This week in social media, Facebook dominated the headlines and Wall Street, as it showed how much it dominates the social media world. Meanwhile an ex-Twitter engineer exposed the company's clunky attempts at diversity and Pinterest officially introduced a new feature that blends perfectly with the reasons people use its network.
Facebook reported excellent third quarter numbers Facebook has come a long way since going public in 2012. Back then, analysts and investors doubted that the company would be able to cash in on web advertising.
After months of historic records of employment data in the United States, the labor market noted a bit of bad news on Thursday as new applications for unemployment benefits last week recorded their largest increase in eight months, according to government statistics.
Nutritionally-poor and unhealthy snacks have become increasingly present in television advertisements within the past five years, despite promises to regulate youth exposure to sugary, high-calorie food. A new report on marketing and snack food nutrition has found that Hispanic and black youth are disproportionate viewers of ads promoting unhealthy savory and sweet snacks.
The television industry has seen the success that Netflix has achieved by offering their original content, and now some are second guessing the decision to sell those shows to the streaming platform. See the deatils here.
Giant travel booking site Expedia Inc. is confirmed to be purchasing the leading rental marketplace HomeAway. On Wednesday, the two companies announced their partnership that involved a whopping $3.9 billion.
Apple may have a new iPhone coming, and sooner than you might think. Apple may have a new iPhone coming, and sooner than you might think. According to a report released by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a track record of successfully predicting what the Cupertino giant is planning on, Apple will release a new, smaller iPhone in the first half of 2016.
In August, Twitter released a diversity report outlining how little diversity there is at the company, along with a set of goals to increase the presence of underrepresented voices in the company that could be described either as modest, or outright disappointing.
The newly revealed problems could cost an additional $2.2 billion. Volkswagen (VW) on Tuesday added 800,000 additional vehicles to its list of models affected by emissions irregularities.
If you're wondering how Samsung is doing in the ongoing "Apple vs Samsung" battle, some recent market research figures suggest the Korean smartphone manufacturer's 2015 flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S6, isn't doing well against Apple's competing iPhone 6s.
Sprint announced this week that it has signed an agreement to introduce wireless roaming in Cuba. As the hermetic island nation continues to open itself to U.S. trade and commerce, Sprint's deal with Cuba's state-run telecommunications company marks a historic first, as well as a smart move by Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure.
Twitter hopes to be less confusing. Twitter announced Tuesday it is getting rid of the "favorite" star and switching to a "like" heart in a move that the company hopes will make things less confusing for users of the social media service.
Google wants to start drone deliveries as soon as possible. Google wants to start delivering products with drones by as early 2017, despite the fact the Federal Aviation Administration has not yet developed a set of rules and regulations on commercial drones.
This is a rare discount from Apple Apple is offering a nice discount on the Apple Watch, but it comes with a catch and is for a limited time only. Apple will allow customers to purchase an Apple Watch for $50 less than its retail price, as long as they buy it with the new iPhone 6s, CNet reports.
T-Mobile says customers will get full bars with the tower T-Mobile wants their customers to get better service while they are inside their homes. To make this happen, the wireless carrier is offering a free device that will help subscribers achieve "full-bar" coverage indoors.
