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Amazon, Apple beat expectations in gloomy earnings season

Glenn Chapman
Posted at Jul 29 08:24 AM

Tech giants Amazon and Apple delivered forecast-topping results Thursday, offering some reassurance to an earnings period weighed down by inflation, economic turmoil and war. Read more »

Snap to slow hiring after dismal earnings pummel stock price

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 08:35 AM

Snapchat's owner plans to "substantially" slow recruitment after bleak results wiped 25 percent off the stock price of the tech firm, which is facing difficulties on several fronts. Read more »

Subscription version of Snapchat makes its debut

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 04:36 AM

Snapchat+ is priced at $4 a month and will provide access to exclusive features, the California-based company said in a blog post. Read more »

Families of overdose victims demand action from social media platforms

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 01:47 PM

Families of teens who died after overdosing on drugs they bought through Snapchat and other social media platforms called Monday for tech firms to do more to address the problem. Read more »

Snapchat parent shares soar on first quarterly profit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 08:24 AM

Shares in Snap soared on Thursday after the firm behind image-centric, ephemeral messaging app Snapchat reported its first-ever quarter profit. Read more »

TikTok, other apps defend impact on kids at US hearing

Joshua Melvin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 06:53 AM

Social media networks massively popular with the youngest users tried to convince skeptical lawmakers Tuesday they are safe. Read more »

Snap warns users following fentanyl deaths

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 06:16 PM

Snap said it had developed a video ad campaign and a new filter to raise awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit pills. Read more »

Pandemic increases trust in news among Filipinos—Digital News Report 2021

Yvonne T. Chua
Posted at Jun 23 10:33 AM

The COVID-19 health crisis has spurred an increased overall trust in news among Filipinos but has led to waning interest in news products. Read more »

End of road for controversial Snapchat ‘speed filter’

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 18 06:30 AM

The feature let users capture their speed in an image they could then fire off to friends, prompting concerns and lawsuits over the potential for dangerously distracted driving.   Read more »

Snapchat claims 500 million monthly active users

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 21 05:24 AM

The platform, which has expanded its offerings beyond its original disappearing messages, had said last month it had 280 million daily active users. Read more »

Ahead of Trump Facebook ruling, here’s how social networks handle world leaders

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at May 04 08:19 PM

Facebook's independent oversight board on Wednesday will announce whether it is overturning the company's suspension of former US President Donald Trump's account. Read more »

Trump to launch own social media platform: ex-aide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 06:55 AM

WASHINGTON - Former US president Donald Trump plans to return to social media soon, using "his own platform" after being banned from Twitter and other outlets, a former advisor said Sunday. Read more »

Snapchat permanently bans Donald Trump from site

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 11:41 AM

Image-centric social network Snapchat on Wednesday said it permanently banned US President Donald Trump from the platform, as voices are raised against keeping him off the internet stage. Read more »

Twitter launches disappearing 'fleets' worldwide

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Nov 18 05:55 PM

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it was globally launching tweets that disappear after 24 hours, similar to the stories feature that is popular on Snapchat and Facebook's photo-sharing app Instagram.  Read more »

TikTok urges social media alliance against suicide content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 22 09:45 PM

TikTok on Tuesday proposed an alliance with nine other social media platforms to work collectively and rapidly to remove suicide content, following an incident this month when a man killed himself on Facebook. Read more »

Almost half of adult Filipinos use internet, nearly all users have Facebook accounts: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 05:25 PM

SWS reported that based on its fourth quarter survey last year, 45 percent of adult Filipinos use the internet. Read more »

TikTok rivals do battle for hearts of teen video producers

Manon Billing, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 08:53 PM

Triller, Byte, Dubsmash and now Instagram -- there's no shortage of rivals circling to grab a slice of troubled TikTok's teen-centric platform for short-form videos, but can any of them come out on top? Read more »

Snapchat curbs Trump posts for inciting 'racial violence'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 05:02 AM

Snapchat on Wednesday stopped promoting posts by US President Donald Trump, saying they incite "racial violence." Read more »

Facebook, Snapchat join chorus of companies condemning George Floyd death, racism

Reuters
Posted at Jun 01 10:49 PM

Facebook Inc and Snap Inc became the latest US companies condemning racial inequality in the United States as violent protests flared up across major cities over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis last week. Read more »

Trump, Biden turn to new presidential campaign field: Snapchat

Camille Camdessus, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 11:14 AM

Gone are the lively meetings, the distribution of flyers on busy campuses. The coronavirus pandemic has put an abrupt stop to traditional US political means of courting young voters -- forcing presidential candidates to turn to Snapchat instead.   Read more »