Social media
Analysis
The power of the network: Facebook is turning into an Apple lookalike
It's no accident that on this week's earnings call, Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg named an Apple service as Facebook's main competitor.
- by Leonid Bershidsky
Latest
'Heartbreaking': Facebook banishes controversial pages in political purge
Matt and his wife ran a group of left-leaning and anti-Trump pages as their only source of income, and tried to play by Facebook's rules. They were wiped out.
- by Adam Turner
Apps
App data predicts when, where Brisbane criminals will strike next
Researchers used artificial intelligence to create an algorithm, partly based on check-ins from location app Foursquare.
- by Toby Crockford
Daily Life
How a Mormon mum of six went viral blaming men for unwanted pregnancies
Gabrielle Blair blamed men for high abortion rates and even suggested making vasectomies compulsory - and the response was overwhelmingly positive.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Facebookâs vision for the future: Less news feed, more stories
When Facebook warned in July that its growth would slow, it had few answers for how it planned to fight that. On Tuesday, it came back with some responses.
Social media
What Canberrans care about, according to my Reddit travels
Because Instagram and Facebook are only making us stupid.
- by Serena Coady
Social media
Facebook sales growth hit by data scandal, but it's still adding users
Facebook reported quarterly revenue slighty below expectations and profit that beat analysts' forecasts. And despite recent scandals, it added more users, too.
- by Sarah Frier
Scandal
Cardi B unleashes on Nicki Minaj in expletive-filled Instagram rant
The online tit for tat between the feuding rap rivals does not look to be slowing down.
- by Genevieve Rota
Social media
Twitter looking to remove 'like' button to improve debate
The heart-shaped 'like' button will be removed as part of an effort to "incentivise healthy conversation", the social media platform said.
Tragedy
Controversial social media platform offline after synagogue shooting
The website where the suspected Pittsburgh synagogue gunman posted anti-Semitic views says it has been forced offline.
- by Trevor Hunnicutt & Paresh Dave
Elon Musk
'Worth it': Tesla's Musk doesn't regret tweet that cost him $28 million
Naturally, Elon Musk doubled down on his original tweet on Twitter.