Following months of silence, reality television star Kim Kardashian reemerged on social media Tuesday, posting a photograph of herself with rapper husband Kanye West and their two children. Kardashian, who has 49.3 million followers on…
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Selena Gomez the master of Instagram in 2016
Pop star Selena Gomez dominated Instagram in 2016, enjoying more followers than any other celebrity and accounting for the site’s most popular photos. The photo-sharing site, releasing its figures for the year so far on…
New social media platform links hardcore music fans
Passionate about a band but too shy to share it on Facebook? A new site is hoping to carve out a niche in the crowded social media world by reaching the inner geek of hardcore…
Twitter eases process for verified accounts
Twitter said Tuesday it was streamlining the process for creating verified accounts, a move likely to boost the number of users with a “blue badge” icon. The social network said it was launching an online…
Pinterest ramps up e-commerce features
Online bulletin board Pinterest on Tuesday unveiled new features to facilitate shopping on the site, as the platform pushes to become an e-commerce hub. The new offerings announced at the company’s San Francisco headquarters include…
Instagram user base surges to 500 million
The user base of photo-sharing service Instagram has surged to half a billion, adding its latest 100 million in less than a year, the Facebook-owned application said Tuesday. “Today, we’re excited to announce our community…
Twitter looks to outside help in fighting abuse
Twitter on Tuesday announced that it is pulling together a council of outside experts and organizations to battle abusive behavior at the one-to-many messaging service. “With hundreds of millions of Tweets sent per day, the…
Facebook tests tools for dealing with former loves
The online social network devoted to making the world more connected on Thursday began helping couples break up. Facebook began testing tools that curtail how much ex-partners see of one another and their posts at…
#Travel: How social media has revolutionised tourism branding
More than 50 tourism ministers and deputy ministers from around the globe met to debate the challenges of branding their destinations at World Travel Market London, the leading global event for the travel industry, last…
How social media can open your relationship up to an affair
(By Leandie Buys) Social media is causing an infidelity epidemic, and it’s ruining relationships. Lately I’ve seen more and more couples who have experienced infidelity in their relationships, which was pursued through social media. Facebook,…