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Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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@thefatjewish: The King of Instagram

@thefatjewish: The King of Instagram | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Josh Ostrovsky, also known as “The Fat Jewish” or the “Fat Jew,” is making a new name for himself as an Instagram sensation. What started as an outlet to simply share funny memes and pictures has turned into a full-time job for Ostrovsky.

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Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $19 Billion

Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $19 Billion | Communications Major | Scoop.it

WhatsApp, the largest messaging service in the world, will now be under the command of Facebook.


WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app for smartphones, according to OnDevice Research.


Buying WhatsApp will only bolster Facebook's already strong position in the crowded messaging world. Messenger, Facebook's a standalone messaging app for mobile devices, is second only to WhatsApp in its share of the smartphone market.

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Facebook Is Erasing Doubts on Mobile

Facebook Is Erasing Doubts on Mobile | Communications Major | Scoop.it

\Customers of the social networking giant continue to shift toward mobile phones and tablets to gain access to the site instead of a PC.

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MySpace Is Back: Redesigned Site, Mobile App, Streaming Radio Service

MySpace Is Back: Redesigned Site, Mobile App, Streaming Radio Service | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Remember MySpace? Sure you do. You probably even have an old account kicking around somewhere from before you got hooked on Facebook and Twitter. Like from 2008, maybe? Well, it's been some time, but MySpace is re-entering the social media world (and a lot has changed!). The site is targeting the 13-30-year-old demographic. So, if you are 31+ no need to read further....

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The Rise and Rise of the 'Selfie'

The Rise and Rise of the 'Selfie' | Communications Major | Scoop.it

From Justin Bieber to the Obamas and Madonna, the self-taken cameraphone photo – now a staple of Instagram and Twitter – has become one of the cultural markers of our time.

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New App Helps You Avoid Friends. Have We Reached the Anti-Facebook Era?

New App Helps You Avoid Friends. Have We Reached the Anti-Facebook Era? | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Mercifully, there’s a new creation willing us to embrace our anti-social sides: Cloak, the app that tells you where your friends are so that you can avoid them at all costs.

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12 Banned Hashtags Tell Us What Instagram Is Afraid of Becoming

12 Banned Hashtags Tell Us What Instagram Is Afraid of Becoming | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Instagram has blocked a large number of hashtags — the keywords people use with "#" as a prefix to make their images more searchable — and unsurprisingly most of them are obscenities. The Data Pack has a large list of hashtags that Instagram has rendered unsearchable. You can tag your photos with them, but doing so is meaningless because no one will be able to search for them.

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Look Out Twitter, Vine: Facebook Announces 15-Second Video on Instagram

Look Out Twitter, Vine: Facebook Announces 15-Second Video on Instagram | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Following last week's introduction of hashtags on Facebook, the social network has announced its response to Twitter's popular six-second video app Vine by adding video on Instagram. Users will see...

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One Year Later, Half of Instagram's 100M Users Come From Android

One Year Later, Half of Instagram's 100M Users Come From Android | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Within a year after launching its Android app, nearly half of all Instagram's user base comes from the Google-powered operating system.

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Classic Movie Trailers Remade Using Vine App

Classic Movie Trailers Remade Using Vine App | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Vine, the 6-second video app, is launching many wannabe videomakers taking short shots of their walks, dinners and tourist attractions. But a new phenomenon has emerged. Making trailers of already-existing movies, presumably by pointing mobile phones at laptop, tablet or TV screens.

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