Tag: Social Media

Social Media small brains

Scholar Says Social Media is Shrinking our Brains, no cause for Worry Though

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Social media is addictive, no doubt about that and since humans are social beings, you may find yourself spending an awful amount of time...

This year’s Oscars broke the record for the most tweets sent in a minute for the award show

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Twitter is a great place to follow a live event or talk about it and the company knows that fact very well. They have...

Debunking Digital Marketing: Interview with Ahmed Salim

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Digital marketing has taken prominence over the last couple of years and it is thanks to more and more people using the internet. Brands...
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This social network gives you the opportunity to be surveilled in an artistic way

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In most social networks like Instagram or Twitter, you end up acquiring followers as you interact with people on the network. These followers could...

COFEK criticizes Durex on Twitter, Uproar Ensues

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COFEK (Consumers Federation of Kenya) is an organization that fights for consumer rights in the country. They have a Twitter account @ConsumersKenya and they have...
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Self Confessed Avocado Fanatic Creates Website to net Valentine’s Date

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You know, it is that time of the year when love is in the air  and cupid is busy randomly shooting his laced arrows...

To Be a Social Media Manager in Kenya: Interview with Naomi Mutua

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The rise of social networking sites has brought about a new industry where official accounts of brands need to cater to their customers, promote...

LIVELUVO: On Making A Digital Village

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Village. Sounds old fashioned right? Something only our parents and a number of us know all too well from experience. However people like me,...

What to Expect In The Social Media Front In 2016

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Disruption of how you read articles online Facebook shook the industry by introducing Instant Articles, a platform that aims to revolutionize how we read articles...

Jimmy Gait’s “Hello” Cover Causes Social Media Uproar

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Adele's Hello has been a smash hit all over the world and as expected, other musicians have released several covers to the song. Our...

Brazilian Racist’s Messages Posted on Neighbourhood Billboards

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Cyberbullying is one of the biggest problems on social media and although there are several ways to counteract this, it still rears its ugly...
Social media gaffe

Lessons from the Strathmore University drill about obtaining information from social media

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Twitter is really good at disseminating  breaking news items and this has its merits and its disadvantages. The merits include the rapid transfer of information...

4 Ways You can Follow Events Surrounding Pope Francis Kenya Visit

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Pope Francis has finally landed in Kenya and this is a big deal since the last time we were visited by a Pope was...

Soon your Social Media History will be used to Create your Virtual Self

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Internet based companies like Google and Facebook have a lot of data about us. They know our friends, how we look like, our commute...

Social Media Spat Exposes Gap on NHIF Consumer Education

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Consumer education or better still, public education can be done effectively by social media platforms. This is why governments, NGOs and private companies have...
people lie on social media

Research: Two Thirds of People lie on Social Media

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We have seen cases of people across the social media landscape who post updates which are later uncovered to be jacked from someone else...
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How to Handle Online Publicity: Interview with Mwirigi

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Today is the social media awards day and in the spirit of recognizing various personalities that have made an impact in their own way...
Facebook creeps

7 girls raped in Uganda by people they met on Facebook

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Social media has enabled people to connect and sometimes ultimately meet if it seems you share common interests. This could mean you can meet...
using Twitter as a data source

Using Twitter as a Data Source is Challenging: PhD candidate explained

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Twitter generates a lot of data every day. Over 500 million tweets are generated from its over 316 million active users. You would expect...
blood moon

Here are some of the best “Blood Moon” pictures that were posted on social media

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“Blood Moon” is a colloquial term  noted for a specific type of lunar eclipse where the moon appears to have a reddish hue. It has...

Another Social Media Experiment Shows Kids Still fully Trust Strangers on Facebook

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Coby Persin has yet again done another social experiment that seeks to inform people about the dangers of social media. Unlike the previous one...
selfie spoon

Out with the Selfie Stick, in Comes the Selfie Spoon

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The selfie stick is one of the many things that have popped up thanks to social media’s need for vanity and the vanity in...

Facebook Most Trusted by the Young as Snapchat and Blogs Score Poorly Among the Old

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A report by Accenture Interactive’s Acquity Group called the Next Generation of Commerce Study that looks at the way digital technologies such as social media...

You Say Retweets do not Equal Endorsement, this guy was Arrested by FBI for Retweets

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You always see people on Twitter writing this specific quote in their bios “Retweets are not endorsements” so as to avoid litigation of some...
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Brazilian Mayor accused of stealing public funds ran the town on Whatsapp

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Lidiane Leite, a 25 year old mayor of a small town in Brazil called Bom Jardim is on the run after she was accused...
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Facebook Leads Other Social Networks in E-commerce

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In the pursuit of monetizing their platforms, social media platforms have seen the need to delve into  e-commerce in a bid to leverage on...

NASA has Joined Tumblr, Expect a Flurry of Cool Space GIFs

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NASA has a huge presence on social media: They have official Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter accounts. Now, they have joined Tumblr in...

Blab is What Periscope Should Have Been From the Start

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One thing that is common between new age  live-stream apps like Meerkat & Periscope is that the only social part of it is in...

James Woods Files a $10 Million Lawsuit Against Twitter troll

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Remember the film White House Down? James Woods was the head of the presidential detail who performed an act of treason. Yes, that guy...

Increased Social Media use Linked With Poor Mental Mealth

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Social media use is now part and parcel of our lives. If you use the internet regularly, you may have several accounts in...

This Social Networking Website Connects People who want to be Inspired

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Inspirational messages have always lurked around in social media. One of the earliest forms of social media was the email and people have...

Beme is a Stripped Down but Equally Interesting Version of Snapchat

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Casey Neistat released a video where he laments he's not happy with the current social networking format. On social media networking sites,  they...
Twitter

Here’s Why Your Twitter Background Has Disappeared

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When I logged in on Twitter via the web client in the morning, the interface was weird, but I couldn't point exactly at...

Website To Assist People Commit Adultery Hacked, Brings up Question of Digital Footprint

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According to a report by Krebs on Security done on July 15th, an online cheating website, AshleyMadison.com has been backed where its 37...
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How To Follow the Eid-Ul-Fitr Celebrations on Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram

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One of the best thing about Snapchat is the Live feed, where you can view snaps from all over the word about certain...

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