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Understanding Instagram’s attack on YouTube Last week, at an event held in San Francisco, Instagram's CEO Kevin Systrom made two fairly momentous announcements: that Instagram's… June 25, 2018
What do Data Scientists know? What makes the problem of disinformation abuse and subversion on the largest social media platforms so intractable is the vast chasm… February 5, 2018
Why $1,000 makes sense for the iPhone X Apple will reveal the next iteration of the iPhone tomorrow, Tuesday, September 12th. The iPhone X is perhaps the most speculated-about… September 11, 2017
Unpacking Snapchat’s risks from its IPO filing Last Thursday, Snap, the maker of Snapchat, submitted its S-1 filing to the SEC, initiating its Initial Public Offering process. Snap's… February 6, 2017
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