Deutsche Bank Likes Instagram’s New Shopping Feature
Facebook-owned Instagram’s efforts to make the platform a destination to shop for and purchase items has caused Deutsche Bank to become more bullish on the stock. According to a report in CNBC, citing...
View ArticleOutage Brings Down All Facebook Social Networks
Facebook and its social media properties Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all experienced outages over the weekend, with users around the world reporting problems. According to a report in Mashable,...
View ArticleDigital Payments Help Rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral
After much of Chicago burned to the ground in 1871, rebuilding the city involved various fundraising and restorative strategies. One famous effort took the form of donated books sent from common people...
View ArticleFacebook Admits Millions Of Instagram Passwords Were Exposed
Facebook admitted on Thursday (April 18) that millions of Instagram passwords were available to be seen by employees in a company-wide database, according to a report by CNBC. The admission is an...
View ArticleSpring Break Goes High-Tech
From smart bags to social media, spring break is becoming a surprisingly digital and high-tech travel period in the U.S. The words “spring break” evoke all kinds of mental images. Beaches, cruises,...
View ArticleCIA Takes To Instagram
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is getting ready to launch its own Instagram account. Director Gina Haspel revealed the news last week during a speech at the University of Auburn in Alabama. The...
View ArticleFacebook Grows User Base 8 Percent, Bullish On Commerce
More consumers keep using Facebook even as the social network said on Wednesday (April 24) that it faces a fine of between $3 billion and $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission over privacy....
View ArticleInstagram Beefs Up Shopping Tools
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri rounded up some new features coming to Instagram at the Facebook F8 developer conference on Tuesday (April 30), according to reports. Mosseri said Instagram is getting three...
View ArticleFacebook Pumps Up Appeal Of Marketplace At F8
The Facebook Marketplace is growing up. News from the social media’s F8 conference on Tuesday (April 30) said Facebook will soon let Marketplace sellers “ship items anywhere in the continental U.S.,...
View ArticleInstagram’s High-Fashion Fakes Problem
Instagram has a counterfeit goods problem. That is what the latest data from analytics firm Ghost Data strongly indicated, anyway, as its survey of the site has found it is becoming one of the...
View ArticleFacebook Co-Founder Says FTC Should Break It Up
Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes issued a scathing rebuke of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, calling on the government to break up the social media giant. In a New York Times op-ed on Thursday (May 9),...
View ArticleFacebook Responds To Co-founder’s Call For Breakup
Facebook has responded to Co-founder Chris Hughes’ New York Times op-ed piece written on Thursday (May 9) calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to break it up, according to a report by...
View ArticleInstagram Creates @shop Account To Promote SMB Products
Instagram announced the launch of @shop, a new account described as a “celebration of small businesses and the creators behind them.” “The content on this account is inspired by our community of...
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Real-Time Payments, Mastercard And Visa Deals Dominate This Week’s News
At the end of another busy week, it can pay to look back at some of the biggest recent news in payments and commerce. And this week was a meaty one for news: Mastercard and Visa made acquisitions, the...
View ArticleInstagram Discontinues Direct Messaging App
Instagram is shutting down Direct, a standalone direct messaging app that was meant to compete with Snapchat, according to a report. The app is available on both iOS and Android platforms. Facebook,...
View ArticleDatabase Exposed Instagram Influencers’ Data
Millions of Instagram users — including celebrities and brands — have had their accounts exposed online. The database, hosted by Amazon Web Services, was left exposed and without a password,...
View ArticleWhy Search And Logistics Will Shape The Future Of Retail Payments
The two most powerful forces shaping the future of retail payments have nothing to do with payments at all. At least at first glance. Ironically, they are also the two things that shaped the modern...
View ArticleLuxury Fashion Brands Outspend Smaller Rivals On Social Media
Luxury fashion brands like Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and Gucci are upping their social media game, especially on Instagram, and pouring real money into efforts to court young shoppers, according to...
View ArticleThe Only Thing Missing From The Big Tech Breakup Debate: A Debate
Bashing Big Tech has become something of a sport. Regulators are circling the wagons. Policymakers are preparing to haul Big Tech execs to Capitol Hill for one big, public airing of their grievances....
View ArticleAmazon’s Social Network Spark Goes Dark
After rolling out only about two years ago, shopping social network Amazon Spark has reportedly recently left Amazon’s apps and the internet. The feature reportedly aimed to connect the gap between...
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