Despite having fewer users than platforms like Facebook and YouTube, Instagram’s higher engagement rate gives it one of the highest advertising costs. In 2023, average ad prices on Instagram were estimated at $3.56 cost per click, ahead of every platform except LinkedIn. For the celebrities with the most followers on Instagram, and the brands trying […]
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Jul
Jul
A federal judge in Louisiana has forbidden multiple federal agencies and named officials from having any contact with social media companies with the intent to moderate content. The preliminary injunction from Hon Terry Doughty arises from a suit filed by the states of Missouri and Louisiana. The dozens of people and agencies bound by the […]
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May
May
The vastly popular Ring Video Doorbell is owned by Amazon. The FTC just hit Amazon with $5.8 million dollars in fines over PRIVACY VIOLATIONS. Amazon’s flagship product, Alex was also hit with a fine. A whopping $25 million dollars over privacy. Before we get into these stories. It is important to reinforce that YOUR VOICE, […]
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Dec
Dec
30 years ago, on December 3, 1992, the English software engineer Neil Papworth used his computer to send a message to Vodafone director Richard Jarvis. The message simply read “Merry Christmas” but it became known as the first SMS message ever sent, because Jarvis received the slightly premature Christmas greetings on his clunky Orbitel 901 […]
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Jun
Jun
Microsoft has ended support for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) and closes the chapter on its legacy browser. The company has been cautioning users about this end of life date for quite some time and also beckoning them to plan migrations to Microsoft Edge. Its been a good run though…it is not often that a technology […]
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Jun
Jun
Visualizing The World’s 50 Biggest Data Breaches From 2004–2021 This graphic by Chimdi Nwosu visualizes the 50 largest data breaches since 2004, along with the sectors most impacted. Data was aggregated from company statements and news reports. Notable Data Breaches Since 2004 The largest data breach recorded occurred in 2013 when all three billion Yahoo accounts had […]
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Apr
Apr
Surprisingly, the answer is not the United States! On average, global internet users spend 2 hours and 27 minutes on social media per day. In many of the markets that Global Web Index surveyed, social media use had shrunk or plateaued in Q1 2020 when compared with 2019 and 2018 figures, but the coronavirus pandemic […]
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Mar
Mar
As war rages on between Russia and Ukraine, statistics are showing VPN usage has increased by 600% since February 24th, when Russian first invaded Ukraine. As many know, Russia has placed restrictions on social networks like Facebook and Twitter as well as foreign media sites, which has led to the uptick in VPN usage. In […]
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Feb
Feb
Social media platforms are ever changing to adjust to social ques and standards. Let’s look ahead to 2022 and see what trends we have in store for marketing according to Influencer Marketing Hub Reaching New Audiences Will Become a Primary Goal According to research completed by HubSpot, the main social media goals of most marketers in […]
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Jan
Jan
The company Bellweather is bringing us something that movies indicated we should’ve seen years ago. If you grew up watching the cartoon The Jetson’s, you may already know what I’m referring to. If you don’t know who Judy and Elroy are, you may be surprised to hear that flying cars are about to join the […]