Instagram Launches ‘Stay Home’ Story, Instagram is launching new features in an effort to encourage users to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic. The first feature, launched over the weekend, is an aptly-named “Stay Home” shared story to promote social distancing. The second feature, announced today, allows friends to browse Instagram together over video chat. […]
Google Recommends Ways to Pause Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic, Google is providing guidance to businesses who wish to pause their online activity as the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow. These recommendations are geared toward helping businesses pause online activity while minimizing the impact on search rankings. Google says this advice is applicable to any business […]
LinkedIn Suggests 4 Types of Posts During COVID-19 Lockdowns, As activity on LinkedIn ramps up during COVID-19 lockdowns, the company has published tips on what businesses should be posting. Unsurprisingly, there has been a dramatic shift in the past month when it comes to the content people are interested in reading about on on LinkedIn. […]
The government is reportedly in talks with both companies about how to use your personal information to stop the spread of the pandemic. Google and Facebook Should Not Give Your Data Even to Stop Coronavirus, There are few pieces of personal information that are more, well, personal than your location. And, even in an era when users […]
How One Company Is Using A.I. to Predict Panic Over Covid-19. The Coronavirus Panic Index applies artificial intelligence to human behavior in real-time. How One Company Is Using A.I. to Predict Panic Over Covid-19, From empty grocery store shelves to empty city streets, there are many visible signs of increased anxiety over the coronavirus crisis. But how much […]
