The richest celebrities
Forbes is out with its Celebrity 100 List, which ranks stars' pre-tax earnings from June 2017 to June of 2018. There has been a better time to be famous than now, according to Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Forbes senior media and entertainment editor. An unprecedented 11 celebrities earned at least $100 million over the past year. The entry-level salary on this list is $35 million. The entire group pulls in a combined $6.3 billion.
Angry attacks on Twitter
Rosanne Barr is just the latest person to end up in big trouble on Twitter. So what is it about Twitter that gives some people the feeling of freedom to be able to say whatever they want?
'Prom' at Citi Field
In January, a Staten Island teen's tweet went viral. And on Friday, her dream came true. Dressed in her blue and orange prom dress Callie Quinn got to take her pre-prom photos at Citi Field with a few players.
Congress and Facebook
After spending five hours in front of the Senate on Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent Wednesday testifying before the House, where the 33-year-old billionaire found a much more hostile audience. Zuckerberg faced questions about the future of his company. Lawmakers launched a range of criticism, including the apparent lack of diversity in the company's managerial ranks.
Facebook data scandal
Facebook's privacy scandal is much worse than previously thought—by millions of more users. Data on as many as 87 million people, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, a data-mining company linked to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, according to a post by Mike Schroepfer, Facebook's chief technology officer.
Studying the spread of fake news
The term "fake news" has taken over our politics. Those in power use that term to describe news stories they deem inaccurate or inconvenient. But it also refers to entirely fabricated stories posted on the internet for political or profitable purposes. MIT Professor Sinan Aral conducted the largest study of fake news online and how it spreads. His paper became this month's cover story in the journal Science.
Deleting Facebook
For many of us, scrolling or posting on social media is part of our daily routine. But social media's immersive presence and impact on our lives are leading many young users to seek relief and hit delete. Back in December, Hill Holliday's research group Origin conducted the survey of more than 1,000 young people across the United States. The key findings: 64 percent of users between the ages of 18 and 24 said they have taken a temporary social media break and 34 percent of them deleted their accounts entirely.
Selling (fake) social media followers is big business | What Is IT?
We've all had the reaction of judging content and individuals by their number of followers and likes and not by their substance. Surprise, surprise--in the world of social media, many followers and likes aren't real. Not only is fake social media following still a thing, it is big business.
Buying your social media following
We've all had the reaction of judging content and individuals by their number of followers and likes and not by their substance. Surprise, surprise--in the world of social media, many followers and likes aren't real. Not only is fake social media following still a thing, it is big business.
Social media and democracy
Facebook posted the first in a series of posts on its newsroom page about democracy and social media. It starts with an admission from the product manager for civic engagement at Facebook.
Digital detox
We're all guilty of spending just a little bit too much time on our devices, but experts say that can have real impacts on how we sleep, interact with others and even how we think. Recently, awareness has been growing of how our relationship with technology can turn toxic. Even the people who helped create the social media platforms we obsessively check now say as much.
Social media bishop
Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport has Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat accounts. He explained that social media is a powerful force in young people's lives. It has affected the way they speak, socialize, and communicate. So three years ago, the bishop decided to tap into that power. In doing so, he is following the holy father's example.
Senior dogs are the stars of Wolfgang2242
Having nine dogs in your house -- all senior, adopted dogs -- isn't easy. But Steve Greig wouldn't have it any other way. The dogs are only part of Steve's menagerie. Sally the duck, Stuart the rabbit and, perhaps the biggest scene-stealer of all, Bikini the pig are all part of the gang featured on Greig's Instagram account Wolfgang2242, where nearly 800,000 fans get daily doses of cuteness and laughs.
Meme star Tank Sinatra
George Resch wakes up, drinks coffee, and checks his Instagram like the rest of us. Except his Instagram account has more than 1.3 million followers. The Long Island dad, better known as Tank Sinatra, started his account about three years ago, making memes. Tank says he finds the human condition hilarious, the fact that we think we're so evolved, yet we all get jammed up by the same things.
NYC Marathon social media
Peter Ciaccia, the race director of the TCS New York City Marathon, talks about some of the social media and other digital extras that runners and spectators can engage with before and during the race. The race is like a multimedia experience.
Chloe the Mini Frenchie dies
Chloe the Mini Frenchie, as she was known on social media, had almost 200,000 Instagram followers and appeared in advertisements for major brands and even on magazine covers. Chloe's fans have also been crushed by her sudden death.
Nose hair extensions
You've heard of eyelash extensions, nail jewelry, and going gray for fun, but what about fur nails? Or squiggly brows? Or, perhaps most shocking, nose hair extensions? If you believe the internet, these are the new beauty trends, but good luck finding anyone willing to actually try one.
Millennial men and brands
Look out ladies, we are getting pushed aside! Millennial men are taking over as key consumer influencers, a title we've held for years. Millennial men are the most likely of any group within the population to be word-of-mouth influencers, according to a new report from social media monitoring platform Engagement Labs.
Social media during a natural disaster
We can probably fill in the sentence "Social media has completely changed _____" with almost anything. Thankfully, instead of reporting on the latest trolling tactic, cyber-bullying campaign, or scam, we get to tell you how Hurricane Harvey has apparently driven us to social media to mostly help our fellow man.
Live-streaming necklace
Frontrow is a high-definition camera the size of a quarter disguised as a necklace that lets you live stream up to 2 hours straight of, say, that epic tour of Jamaica that will put any self-indulgent vacationer to shame.