Tech Policy Facebook’s app for kids should freak parents out Messenger Kids, its first grab at the under-13 crowd, is not to be trusted. After all, you’ve seen how the company treats adults. by Rachel Metz 2018-02-07T12:53:00-05:00
Connectivity The Six Apps That Mattered Most in 2017 Some are obvious, some are awful. They were all a big deal this year. by Rachel Metz 2017-12-25T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Smartphones Are Weapons of Mass Manipulation, and This Guy Is Declaring War on Them Tristan Harris thinks big tech is taking advantage of us all. Can its power be used for good? by Rachel Metz 2017-10-19T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity The Next Generation of Emoji Will Be Based on Your Facial Expressions There’s no faking your feelings with these social icons. by Rachel Metz 2017-08-28T13:04:00-04:00
Connectivity Facebook Forbids the Use of User Data for Surveillance Though exactly what counts as “surveillance” may remain up for debate. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-03-14T13:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Messaging App Sweeping Asia Could Blunt Snapchat’s Global Ambitions Korea’s Snow is more popular than Snapchat in China, Japan, and Korea, and wants to be big in the West, too. by Elizabeth Woyke and Yoochul Kim 2017-03-01T11:52:00-05:00
Connectivity Will Snapchat Be as Fleeting as Its Photos? As the disappearing-message maker prepares to go public, I’ve given it up for Instagram Stories. by Julia Sklar 2017-02-14T09:00:00-05:00
Connectivity How Do We Stop Our Social Feeds from Being Spied On? We live our lives through social networks, and the authorities have taken advantage of that. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-10-12T10:40:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Big Data Reveals the Anatomy of the Global #Foodporn Fetish Does #foodporn encourage unhealthy relationships with food or more positive ones? The results of the first global study may surprise you. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2016-03-11T13:44:00-05:00
Business Impact Kevin Systrom | Innovators Under 35 Instagram’s cofounder maintains his sharp focus. by Fred Vogelstein 2015-08-18T00:05:00-04:00
