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In test, Twitter to double character limit
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 27.9.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Twitter
Summary | Twitter is going to test tweets in 280 characters with a small group. The 140-character limit has been Twitter's most distinctive characteristics; some people don't want it to change. However, it is sometimes hard to express oneself in only 140 characters. Tweets in Japanese, Korean or Chinese are different; users don't need as many characters as tweets in English or French, for example. If people have more room to express themselves, they will tweet more, which is what Twitter wants.
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For travelers, chatbots and AI can't quite take you there
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 27.8.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | Artificial intelligence experts are very enthusiastic about the latest developments in AI for travel. Lay users however disagree, they find artificially intelligent chatbots as of now basically useless for real travellers. They still struggle to understand natural language and various bugs remain to be fixed.
Image Description | Screenshot of a chatbot conversation through Facebook including an image of a pizza with topping floating over it.
Image Tags | Facebook, text
Facebook takes a new crack at halting fake news and clickbait
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 17.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, fake news, threat
Summary | Facebook has announced that it will work on new strategies to flag fake news on their platform by labeling them "disputed". Facebook's activism will also target click bait stories which can be equally misleading. Click bait are headlines which leave out essential content or grossly exaggerate to lure people into clicking on the link.
Image Description | Getty image of a woman's hand holding a smartphone showing the Facebook logo in front of a screen showing the Facebook sign-in page.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, Facebook, female(s), hand(s), logo, smartphone
UPDATE: Snaps won't disappear as quickly
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 10.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, Snapchat, translation
Summary | Snapchat will now allow users to broadcast their snaps for infinity instead of the previous 10 second maximum. This allows recipient to watch the snaps for as long as they like but once they close the message, it will disappear. Facebook is working on instantly translating all content (text and even video) on their platform so that users see everything in their preferred language.
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Facebook has a plan to let you type with your brain
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 19.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | brain, Facebook, privacy, word/writing
Summary | Facebook is working on a new technology that would let users type a hundred words per second with their thoughts only. If they could find a way to tap into brain signals it would be a huge leap for augmented reality. Many users are however already worried that Facebook is intruding in their privacy and are anxious about Facebook taping into their brains.
Image Description | A woman standing in front of the Facebook logo.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), logo
We tried Google's new fact-check filter on the Internet's favorite hoaxes
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 10.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | fake news, Google
Summary | Google has been working towards fact-checking the stories on Google News and enabling users to fact-check critical information quickly. Unfortunately, it does not always work. Oftentimes finding the correct information depends on which particular words are typed in the search bar.
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Apple faces 11 other orders for suspects' electronic data
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 24.2.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, politics, privacy, threat
Summary | After Apple had refused to cooperate with the FBI in unlocking a terrorist's iPhone for investigation, the FBI are requesting their assistance again in elevn other criminal cases. Apple had refused the initial request in order not to sell out their users' privacy and were supported by other major tech firms.
Image Description | Text document showing the criminal cases in question in a table.
Image Tags | chart, text
Emojis to grace Pepsi products in summer campaign
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 19.2.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis, hashtags, marketing, social media
Summary | Pepsi is using emojis to market their product because it is the "language of today" that transcends cultures and is intellegible for everyone. The new campaign also includes the two hasthags #PepsiMoji and #SayItWithPepsi to encourage consumers to post about their purchase on social media. Coca Cola recently had a similar campaign with first names on their bottles. They had been very successful with making consumers engage with the company through social media. Consumers basically did free marketing for them by posting pictures of Coke bottles with their names on their private accounts.
Image Description | Pepsi bottles with emojis and Coca Cola bottles with first names.
Image Tags | emojis, logo
From a papacy that clicks, prayer picks via video
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 7.1.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, politics, social media, translation
Summary | Pope Francis is using most known social media platforms to get his messages out in multiple languages. Even prayer apps exist. Most recently, Pope Francis has advised Catholics to engage in open dialogue with people of other faiths to counteract the current political climate of opposition and fragmentation.
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Practice safe Internet on the road
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 31.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | email, privacy, smartphone, social media, threat
Summary | Traveling can be dangerous, especiallyin the digital age. Many travelers make themselves vulnerable to criminals by sharing their location on social media or by connecting to a password-free wifi which is often provided by scammers to hack into email accounts. In these cases virtual kidnapping becomes possible when travelers spend a few days somewhere off the grid and a local group claims to have kidnapped the traveler and blackmails their family for ransom.
Image Description | Getty image of a woman sitting in a train.
Image Tags | female(s)
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