How the peer pressure to be a part of the blue bubble iMessage text groups keeps US teens locked into Apple's ecosystem
Good morning! Have you heard of Mukesh Ambani, the hotelier? Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : Google executive accuses Apple of using peer pressure and bullying to sell iPhones Jeff Butts / HotHardware.c...
Profile of Doug Guthrie, an advocate for doing business in China who advised Apple from 2014-2019, as he now warns of the risks of China's nationalist turn
Doug Guthrie, once one of America's leading China bulls, rang the alarm on doing business there. He spoke about his time at Apple. Tweets: @jacknicas , @jacknicas , and @nytimes Tweets: Jack Nicas / ...
Following Trump's ban on Facebook and Twitter, alternative social apps and private messengers top the app stores, including Signal, Telegram, MeWe, and CloutHub
A handful of unelected tech executives have tremendous influence on public discourse. Tweets: Evan Greer / @evan_greer : i know no one wants to hear this but it is a short path from Apple, Google, and...
Study: YouTube's recent efforts to fight misinfo by cutting recommendations to fringe channels worked but made Fox News the most recommended for election videos
and boosted Fox News at the same time, new research has found Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Oopsie! Facebook's Instagram is telling users the election is tomorrow Axios : Facebook to rely on election ...
Tim Cook and Apple did not correct Trump after he took credit for opening a Texas manufacturing plant that has been in operation since 2013
owned by a company called Flex, not Apple itself — has been producing the Mac Pro since 2013. Here's the article from 2013. https://www.statesman.com/... pic.twitter.com/1Qdzw7gkEM Sam Stein / @samst...
As identity fraud schemes plague Facebook, the company seems unable or unwilling to address accounts that use others' photos as their own profile pictures
Renee Holland sent her Facebook friend thousands of dollars. She became entwined in a global fraud that the social network … Tweets: @matthewkeyslive , @jacknicas , @kashhill , @toluogunlesi , @nytim...
Analysis: Facebook's estimates for active fake accounts it reported in filings each quarter was significantly smaller than the number it said it had taken down
Jack Nicas / New York Times : Tweets: @jacknicas , @jacknicas , @jacknicas , @jacknicas , @jacknicas , and @jacknicas Tweets: Jack Nicas / @jacknicas : New: In the small print at the bottom of its ea...
Roku has added Alex Jones' InfoWars as a channel, six months after Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Spotify, and others banned it from their platforms
Roku may have given itself a brand safety issue. The streaming service has added Infowars, the live show hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as a channel. Tweets: @jacknicas , @mgsiegler , @ale...
Infowars is now the number one “trending” app on the Google Play store, but its overall audience is likely reduced by Apple, Facebook, and YouTube's actions
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Analysis finds ~9K Instagram accounts are pretending to be the 10 most followed people on Instagram, highlighting a problem celebrities and social networks face
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