People need networking and interaction with others by nature. However, the pandemic has brought a lack of social engagement. Therefore, a thirst for joining a community still remains relevant. To fill ...

Join Mashable as we look back at all the viral moments, movies, memes, dating trends, hyped up tech, scientific discoveries, and more that have delighted and amazed us in 2024. Between misinformation, ...

Gone are the days when being registered on social media was seen as a novelty. Stepping into 2024, these digital communities have become integral to everyone's lives. Beyond the conventional reasons ...

Frederik Riedel was addicted to Instagram. It was the first COVID-19 lockdown and, stuck at home in Berlin, Riedel knew he was spending too much time on the app. He knew that he felt worse after using ...

Katharine Paljug is a financial writer and editor with over a decade of industry experience. Her writing has covered nearly every aspect of the financial world, from investing in forex to paying for ...

Many new social-media apps struggle to sustain user growth after going viral. Sensor Tower data shows major incumbents like Instagram and TikTok are still dominating. Can new platforms strategize for ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

Twitter first introduced its paid subscription in June 2021 in Canada and Australia and later expanded it to the U.S. and New Zealand. After Elon Musk took over the company, he hiked the price of the ...

Snapchat alerts users for all chat screenshots. Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger do so only with disappearing messages. Telegram and Signal restrict or block screenshots in secret chats. WhatsApp ...

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Joan Donovan is on the board of Free Press and the founder of the Critical Internet Studies Institute. Sara Parker works for the Media Ecosystem Observatory at McGill University. Their work is largely ...

Little known social media apps that are not included in the teen social media ban are topping the download charts, as teens make videos promoting their use (Image: Apple App Store/TikTok) Teens are ...