by Peter Suciu | Oct 17, 2023 | Forbes, Innovation, Social Media
Users who try to view a YouTube video while running an adblocker can expect to be greeted with a pop-up alert that warns that such apps aren’t allowed and those users were asked to either allow the ads or choose a paid subscription. Currently, just closing the...
by Peter Suciu | Oct 9, 2023 | Forbes, Innovation, Social Media
The platform formerly known as Twitter could soon employ a subscription model where subscribers have the option to pay more to see fewer ads. Bloomberg first reported that X owner Elon Musk is now considering a tiered option where the Basic tier would see...
by Peter Suciu | Sep 21, 2023 | Forbes, Innovation, Social Media
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, and it has resulted in a number of controversies—including how the leader’s comments about a grain embargo resulted in a rift with its staunch supporter Poland, and...
by Peter Suciu | Aug 12, 2023 | Forbes, Innovation, Social Media
Earlier this week, Truth Social tipped off the FBI about threats made by a user of the platform to kill President Joe Biden. Though it is unclear if the individual would have actually taken any action, the FBI took it quite seriously—and Craig Deleeuw Robertson was...
by Peter Suciu | Aug 1, 2023 | Forbes, Innovation, Social Media
When former Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson moved to Twitter in June, his first show was seen around 120 million times. That dropped by about half, and the numbers have only steadily fallen since. The most recent Episode 11, where Carlson conducted an interview...
by Peter Suciu | Jul 21, 2023 | Forbes, Innovation, Social Media
There is no denying that we do more with our mobile phones than ever, yet there is still much that is better with a monitor and full-sized QWERTY keyboard and mouse. Though shopping, browsing and otherwise interacting with a business is fine via a handheld device, the...