illumy, a San Ramon, California-based tech startup and hyper-communication platform that unifies email, messaging, and calling together into the stream of a single communication, announced today the closing of a $2.2 million angel funding round. illumy will use the new capital […]
Forbes Magazine just published its annual list of the world’s billionaires. This year’s list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year at $177 billion. Tesla CEO Elon Musk often called people’s […]
In a 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Facebook over its argument that text messages the social media company sent did not violate a 1991 federal law called the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The U.S. […]
Tech startups are leveraging the latest marketing tools to advance their marketing campaigns. According to recent statistics, there are over 7,000 marketing tools on the market. With so many different options, it can be difficult to know which ones are […]
In early January, we wrote about former President Trump after he announced he was looking at the possibilities of building his social own platform following his suspension from Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Now, it seems that the former President is […]
Reminding social media users about accuracy could reduce the sharing of misinformation online, a new study finds. The study, published in Nature, finds that most social media users spread fake news not because they are less concerned with truth and accuracy, […]
Last week, we wrote about Elon Musk’s partner Grimes making $5.8 million in just 20 minutes after she sold her digital art (Non-fungible token) at auction. Just when you thought NFTs couldn’t get any crazier. This morning, Christie’s Auction announced it has sold […]
With millions of songs online, it’s not surprising that musicians and songwriters are still struggling to survive. Eight out of ten music creators earn less than $300 a year from streaming. One startup is on a mission to solve this […]
Forget about bitcoin. The future is digital assets. Crypto-collectibles and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are the new craze and celebrities are already cashing in. Artists, influencers, and NBA stars are already making millions from trading NFTs. For example, last week we wrote about […]
According to a recent survey, more than forty percent of Americans do not trust Facebook and TikTok. Over 40% of Americans don’t trust Facebook and TikTok. However, sixty-five percent find Google to be trustworthy, with Amazon and Microsoft in second and […]
Back in June 2020, we wrote about TikTok after the Chinese popular video-sharing app was caught reading data from user clipboards. The report of the eavesdropping came to light after the new feature in Apple iOS 14 notified users that TikTok was […]
The showdown between Facebook and Australia finally came to an end yesterday after the Australian government surrender to the Big Tech giant. Even though both sides declared victory in the high-profile standoff, Facebook is a clear victor over the demand by the […]
As we all know, President Trump was banned across social platforms following the January 6 riot at U.S. Capitol. Now the former President received support from an unlikely ally, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. We applaud Mr. Gates for standing up for […]
Last week, the Australian parliament said it’s passing a new media bill that will require online platforms like Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for displaying and linking to their content. In a preemptive strike yesterday, Facebook announced a ban […]
After several weeks of a coordinated attack by Big Tech to kill competition and silence the free speech social app Parler, its website is now back online. Parler came back to life at noon Eastern Time after a series of setbacks. Last […]
Social giant Twitter announced on Wednesday its financial results for the fiscal year 2020, saying it recorded a net loss of $1.136 billion against net income a year earlier. According to the company, “2020 net loss was $1.14 billion, representing […]
As people continue to practice social distancing to stem the spread of coronavirus, many people are staying away from restaurants to avoid human contact for fear of being infected with the deadly virus. Now, Dubai has found an innovative way […]
Even with a purchase of $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin, Elon Musk is not backing away from Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency he called “the people’s crypto.” Just this morning, Musk announced in a tweet that he has “Bought some Dogecoin for […]
On January 10, we wrote about the free speech social app Gab.com after it reported a 750% increase in traffic and 18 million visits in just 24 hours. We’re now in February and the numbers are in. Gab reported today that […]
Toward the end of last month, we wrote about Parler after its CEO John Matze said he was ‘confident’ the platform will return back fully by month’s end after series of positive developments. With January behind us, everyone is wondering […]
