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Archives for September 2018

Technology
Why should anybody trust Facebook with their personal data?Why should anybody trust Facebook with their personal data?
Technology

We asked CEO Mark Zuckerberg that same question.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Hackers may have accessed 50 million Facebook accounts in a new security breachHackers may have accessed 50 million Facebook accounts in a new security breach
Technology

Another security blunder for Facebook — this time just six weeks before the U.S. midterm elections.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Why Snap will get acquired before 2020, probably by AmazonWhy Snap will get acquired before 2020, probably by Amazon
Technology

On the first episode of Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway also discuss the Instagram co-founders’ dramatic exit and “tech bias.”

By Eric Johnson
Technology
It may be ‘data journalism,’ but Julia Angwin’s new site the Markup is nothing like FiveThirtyEightIt may be ‘data journalism,’ but Julia Angwin’s new site the Markup is nothing like FiveThirtyEight
Technology

Rather than analyzing data that others have collected, Angwin says the new nonprofit will be collecting data sets about technology that don’t exist today.

By Eric Johnson
How Facebook could screw up Instagram
Technology

Let’s hope it doesn’t.

By Dan Frommer
Technology
Facebook’s reputation as a good place for founders is suddenly under attackFacebook’s reputation as a good place for founders is suddenly under attack
Technology

Facebook’s David Marcus will have none of it.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Facebook’s recent ‘bear hug’ of Instagram frustrated its independent founders, leading to their exitFacebook’s recent ‘bear hug’ of Instagram frustrated its independent founders, leading to their exit
Technology

The popular photo and video app and its social network parent have become more intertwined. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger were not into it.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, are leaving amid frustrations with parent company FacebookInstagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, are leaving amid frustrations with parent company Facebook
Technology

Systrom and Krieger have shaped virtually everything about Instagram’s culture and product for the past six years.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Google is following Instagram and Snapchat with a big push into StoriesGoogle is following Instagram and Snapchat with a big push into Stories
Technology

Everyone loves Stories. Everyone including Google.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
It’s not crazy to imagine that Facebook Dating could become a multi-billion dollar businessIt’s not crazy to imagine that Facebook Dating could become a multi-billion dollar business
Technology

Facebook is launching its dating service. Will it launch subscriptions, too?

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Is it time for a ‘slow food’ movement for the internet?Is it time for a ‘slow food’ movement for the internet?
Technology

Nicole Wong, the former deputy CTO of the United States, lays out what that might look like.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Instagram COO Marne Levine is headed back to Facebook to become one of its top executivesInstagram COO Marne Levine is headed back to Facebook to become one of its top executives
Technology

Levine is taking over all of Facebook’s global partnerships.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Teens are hooked on social media. But how does it make them feel about themselves?Teens are hooked on social media. But how does it make them feel about themselves?
Technology

They’re well aware of its issues.

By Rani Molla
Technology
Jack Dorsey survived his grueling day in D.C.Jack Dorsey survived his grueling day in D.C.
Technology

A capsule review of tech’s visit to Washington: The Senate seemed serious, the House did not, and Republicans aren’t done complaining about bias.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
More than a quarter of Americans say they’ve deleted the Facebook app from their phonesMore than a quarter of Americans say they’ve deleted the Facebook app from their phones
Technology

Almost half of 18- to 29-year-olds claim to have joined the #DeleteFacebook movement.

By Rani Molla