Social Networks

Pinterest filed an official IPO application

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On March 22, the visual search engine Pinterest submitted an official application for an initial public offering (IPO). According to Bloomberg , during the IPO, the company can raise about $ 1.5 billion and get a valuation of $ 12 billion. As previously reported, Pinterest plans to enter the IPO in mid-April. In the application, the company also disclosed the latest statistics on the service. So, at the end of 2018, the monthly Pinterest audience was 265 million people against 216 million a...

Twitter enhances the moderation of comments on tweets

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Twitter is developing a new feature that will give service users the ability to hide unwanted comments on published tweets. The first testing of the new functionality was discovered by application researcher Jane Manchun Wong (Jane Manchun Wong) during the analysis of the Twitter code. The administration of the service confirmed that this function is under development. Twitter is testing replies moderation. It lets you to hide replies under your tweets, while providing an option to show th...

Mark Zuckerberg calls for more active regulation of the Internet

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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that regulators and governments should play a more active role in the Internet space in order to protect society. He stated this in his column for The Washington Post. Zuckerberg identified four areas where new rules are needed: data portability, election, malicious content and privacy. According to the head of Facebook, Internet companies should be responsible for compliance with the rules and regulations established in relation to malicious...

The founder and former head of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, announced the final departure from the company

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The founder and former head of Twitter, Jack Dorsey (Jack Dorsey), announced his final decision to stop taking part in the management of the company. According to Dorsey, in fact, he no longer participates in the management of the company, having transferred all his competencies to Dick Costolo , the current CEO of Twitter. Dorsey said that he would like to concentrate on working on the Square project (payment service). Jack Dorsey said: “We did not report my decision publicly, since ...

Pinterest shares on the first day of trading rose 28%

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The visual search service Pinterest began trading stocks on the New York Stock Exchange. They got the PINS ticker. At the opening, the value of the company’s shares rose by 25% from the IPO price – from $ 19 to $ 23.75 per share, while capitalization exceeded $ 12 billion. During the course of trading stocks continued to grow. At the end of the trading day, their value increased by 28.42% to $ 24.40 per share, while capitalization approached $ 13 billion. Pinterest filed an official app...

Snapchat has new filters for photo and video that change sex.

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Messenger Snapchat introduced new filters for photos and videos. With the help of one of them, men turn into women, and women into men. Over the course of a few days, these “masks” became a hit to test them; many users began to reinstall Snapchat. Why Snapchat, why? #catfish pic.twitter.com/b8nr30C0LX — Nev Schulman (@NevSchulman) May 12, 2019 Also in the application appeared masks, “rejuvenating” the image for a dozen years: graças o filtro do snapchat temos a versão mirim e it...

Zuckerberg sees its task for 2019 public discussions about the future of technology

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Each year, the founder and head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg sets himself personal and professional tasks for the next year. In 2019, he intends to hold a series of public discussions on the future of technology in society. He stated this on his page on the social network. “My task for 2019 is to hold a series of public discussions about the future of technology in society — about opportunities, problems, hopes and worries. Every few weeks, I will communicate with leaders, experts and...

Twitter began to self-delete offensive content

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Twitter introduces a new moderation policy, in accordance with which it will independently remove posts with offensive content, without waiting for complaints from users. According to a Twitter blog, the service can now identify 38% of abusive tweets. For comparison, last year, before the moderation policy change, this indicator was zero. The new policy led to the fact that users began to receive 16% less offensive comments from users on whose accounts they are not subscribed. In addition, a ne...

Twitter is testing a new way to view profiles

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Twitter has begun testing a new, more convenient way to view profiles on mobile devices. Now users will not need to leave the chronicle if they want to get acquainted with the profile of the person or community of interest. As part of the test, if a user is mentioned in a tweet, then simply click on his name with an “@” sign and his profile will be shown in a pop-up window. To return to the previous screen, you need to “swipe” the profile down. We’re testing an easier way to check ou...