Social network brings in independent charity in attempt to tackle misinformationFacebook’s fact-checking operation is launching in the UK, with the independent charity Full Fact selected to be the first British publisher to review and rate the accuracy of content on the social network.Posts,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Researchers suggest over-65s may lack skills to determine veracity of online newsOlder people are almost four times more likely to have shared fake news on Facebook than the younger generation, according to research published in the journal Science.On average, American Facebook users over 65... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite employing a small army of contractors to monitor posts, it’s clear the company is no longer fit for purposeWay back in the 1950s, a pioneering British cybernetician, W Ross Ashby, proposed a fundamental law of dynamic systems. In his book An Introduction to Cybernetics, he formulated his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
It is the dawn of 2019, and the week’s exhibitions offer an opportunity to revel in the mythological or unload your sins. From painting to K-pop to the female body rendered as doll, here are nine exhibitions and events to check out in the coming week. Trenton Doyle Hancock, “An Ingenue’s Hues and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ladies and gentlemen, start your weeping. “The Notebook,” Nicholas Sparks’ beloved romance novel, is getting a Broadway adaptation, with music and lyrics by singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. The artist announced the news while serving as a guest co-host opposite Hoda Kotb on NBC’s “Today”... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The CEO sets himself a personal challenge every new year. But after a bruising 12 months, what should he do next? When Mark Zuckerberg began his annual “personal challenges” in 2009, he set the bar pretty low: he dressed like an adult every day for a year. Subsequent challenges were squarely in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.co.uk has brought in a 'Buy for others' option on the detail page for Kindle books to allow people to gift ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Moves to oust the company’s leadership team of Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg suddenly look a lot more serious as its legal position becomes more perilous So far, the public and political reaction in the US to Facebook’s grave misdeeds has been surprisingly muted. That’s about to change.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tufts University economist Sean Cash doesn’t normally dabble in the valuations of giant tech companies. As the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy professor puts it, “My bread and butter is bread and butter.” But a few years ago, Cash got interested in answering the question of how... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just about 24 hours ago, we published a story recapping Facebook's terrible 2018. But the year isn't over, and it looks like the drama is going to continue until the bitter end. According to an investigation by The New York Times that cites interview... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is closing out a bruising 2018 filled with high-profile scandals. It started with additional fallout from Russian election meddling and soon included misinformation, Cambridge Analytica, security breaches, and a shady opposition research firm. A new report published just this week found... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
No combination of settings can stop location data being used by advertisers, says reportFacebook targets users with location-based adverts even if they block the company from accessing GPS on their phones, turn off location history in the app, hide their work location on their profile and never... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sourcebooks has acquired most of the assets of Poisoned Pen Press and said that the mystery publisher will become Sourcebooks' mystery imprint. In addition, most of the PP staff, including editor-in-chief Barbara Peters and founder Robert Rosenwold, will become Sourcebooks employees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers using mobile ad network Facebook Audience Network now have another bidding option: the Open Bidding program from Google. The social network wrote in a blog post announcing the move, "Publishers are increasingly using unified auctions to maximize their advertising revenue. Bidding, as... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2018-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The social media giant’s troubles have led to lawsuits, House of Commons hearings and several apologiesFacebook disclosed on Friday that a bug may have affected up to 6.8 million users, allowing app developers to see photos that users had uploaded but never posted – but this was hardly the first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Sean Parker crossed California's beach access police over his wedding in Big Sur, the tech billionaire agreed to create a coastal access app for the people. The app launches Thursday after an unusual collaboration between two very different, but very California, worlds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A bomb threat forced the evacuation Tuesday afternoon of a building on Facebook’s campus in Menlo Park, Calif., authorities said. Bomb detection dogs searched the building at 200 Jefferson Drive and found no suspicious packages or devices, the Menlo Park Police Department said. The incident began... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
They're reading an average 73 hours per year, says Canada's big ebook and audiobook service, and Rakuten Kobo sees a lot of US politics on its most-read lists in 2018. The post Rakuten Kobo’s 2018 Bestselling Ebooks and Reading Trends appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
First Media decided to join Snapchat after the platform no longer required publishers to share only exclusive content. The post Viral publisher First Media joins Snapchat with repurposed Facebook video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
And Other Stories has secured a five-book deal with award-winning Australian author Gerald Murnane. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]