Tag: instagram
ShinyShiny snippets: Instagram influencer received ‘hundreds’ of obscene photos
Instagram influencer Jess Davies has received hundreds of obscene images. Picture: Jess Davies A social media influencer said she had been the victim of cyber-flashing for the past 10 years. Podcaster Jess Davies, from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, said she had received hundreds of unsolicited obscene images. Calls are growing for…
ShinyShiny tech roundup: Young should take break from Instagram, warns Nick Clegg
Instagram will encourage teenagers to take breaks after a series of damaging revelations about the social media app, Sir Nick Clegg has announced. Facebook’s PR and policy chief said Instagram would also nudge young users away from images that might harm their mental health and allow parents to supervise their children’s activity. “We can’t…
ShinyShiny tech roundup: Facebook blames ‘faulty configuration change’ for outage
Facebook has blamed a "faulty configuration change" for an outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its apps and services, including Whatsapp and Instagram, for nearly six hours. The platforms crashed on Monday afternoon, with users unable to send or receive messages or refresh their news feeds. In a Facebook post after…
ShinyShiny tech roundup: Twitter testing bigger pictures
Twitter is testing new changes to how photos and videos appear on its apps, closer to how images appear on other services such as Instagram. The new feature will expand visual media embedded in tweets to fill the whole width of a mobile phone's screen. Currently, images are indented next to a user's profile photo…
Shiny Shiny round up: Meet the Tokyo Olympics robots
The Olympic Games may be taking place a year late because of the pandemic, but it will still be a chance for host nation Japan to show off its world-class robotics technology. And despite spectators being kept away from the events by Covid restrictions, there will still be a string of robotic participants to help run the Tokyo…
The UK’s Top 10 Instagrammable Student Halls
It's all a far cry from tatty collective kitchens and paint peeling off the walls in grim looking tower blocks. Some of the UK’s most photogenic student accommodation boasts state-of-the-art features including a fully kitted-out music studio, an on-site nightclub and a host of stunning rooftop terraces. Chris Price reports The top ten most Instagram-worthy…
Chairnology: Furniture Tech For The Modern World
It’s no secret that designers and companies have been clutching at straws when it comes to choosing which devices need to be made smart. There are refrigerators which can browse the internet, mirrors which can recommend what to wear, and speaker systems which can have a conversation with you. Of course, though, there is a…
Average Brit spends decade of their lives using technology
The average Brit will spend the equivalent of a decade of their lives using smartphones, tablets and laptops - and share a staggering 92,053 social media posts, it has emerged. Researchers who carried out a detailed study discovered the true extent to which every element of our lives is conducted while holding or staring at…
Is YouTube’s reign as top influencer platform over? Instagram now more important, claims survey
YouTube influencers at the National Portrait Gallery Although synonymous with the rise of influencers such as PewDiePie and Zoella, YouTube’s reign as the principal platform for influencer content is over. At least according to new research released today by Rakuten Marketing. Instagram has dethroned the video streaming site as the most…
Has social media simply become too toxic for ALL corporations or is it just Wetherspoons?
As Wetherspoons announces it is pulling all its social media accounts with immediate effect, guest blogger Simon Poulter of Where Are We Now? wonders whether companies still need social media. Or it just the fact that the pub chain wasn't really very good at it that accounts for the latest move! There is, already, an…
