This week in social media, Facebook launched a sports hub designed to catch online social buzz over live sporting events. The company also figured out a technique to deliver 360-degree VR video with a fraction of the bandwidth, all while Twitter hit a new low on Wall Street.
A few stars shared photos of moments with their families on their Instagram accounts. This week family was big on Instagram. Several Latino stars shared moments with their family members, whether their children, siblings or parents, with their followers.
Paradoxically, it's because the company wants to make more money. This week, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp announced it was eliminating the nominal $0.
This week in social media, Facebook COO followed CEO Mark Zuckerberg's example and gave a huge amount of her company stock to charity. Meanwhile, Twitter was under pressure to crack down on hate speech, Snapchat began shopping for ad tech startups, and Foursquare's co-founder and CEO announced he would be stepping down.
Check out which of your favorite singers shared music related posts on Instagram this week. A few Latino stars shared some music related posts on their Instagram accounts this week.
Pinterest, one of the original unicorn startups of Silicon Valley, made a move towards improving diversity at its company on Wednesday, by announcing it had hired its own diversity chief.
This 2015 appears to be the year of Latinas. As a matter of fact, a Latina celebrity has been recently named as the number one most influential personality on social media this year. And Hispanic stars including Selena Gomez, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez and Demi Lovato are among the most followed celebrities on the online realm.
Daddy Yankee, Don Omar among those paying tribute to the reggaeton artist. Reggaeton stars are mourning the death of Puerto Rican rapper, producer and songwriter Syko "El Terror.
This week was a busy one for Facebook. It launched a new collaboration with Uber through Messenger, announced changes to its controversial "real name" policy, launched its fast-loading Instant Articles for Android, and finally, Facebook was named the most popular smartphone app of 2015 by a Nielsen report. Meanwhile, Twitter hit an all-time low on Wall Street.
Facebook is changing the way they will enforce their real names policy. They have created two new policies to try to make users feel safer when communicating with other Facebook users.
This week Facebook announced an offline mode, so mobile users can still see new stories in their News Feeds, even when their connections are spotty. Meanwhile, Twitter announced it would start showing ads to the vast majority of people who visit the platform, and a new study shows Snapchat is the fastest growing social network among millennials.
The iconic star was honored by fans on Twitter and Instagram. Fans took to social media on Wednesday to honor legendary singer Jenni Rivera on the three year anniversary of her death.
The actress will be sharing her thoughts with fans through frequent posts. On Dec. 7, actress Elizabeth Gutiérrez announced her new blog, called Elizabeth Revealed, on social media.
This week in Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg announced he and his wife would donate 99 percent of their Facebook stock to charity, prompting critics to express a great deal of skepticism.
