Category Archives: Apps

Artifact: Instagram’s Founders Return with a New Social App

Posted on February 6, 2023 by kexincheng

Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are launching Artifact, a new social app that combines “articles, facts, and artificial intelligence.” The new app is intended to deliver a personalized news experience based on your engagement and interests. At least … Continue reading →

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Slacking on the Job

Posted on April 15, 2019 by ray8t

This weekend kicked off the 2019 NBA Playoffs and it was a not a good start for the Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers lost game 1 to the Brooklyn Nets 111-102. Besides the upsetting loss, most of the chatter on social … Continue reading →

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Samsung Phone Home

Posted on April 8, 2019 by ray8t

If you have frequented Twitter the last couple of days, you may have noticed the big sponsored #SamsungGalaxyS10 as the top trending topic. Recently, the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S10 phone was released. Similar to the model made popular by … Continue reading →

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The Other Side of the Court

Posted on March 11, 2019 by ray8t

  A few blogs ago, I mentioned how the NBA had successfully integrated the social media landscape to its brand and marketing campaigns. It was refreshing to see one of the major sports leagues being able to adapt to the … Continue reading →

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The Super Bowl of Twitter Ads

Posted on February 4, 2018 by michaeldubbs

With Super Bowl Sunday upon us, the anticipation and excitement surrounding the big game is palpable. Living in the Philadelphia area, with the Eagles having a shot at revenge against the Patriots who beat them 13 years ago in Super … Continue reading →

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Crying Clown

Posted on March 21, 2017 by shangyuuuu

As social media is merging into people’s lives, we use social media to post regular pictures of our daily life, post stories of our daily encounters, we have followers, hundreds of it even thousands. The change for nowadays is that … Continue reading →

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“In the gym just workin’ on my fitness, my smart watch’s my witness”

Posted on March 13, 2017 by eclairesollecito

Like Fergie in the classic (if vexing) 2006 pop song, “Fergalicious,” I enjoy a good workout and “workin’ on my fitness.” I like to use my Samsung Galaxy S7 to track my progress on different apps. That being said, last … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, Diet, exercise, Fitness, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wearable Technology | 1 Comment

New specs, who dis?

Posted on February 21, 2017 by samsardella

We know what spectacles are…eye catching sunglasses used to record first person perspective 10, 20 or 30 second circular videos and automatically post to Snapchat. So far, the glasses have been used to go behind the scenes at the Golden Globes … Continue reading →

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How China Changes Internet

Posted on January 22, 2017 by shangyuuuu

I guess I was wrong to jump into the conclusion that China killed Chinese Facebook(Ren ren) , and is messing up with the social network apps adapted from the western world. After watching this short video in New York Times, … Continue reading →

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Will BOTs Change Customer Service?

Posted on April 16, 2016 by marcinczyk

Last week Facebook made a major announcement.  They informed the world that they are getting into the bot business by unveiling a bot platform into Messenger.  This is just a few weeks after Microsoft unveiled bots into Skype.  Up until … Continue reading →

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