Facebook announced that they will make it hard for Instagram users to hide the fact that they are posting advertisements without specific labeling. What better place to create exposure for your personal brands or services and potentially reach one billion users but Instagram? Thousands of business owners post content daily […]
New technology produced by Amazon was recently presented at two Amazon Go stores. The system is referred to as Amazon One, and enables shoppers to pay with the palm of their hand. A customer’s shopping experience is said to be better, quicker, and safer during this time of uncertainty due […]
The coronavirus pandemic changed the way we live our lives in more ways than one. It has created a time of uncertainty, especially for small businesses that weren’t ready for such a setback. From March to July, there have been more than 420,000 small businesses permanently closed according to a […]
Amazon announced they are launching a flying security camera drone in the near future. This drone is a product of its creator, RING – Ring Always Home Camera. This can fly around one’s home to record disturbances when the resident is away. Set to be released and available in 2021, […]
In order to stay connected economically, politically, and socially, it is important to have the ability to access computers and the internet. However, not everyone is able to access such technology. The “digital divide” is the increasing rift between the “underprivileged members of society, especially the poor, rural, elderly, and […]
Instagram and Facebook are updating their platforms to promote social distancing during COVID-19 to promote governmental enforced social distancing regulations. Instagram has teamed up with its parent company Facebook, to create an additional option in viewing social media. Users are capable of sharing their likes and favorited photos, videos, and […]
DVD players in many classrooms are either missing or broken due to ongoing technology problems at SUNY Old Westbury. Broken players in the New Academic Building (NAB) and in room F114 of the Campus Center often require faculty members who want to show a DVD to surrender a driver’s license […]
Following Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional testimony last week, the site has again responded to claims of leaking users data. The two day long hearing covered topics such as privacy and data collection of non-users. Facebook product management director David Baser wrote in a Facebook Newsroom post, “Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn all have […]
Many black women face discrimination in the workplace. Often this discrimination is related to them wearing their hair in its natural state. Black women are told that their natural hair appears unkempt and that they should wear weaves or straighten their hair to appear “professional.” The hair that grows out […]
When the phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison, no one could imagine anything ever taking its place. People could listen to music at home, anytime they wanted to. For over 100 years, the phonograph record (commonly called “vinyl” today, named after the plastic used to make the discs) […]
