• Mark Zuckerberg Says He Should Have Taken Fake News More Seriously

    Mark Zuckerberg Says He Should Have Taken Fake News More Seriously

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that he was wrong to dismiss the idea that so called “fake news” on Facebook influenced the election last year.  He originally called this a “crazy” notion.  I’m glad he has admitted to this wrong doing because it had a huge impact on the election.  We are finding out more…

  • Facebook’s Sending Employees to Puerto Rico to Get Internet Running

    Facebook’s Sending Employees to Puerto Rico to Get Internet Running

    Because of Hurricane Maria,  Puerto Rico has been mostly without power for about a week now.  Many are unhappy with the U.S. government’s response in terms of helping out or sending aid.  Some are calling it “lackluster”.  I’m not really surprised given the lack of resources the government has right now.  Which likely has to…

  • Twitter to Double the Length of Tweets from 140 Characters to 280

    Twitter to Double the Length of Tweets from 140 Characters to 280

    Twitter has announced that they’re going to be moving away from its traditional 140 character tweet limit.  They are now testing out a new 280 character limit for some users.  This is a bit of a controversial move by Twitter, but the impetus is coming from the fact that character and word count varies based…