This week in social media, Facebook acquired shopping search engine TheFind.com, Twitter pressures Meerkat, and Snapchat gets another major investment but loses a long-time executive. All of the week's top social media news and more, now at its new home on Sundays at Latin Post!
Study shows 60 percent of people in world have never logged on More than 60 percent of people in the world have never once logged onto the Internet, either on a computer or a mobile device, a study published by Facebook's Internet.
Spanish League soccer clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona are by far the two most popular sports franchises in the world today on social media. The two Spanish clubs are also the most valuable franchises in sports.
This week in social media, Facebook's real name policy got it in even more trouble, while Snapchat and Pinterest both climb in value. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
Snapchat, by all indications, is involved in another round of venture capital fundraising that could increase financing of the ephemeral social media messaging company by up to $500 million. The funding round could also value the still privately held "startup" at $19 billion -- a number full of irony for Snapchat's CEO Evan Spiegel.
Facebook users might be able to share their environment with each other Facebook wants to head into the world of virtual reality. The company said Tuesday it was developing virtual reality versions of its apps, Fox News Tech reports.
This week in social media, Facebook opened up celebrity sharing to Instagram and Twitter while WhatsApp began testing voice calling. Meanwhile, Twitter's latest earnings report led to Wall Street's habitual dumping of the stock -- that is, until it was confirmed that Twitter had a deal with Google to begin including tweets in search results again.
Stocks rallied Tuesday after positive news in Europe, and oil prices headed higher. The Dow Jones Industrial average soared by over 1.5 percent or over 267 points with just minutes left in the trading day. Oil prices helped ease investor worries as it jumped up seven percent or up $3.48 to $53.05. Last Thursday, it saw a low of $43.58.
Analysts expected more profit and earnings per share. Google is trying to find ways to get more money, even though the company raked in $14. 48 billion in the last quarter, CNET reports.
Over the weekend, Facebook launched an app called Facebook Lite, which is optimized for low-end Android devices in emerging markets across Asia and Africa.
This week in social media, Facebook began cracking down on hoaxes, Twitter launched a new feature for infrequent iOS users, and -- this just in -- Google+ still exists!
Facebook hosted a multicultural learning session last fall, which educated attendees on the scope of the multicultural media market, the benefits of impactful social traffic and the weight of multicultural spending.
Which of these tech companies are buys? Tech stocks are in the news Tuesday as earning season continues. Microsoft and several other companies will report their fourth quarter results this month.
Meanwhile, Snapchat wants almost $1 million for disappearing ads, advertisers are Pinterest for a fool, and Facebook announced Amber Alerts and AI tools for everyone.
A new study indicates than most American adults use Facebook. Learn more here. According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, Facebook is quite popular among American adults.
