Social media meltdown : #Facebook, #Instagram, #WhatsApp and #Messenger woes
Posted by DomainGang on March 13, 2019, at 4:12 pm
The entire Facebook family of apps is having severe connectivity issues today. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger are lacking features, or are completely inaccessible for many users around the world. The downtime is frustrating for those that use social media daily, for business or simple communication – including the sharing of information. Luckily, Twitter is […]
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Twitter gave the #Domain King his handle back!
Posted by DomainGang on February 17, 2019, at 5:45 pm
Rick Schwartz, the de facto Domain King, reclaimed his Twitter handle after someone else registered it in February. Rick’s return to social media wasn’t motivated by any willingness to start posting on Twitter – far from that. In his own words, the Domain King attributed his repossession of @DomainKing to brand protection: “Getting my @DomainKing […]
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#Domainers : The Twitter account #DomainKing isn’t who you think it is
Posted by DomainGang on February 13, 2019, at 9:37 am
In December 2017, Rick Schwartz made a decision to withdraw from social media, and Twitter was the first one he left behind. The Domain King closed his Twitter protesting about its slow response to recover TheDomains, Mike Berkens’s account that had been hijacked for a week. During 2018, Rick Schwartz announced how much better he […]
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Google+ reaches end of life on April 2nd
Posted by DomainGang on February 1, 2019, at 2:55 pm
Google Plus is reaching its end of life on April 2nd, and personal accounts will stop functioning at the time. Other functions will stop being available as early as this coming Monday, February 4th. Plagued by a series of serious security issues, Google’s dominant social networking platform is being phased out permanently. Google chose to […]
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Book of faces : This #domain can’t be touched by Mark Zuckerberg
Posted by DomainGang on April 11, 2018, at 2:55 pm
For the past two days, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is talking to politicians – many of which appear to be technologically inept – about his company. Facebook has been rushing to fix the gaping holes left behind by Cambridge Analytica and other rogue operators in the data mining field. Social media thrive on a very […]
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Uniregistry unifies accounts used on Twitter and Facebook
Posted by DomainGang on December 20, 2016, at 9:54 pm
Uniregistry announced that they are unifying the accounts they use on Facebook and Twitter. To ensure clarity of communications over social media, the Twitter handle @Uniregistry will be used as the official account. The matching account on Facebook is official, as is the one on Instagram. Uniregistry stated that by the end of December, the […]
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Domainers : Interact with Uniregistry on popular social media
Posted by DomainGang on November 29, 2016, at 9:53 am
Uniregistry has become a popular domain registrar, and its online presence extends to social media. Both Twitter and Facebook seem to attract thousands of domain investors, leading to interaction with companies that offer domain services. Although it’s evident that the account @Uniregistry is the official Twitter account, it seems that there are more appropriate accounts […]
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LinkedIn password leak : Mark Zuckerberg’s social media accounts got hacked!
Posted by DomainGang on June 5, 2016, at 7:04 pm
A leak of LinkedIn accounts and passwords originating in 2012, consisting of credentials shared among other social media accounts, is the most likely culprit in Mark Zuckerberg‘s latest account hack. The Facebook founder temporarily lost control of several social media accounts: LinkedIn, Twitter, and Pinterest. One would expect Mark Zuckerberg to be more careful with […]
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Social media newcomer Ello: We’ll never show ads and here’s why
Posted by DomainGang on October 23, 2014, at 6:46 pm
Social media newcomer, Ello, launched on the principle of not storing personal data and displaying no ads. Operating from Ello.co, the company appears to have taken the noble cause of its existence rather seriously, and converted into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), in the state of Delaware. Here’s the full announcement: Ello is a simple, […]
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By invitation only: Social media newcomer Ello built on .CO
Posted by DomainGang on September 25, 2014, at 1:23 pm
Social media newcomer, Ello, is a private and ad-free social network created by a small group of artists and designers. Ello, operating from the domain Ello.co, can be joined by invitation only. What sets Ello apart, is its promise for an ad-free environment, and a policy that opposes the gathering of personal data: “Virtually every […]
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Tweet #AmazonCart to add stuff to your Amazon shopping cart!
Posted by DomainGang on May 5, 2014, at 5:15 pm
Right as we thought that it doesn’t get any crazier in the world of social media, Amazon and Twitter come along to prove us wrong. A new joint feature of Twitter and Amazon allows people to find a tweet that contains an Amazon product and respond with the hashtag #AmazonCart, instantly adding it to their […]
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Klout sold for nearly $100,000,000 dollars
Posted by DomainGang on February 11, 2014, at 3:58 pm
Do you use Klout, the social ranking service? We don’t use it regularly, but apparently millions of others do. It seems that we need to be paying more attention to it though, as the company is very close to being acquired by Lithium Technologies, for a cash and stock deal worth at least $100,000,000 dollars. […]
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