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ShinyShiny tech stories: Twitter prohibits image sharing without consent
Twitter is prohibiting the sharing of private images and videos without the consent of the people involved. Although publishing private information is already banned on the platform – as is sharing private nude images – the new policy covers images and videos of people in ordinary settings too. It has raised questions about the ability for…
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 daily round up: £3K budget EV outselling Tesla
A budget electric vehicle (EV) selling in China for $4,500 (£3,200) - pictured above - is now outselling Tesla's more upmarket cars. The compact car is proving a big hit for state-owned SAIC Motor, China's top automaker. The Hong Guang Mini EV is being built as part of a joint venture with US car giant…
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…
