consumer platform will be disabled in April 2019 instead of August 2019 as originally planned.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Tue, 11th Dec 2018

Customer Experience

Hootsuite's five social trends marketers should take note of

These trends should keep marketers, customer experience leaders, social media professionals and executives awake at night.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Dec 2018

Digital Entertainment

Facebook's on a mission to bring music to the masses

Facebook is reviving the MySpace vibe by letting users add songs to profiles, pin tracks, and add music to Stories and Live videos with lyrics.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 29th Oct 2018

Firewalls

Facebook breach: Ready for the coming phishing wave?

Much of the information accessed in the Facebook breach is perfect for cyber criminals planning their next phishing attack.

By Asaf Cidon • 5 min read • Wed, 17th Oct 2018

Internet of Things

Gartner's top tips to keep relevant in the face of change

Gartner predicts that AI projects will remain alchemy, face recognition will reduce missing people, and social media scandals will have little impact.

By Ben Moore • 7 min read • Wed, 17th Oct 2018

Multi-factor authentication

Exclusive: Why social media platforms are so vulnerable to cyber threats

Social media platforms are increasingly at risk of cyber threats, with six breaches in 2018 exposing over 56% of compromised records globally.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 5 min read • Wed, 10th Oct 2018

Breach Prevention

Google shutting down Google+ after covering up privacy bug

Google's management was aware of the bug but chose not to share it with the public to avoid scrutiny by regulators.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Oct 2018

Artificial Intelligence

Social media key to understanding sustainable tourism

Social media and AI to reveal international visitors' thoughts on sustainable tourism in New Zealand. Canterbury research group aims to gain insights.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 2nd Oct 2018

Marketing Technologies

Study finds social media for businesses is more than just marketing

A Hootsuite study reveals that businesses leveraging social media reap benefits beyond marketing, including community engagement and market insights.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Sep 2018

DevOps

Trustwave releases facial recognition tool for pentesters

Social Mapper takes an automated approach to searching popular social media sites for names and pictures of individuals.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Thu, 9th Aug 2018

Unified Communications

Facebook to bridge distances with new 'Watch Party' feature

Effectively, participants of a Watch Party can watch videos from anywhere (live or recorded) and interact with each other at the same time.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Jul 2018

Data Analytics

Why email still makes for a great business tool

Despite the surge of social media and new communication tools, email remains a formidable business tool due to its directness and personalisation potential.

By Guy Hanson • 5 min read • Mon, 9th Jul 2018