Ever since he broke with his successor, Juan Manuel Santos, former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has aggressively used social media to keep himself relevant in the political scene of his South American nation.
This week, Facebook decided not to keep a Harvard student's internship for the rest of the summer, after he exposed a major privacy flaw in the social network's Messenger app. Meanwhile, it looks like beleaguered Twitter will look to Jack Dorsey for permanent leadership, as the company is expected to announce his transition from interim CEO to long-term chief executive next week.
The famous Latinas all took to social media to take on their haters. Gina Rodriguez, Elizabeth Gutiérrez and Demi Lovato all spoke out about negativity on Instagram this week.
This week in social media, Twitter messed with everyone's homepage, Facebook relented on its fight against a sea of search warrants issued by a New York court, and Snapchat and Univision have partnered up.
Check out some of the Latino social media stars on YouTube, Vine and Instagram. There plenty of social media stars out there who have reached new levels of success, but not all of them are from Latin backgrounds.
This week in social media, the weeks-long maelstrom over former Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao led to her resignation. Meanwhile Facebook gave its users a little more power over their News Feeds and Twitter's "Project Lightning" is probably going to be called "Moments" in its debut.
150,000 people want CEO Ellen Pao to resign following the firing of AMA moderator Victoria Taylor. Reddit's pages are mostly back up and running after a dispute between subreddit moderators and the website administration caused them to be shutdown for the weekend.
This week in social media, Facebook released its (disappointing) update on diversity, while setting Messenger free and introducing face-recognition technology so impressive (and creepy), it doesn't need to see your face.
Carter Reynolds has been the subject of criticism after a video leaked showing the social media personality pressuring his underage girlfriend to perform sexual act.
This week in social media, Twitter unveiled Project Lightning, its best hope to open up Twitter's biggest strength to multiple platforms, users, and non-users alike.
The actress explains why she does not reveal the faces of her twin boys on social media. Zoe Saldana may not be opposed to sharing bits and pieces of her life with fans through social media, but the actress is set on keeping her baby twins' faces out of it.
Direct messages on Twitter will soon allow for lengthy conversations between users. Direct messages on Twitter will soon allow for lengthy conversations between users.
It's just a shark. OK, it's a really big shark, possibly the largest ever captured on camera. And since Mauricio Padilla posted his close encounter with the behemoth on Facebook, it's been viewed more than three million times by folks who can't seem to get enough of internet animals.
Facebook, the leading social media platform in the world, has now launched a new stripped down version of its app aimed at users in new, emerging markets.
The wife of potential Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, Columba, joined social media over the weekend. Her arrival on social media allows Bush to open to the public as well as help her husband cater to the Latino vote, being Latina herself.
President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party members in Congress received better approval ratings than Republicans based on polling data on millennials.
This week in social media, the blame for your Facebook bubble was officially placed on... you. Meanwhile, Twitter bolstered its marketing team, Snapchat debuted new video ads, Pinterest raised $186 million in funding, and Meerkat cozied up to Facebook.
This week, the Pew Research Center released its recurring report on social media use among teens in the U.S. Among the survey's findings are some interesting insights on how young Latinos express themselves online.
South American, central western-located nation Bolivia will host the first-ever international conference on community radio and free software in Cochabama this year, from June 11-13.
