Category: social media
Reddit pulls back chat rooms after angering moderators
Just one day after launching a new chat room feature, Reddit has reversed course and pulled it entirely following an outcry from the site’s moderators. The company yanked “Start Chatting,” which aimed to create small, randomized chat rooms within the… Source
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Meet EventBot, a new Android malware that steals banking passwords and two-factor codes
Security researchers are sounding the alarm over a newly discovered Android malware that targets banking apps and cryptocurrency wallets. The malware, which researchers at security firm Cybereason recently discovered and called EventBot, masquerades as a legitimate Android app — like Adobe Flash or Microsoft Word for Android — which abuses…
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Facebook usage soars during coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has, so far, been very good for Facebook’s metrics. It can’t say the same for its ad business.The company saw a surge in user growth, with an average of more than 1.73 billion daily active users (DAUs) in March, Facebook repo… Source
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Twitter unlocks tools to help researchers study COVID-19 tweets
Twitter is making it a lot easier for researchers and developers to study conversations about the coronavirus on its platform. The company introduced a new set of tools that makes the “many tens of millions” of daily public tweets about the coronavir… Source
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Reddit adds chat rooms for subreddits
The "front page of the internet" is bringing back one of the web's oldest features: chat rooms. Reddit company is introducing a new chat tool, which allows Reddit users to start small group chats from within popular subreddits.Called “Start Chatting,… Source
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Why Facebook redesigned Facebook.com
If you haven't got it already, you soon will.Twelve months ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a major redesign of the company's behemoth social network. Dubbed 'The New Facebook,' or FB5, it was a visual marker for the company's pivot toward… Source
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