Social Media
Instagram rolls out age verification for UK users
Meta-owned social media platform Instagram is rolling out its age verification system for UK users that want to change their…
Misconfigured Clouds Spewing Sensitive Data, Warns McAfee
An increase in organisations’ use of cloud services to store sensitive information and a greater reliance on collaboration services for…
Sales Tech “The X-Factor” for Closing Deals, But Don’t Underestimate Human Contact
Businesses are increasingly investing in sales technology, according to a new report from LinkedIn, to help their staff close deals,…
Samsung App Replies for Drivers, Comes to Dutch Campaign
A Samsung Electronics application that automatically replies to social media messages whenever a phone is moving at more than 10km/h…
21 Million Timehop Users Affected By Recent Security Breach
Nostalgic social network Timehop is the latest company to face a major data breach. The app provider said 21 million of…
This 22-Year-Old Spanish Programmer is Building an Open Source, Secure Alternative to Facebook
Joel Hernández is frank about why he’s trying to launch Openbook, an open source, hyper-secure social network as an alternative…
“Sharenting” Cost of Data Losses to Reach £676 Million by 2030
New research conducted by Barclays reveals that children are being put at identity theft risk by parents oversharing on social…
Businesses: Watch out for Phishing, SMShing and Vishing
Companies face an increasing risk of social engineering-based threats to their security and data, Christoper Hadnagy, "Chief Human Hacker" of…
Social media Ad spending soars, despite Facebook scandal
Marketers in the UK are expected to invest £3.3bn on social media advertising in 2018, a 24% increase over 2017…
Twitter follows Facebook, Google banning cryptocurrency ads
Amid concerns over fraud, Twitter has said it will be banning cryptocurrency advertising like Google and Facebook have. The social…