In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Samasource CEO on bridging the digital divide and creating a global meritocracy
While aid programs in developing countries are ubiquitous, precious few empower the people they’re trying to help on a sustainable, ongoing basis. One that…
Facebook celebrates half-a-billion with half-arsed campaign
Facebook has just announced the mind-boggling achievement of 500-million active monthly users, placing it way out in front of all its rivals. It’s not…
Facebook showing real potential as a search engine
With the recent improvements to Facebook’s analytics via the new Insights Dashboard, I did a bit of research into the current search volume on Facebook…
Newspass: Why Google’s paywall plans may just work
Google has been quietly testing a new paywall system for publishers it is calling “Newspass”. According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Google has been…
