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Byline: BARBARA ORTUTAY

01 Oct

Longtime Facebook exec Adam Mosseri new head of Instagram

published on October 1, 2018 - 1:48 PM

(AP) – Facebook has named Adam Mosseri, a 10-year veteran at the company, as the head of Instagram. The appointment

26 Sep

Into the fold? What’s next for Instagram as founders leave

published on September 26, 2018 - 1:06 PM

(AP) — When Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger sold Instagram to Facebook in 2012, the photo-sharing startup’s fiercely loyal fans

04 Sep

Before parental ‘screen time’ concerns: radio, even novels

published on September 4, 2018 - 1:04 PM

(AP) — When Stephen Dennis was raising his two sons in the 1980s, he never heard the phrase “screen time,”

16 Aug

Can Twitter change its ‘core’ and remain Twitter?

published on August 16, 2018 - 2:34 PM

(AP) — After long resisting change, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wants to revamp the “core” of the service to fight

10 Aug

Tech giants still stumbling in the social world they created

published on August 10, 2018 - 1:08 PM

(AP) — Who knew connecting the world could get so complicated? Perhaps some of technology’s brightest minds should have seen

30 Jul

To repair reputation, Twitter, Facebook incur investor wrath

published on July 30, 2018 - 1:27 PM

(AP) — Two of the biggest social media platforms lost nearly one-fifth of their market value after reporting disappointing user

27 Jul

Bad week in social media gets worse; Twitter hammered

published on July 27, 2018 - 1:58 PM

(AP) — Cracking down on hate, abuse and online trolls is also hurting Twitter’s standing with investors. The company’s stock

26 Jul

Facebook faces a day of reckoning, at least on Wall Street

published on July 26, 2018 - 1:01 PM

(AP) — There’s a scratch in Facebook’s Teflon coating. The social network’s user base and revenue grew more slowly than

05 Jun

New Facebook privacy furor: What’s at stake?

published on June 5, 2018 - 1:32 PM

(AP) — Facebook is at the center of another privacy furor, this one over its sharing of user data with

24 Apr

Facebook rules at a glance: What’s banned, exactly?

published on April 24, 2018 - 12:53 PM

(AP) — Facebook has revealed for the first time just what, exactly, is banned on its service in a new

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