Aug 21 Twitter Chat: Can hashtag activism have real impact? By Nora Daly Hashtag activism is a term coined to describe the use of viral hashtags on social media to raise awareness and foster discussion about specific issues and causes, but can it affect real change?… Continue reading
Jul 03 Twitter Chat: The ethics of Facebook’s mood manipulation study By Nora Daly NewsHour followers share their opinions of Facebook's controversial emotional experiment. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch Facebook’s psychological study ends up testing users’ trust By PBS News Hour Many Facebook users were upset by news that the social media network manipulated incoming content for hundreds of thousands of people without telling them. The manipulation was conducted for a study -- published in a respected scientific journal -- measuring… Continue watching
Jun 30 Have you read Facebook’s Terms of Service? If not, read on By Colleen Shalby Facebook users discovered this weekend that their News Feeds may have been altered for a psychological experiment. Continue reading
May 27 Iranian court summons Facebook CEO over privacy allegations By Diane Jeanty A southern Iranian court has summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after opening a case over complaints of privacy violations regarding social media applications WhatsApp and Instagram. Continue reading
Mar 31 Facebook data reveals baseball territories across the United States By Justin Scuiletti Click for larger image. Infographic by Facebook Data Science As Major League Baseball opens up Monday, most MLB ball clubs across the United States will be suiting up to take to the field for… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch Facebook invests in a virtual reality future with $2 billion Oculus Rift acquisition By PBS News Hour Facebook has bought the maker of a virtual reality headset and interface for $2 billion. Economics correspondent Paul Solman profiles the company, Oculus VR, and Hari Sreenivasan talks to Vindu Goel of The New York Times for more on the… Continue watching
Mar 26 Virtual reality’s early adopters worry what mainstream usage will look like in the Facebook era By Simone Pathe Facebook has reached a $2 billion deal to purchase Oculus VR, the maker of the virtual reality headset that exposed Paul Solman to a terrifying subterranean pit. But how should that technology be used outside of the lab? Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Mar 25 Facebook buys virtual reality company Oculus for $2 billion By News Desk Facebook has agreed to buy virtual reality company Oculus for $2 billion. Facebook Inc. said Tuesday that the deal includes $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares worth about $1.6 billion. Continue reading
Feb 20 Celebrating 10 years of ‘hot’ (or not) Facebook innovations By Colleen Shalby, Frank Bi Of all of Facebook’s most Facebook-y features from the past 10 years, we ask: Which do you “like”?… Continue reading