Technology

Back in the day, if you wanted to connect with your celebrity crush or sports hero, you’d have to camp out for days at the venue in the off-chance you could score an autograph, or even engage in a brief conversation.

Let’s face it, most of us don’t carry cash anymore, and if we do, it’s in minimal amounts.

While earthbound, NASA astronauts train using “analog missions” in locations similar to space – like the ocean.

To me, Instagram can be the place you go to get away from your other social media feeds, which are typically populated with news and opinions from people you went to high school with.

It’s amazing how well the human mind can adapt in the face of tragedy and rapid change. Creativity has been alive and well in the midst of the pandemic, as demonstrated by these super-cool inventions.

It’s no doubt epidemiologists are the go-to experts as the world tries to contain COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean that engineers are sitting this one out.

As Apple’s mobile revenues continue to decrease in proportion, the question comes to mind – what’s next?

People have always come to Facebook to connect with friends around day-to-day life, and celebrate important moments, like birthdays. As such, on May 9, Facebook launched Birthday Stories globally.

Occasionally making yourself inaccessible is essential to boosting focus. A survey found that always being reachable – checking emails during off days, scrolling through social media, responding to texts 24/7 – is associated with higher stress levels. This is known as “continuous partial attention,” a state of alertness largely driven by FOMO.

It’s already easy to shop for items discovered on Instagram. But recently, Instagram announced a feature it is testing that allows customers to pay for and manage orders directly within the social platform.

“I love keeping track of my receipts and organizing them,” said no one ever. That’s why when the star-studded cast of the Expensify commercials came across my screen not once, not twice, but numerous times during the Super Bowl, it caught my attention.

Knowing what to post on your company’s social media accounts can be challenging, but some simple guidelines can help you keep it updated. Certain types of content can perform best for each platform:

As businesses continue to see the importance of connecting with their customers through social media, the photography used on those platforms takes on even greater significance.

Name-calling, spreading false rumors, receiving unwanted images or threats: These behaviors and more are the types of bullying a majority of teens are subjected to online. Cyberbullying isn’t a new aspect to social media culture, and it’s hardly something that disappears, even among adults.

Many business owners and marketers recognize the importance of social media but don’t realize that their social media practices might be affecting their website’s Google rankings. Here are a few quick tips to boost your SEO while continuing to grow your following:

Brand ambassador programs are catching on. However, rather than selecting a few influencers with high followings to promote their product or service, brands are taking another approach: building brand ambassador armies.

Hey, all you copywriters, there’s a new benchmark for speed – 20,000 lines a second.

Digital screen use may be causing negative effects on reading comprehension, attention, memory and cognitive capabilities. When screen reading, the habit is to skim, thereby reducing the time allocated to get the general gist of the content.

The recent changes on Instagram make it harder for marketers to engage their audiences. Rather than listed chronologically, posts are now based on the number of likes, comments, views, shares, saves and direct messages. High engagement signals to Instagram that the content is what people want to see.

Apple excited its loyal fanbase this past Monday with the creation of its first official @apple Instagram handle.

Twitter and Bloomberg have recently partnered together to create a service that will stream news produced solely for Twitter.

Making your brand stand out from others on Instagram is a difficult problem to solve, but these four tips on captions are your key to success:

Facebook recently announced its feature designed to help mobile users find free accessible Wi-Fi networks. “Find Wi-Fi” will be available for users worldwide on iOS and Android devices.

You finally got a great shot and have it flawlessly edited, but wait … what do you write for a caption? This seems simple, but a strategic and well-crafted caption can add value and drive engagement to your post.

The rise of ‘instafrauds’, Instagram users that use bots to boost their followers, is becoming an increased area of concern for the integrity of organically established influencers.