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Farhad's and Mike's Week in Tech: A Snap and Google Tie-Up?
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 5.8.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, Google, Instagram, marketing, Snapchat
Summary | There is a rumor that Google might be interested in acquiring Snapchat. Instagram copies all features of Snapchat. Facebook has built a huge marketing company with Facebook itself and Instagram. Facebook is also working on improving its artificially intelligent chatbots so that they get better at understanding natural speech.
Image Description | Google and Snapchat logo.
Image Tags | Google, logo, Snapchat
Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone? Refresh Your Feeds
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 13.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, Instagram
Summary | Facebook, Instagram, and co. have revolutionized finding lost pets. Pet owner can be reunited with their dogs and cats minutes after they post on social media. The broad public is very eager to share images of lost pets on social media and this can help find lost pets much more frequently and quickly than ever before.
Image Description | Images of an Instagram-famous dog with another found dog and his owner.
Image Tags | Instagram, male(s)
Gaming the System: Bots Inflate Instagram Egos
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 7.6.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Instagram, marketing
Summary | The author of the article posted a picture of the New York Times headquarters on Instagram, and got 11 comments from strangers, and none of them is related to the author. There is big marketing reason behind those comments; if a user follows or likes a public account's post, those accounts can in return use their automated liking and commenting. This is a marketing tactic used by companies in hopes that random Instagram users will like those automated public accounts in return. Small businesses want to have a lot of likes and followers in order to get some attention. However, the follower count is not representative of true following or of the work done by the business.
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No More Filters: Instagram Stars Are Roaring on the Runway
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 22.6.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Instagram, social media
Summary | The Men's Fashion Week (dominated by Millennial male models) just ended in Milan. Designers have also been leaning on famous people on social networks in order to spice up their show. For instance, Shawn Mendes has 18, 22.7 million Instagram followers; he was at Emporio Armani on Saturday.
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China Disrupts WhatsApp Service in Online Clampdown
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 18.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook, Google, Instagram, privacy, threat, Twitter, WhatsApp
Summary | The Chinese government has partly shut down the use of WhatsApp within their borders. The app is widely used around the globe and was used by some in China do communicate with people outside of Chine with end-to-end encryption. Other popular social media platforms and internet sites like Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are blocked under the "Great Firewall" in China.
Image Description | Woman using a smartphone and women standing in front of Facebook and Instagram logos as well as emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, Facebook, female(s), Instagram, logo, smartphone
Blind Facebook users 'see' photos
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 5.4.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, diversity, Facebook, Instagram
Summary | Facebook has a new function that is meant to make the predominantly visual platforms of Facebook and Instagram more inclusive to people with visual impairments. The new software uses artificial intelligence to tell blind users what is in the images. It is not perfect yet but the image recognition can identify simple things like specific sports, etc.
Image Description | Screenshots of Facebook feeds with the image content captioned.
Image Tags | Facebook
Katie Lee on Culture and Cuisine at the Beach
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 3.6.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Instagram, social media
Summary | A food journalist describes how she finds the best spots to blog about. She goes to Instagram and checks out the restaurants beforehand. The pictures of the food also give her a feel for what might be the best dish at a restaurant. It is always also important to ask locals, for instance taxi drivers.
Image Description | Photograph of the interviewee at the beach.
Image Tags | female(s)
How to Clean Up Instagram Comments
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 27.10.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, Instagram, politeness
Summary | Instagram is offering users new options to hide inappropriate comments. The setting aims at slurs, profanities, and other offensive words and phrases in English. One can also build a custom list of the words, phrases, and emojis one would like to block. If users still manage to get their comments through and be hurtful, they can be reported to Instagram.
Image Description | N/A
Time to Put on Your Big-Boy Pants
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 19.1.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | hashtags, Instagram, social media, threat
Summary | The skinny jeans trend is fading and the new trend are low-waisted loose-fitting curduroy pants with a drop-crotch. Social media influencers comment that Instagram is changing the game when it comes to promoting trends. Users can access an endless stream of visual material by just searching for a hashtag of a new trend. This has some downsides to it since it accelerates the changing of trends and pressures people to renew their wardrobe each season.
Image Description | Getty image of models wearing the new trouser trend.
Image Tags | male(s)
Melania Trump and the politics of airbrushing
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 5.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Instagram, politics, youth
Summary | The official portrait of the FLOTUS Melania Trump is highly retouched. Her face shows no wrinkles and looks artificial while her hair is perfectly in focus. While retouching is the norm nowadays, this particular portrait is just so obviously photoshopped that people are talking about it. It is really reminiscent of current photographing practices where one always slaps an Instagram filter on an image. This trend is being counteracted by some like Kate Winslet or Alicia Keys but the extensive retouching of images to achieve artificial perfection is accepted by large parts of the public.
Image Description | Portraits of Melania Trump, Michelle Obama, and Laua Bush.
Image Tags | female(s)
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