• Could This Year Get Any Worse For Social Media Giant, Facebook?

    Could This Year Get Any Worse For Social Media Giant, Facebook?

    I thought I was having a bad year, but there is one company that might end up beating me in that category. And that’s Facebook, if you can imagine. The latest message that we are hearing is that we, as consumers, aren’t actually consumers, but the product itself. This seems to be the case with…

  • Apple is No Place for Hate Speech, According to Tim Cook

    Apple is No Place for Hate Speech, According to Tim Cook

    Tim Cook, the CEO for Apple, recently singled out white supremacists and violent conspiracy theorists saying that anyone who is looking to spread hate, have no place using any of Apple’s platforms.  We live in a time when hate speech has become the “norm”.  While this is hard for me to admit, it seems to…

  • Instagram Founders Leave Facebook to Pursue Other Opportunities

    Instagram Founders Leave Facebook to Pursue Other Opportunities

    When Facebook acquired Instagram six years ago, the two founders – Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger – made an agreement with Mark Zuckerberg that they would be able to operate it independently, despite the change in ownership.  That said, it hasn’t exactly worked out that way and the two have become frustrated.  Their timing on…