Remember the early days of Instagram, when your customization options were limited to which hazy, oversaturated, or sepia filter to apply to your photos? I wouldn’t quite call them the good ol’ days since, as a long-time Instagrammer, I love all the platform’s new options for tailoring your user experience. But as much as I … Read more
The Internet Archive has been hit by a cyberattack, compromising the personal data of over 31 million users. The nonprofit organization, known for its Wayback Machine service, which archives web pages, is grappling with the aftermath of the sophisticated attack. Breach Details On October 9, visitors to the Internet Archive’s website were greeted with a … Read more
One of the biggest areas of contention in enterprise PPC advertising is conversion tracking efficacy. This is in part due to how difficult it is to get approvals, make changes to your sites, and ensure that there’s buy-in to how you will be tracking conversions. We’re going to dive into how to secure permission to get … Read more
Over the past decade, Instagram has grown exponentially, with more than a billion monthly active users. However, with that increase in users has come an equal rise in fake accounts. According to this report, as of 2019, there were approximately 95 million fake Instagram accounts, representing about 9.5% of the platform’s total user base. With … Read more
Meta has announced a change in policy for users in Europe. The company plans to give users more options to control how they use Instagram and Facebook in countries that are part of the European Union, the European Economic Area, and Switzerland. This shift comes as Meta prepares for new regulations from the Digital Markets … Read more
Dmytro Gerasymenko, the CEO of the popular Ahrefs SEO tool announced that they will not renew about 15% of legacy subscriptions in order to improve service for the majority of users. Account Sharing And Data Scraping It’s not uncommon for some in the search community to share their SEO tools subscriptions, and not just at … Read more
You need a free email account — whether it’s for networking, job recruitment, downloading resources, transferring files, setting reminders, meeting with colleagues, or something else. Even with the rise of office chat platforms, you still depend on email for a surprising number of things. But unfortunately, not every email service is completely free. And even … Read more
Microsoft announced that it recently blocked a group of hackers, which it labeled Storm-0558, that accessed email accounts belonging to around 25 organizations, including government agencies. What Happened With Storm-0558 In a blog post, Microsoft said it began investigating abnormal activity in some email accounts on June 16 after being notified by customers. Its investigation … Read more
YouTube cracks down on impersonation. The company will require fan channels to identify themselves to avoid confusion and curb deception. YouTube will require fan accounts to identify themselves properly. Fan accounts must make it clear they are unofficial. Impersonation and deception are against YouTube’s policies. !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); if( … Read more
In a striking revelation, more than 100,000 OpenAI ChatGPT account credentials have surfaced on illicit dark web marketplaces within the span of a year, from June 2022 to May 2023. According to a report by Group-IB, these credentials were unearthed within logs of stolen information which were subsequently offered for sale on underground cybercrime platforms. … Read more
Google updated its inactivity policy for personal Google accounts. It’s important to note how this could affect business protocols when using a Google account. Read on to understand the new policy and any measures you should take. The Policy Update Explained According to the policy, accounts that haven’t been used or signed in for two … Read more
Like so many founders who are facing the daunting task of learning yet another new social media platform, I was overwhelmed by the idea of starting a TikTok for my business. Coming from the world of finance, I don’t have a background in content creation, and I wouldn’t even consider myself a particularly creative person. … Read more
Out of all the social media platforms out there, Instagram is the most popular platform in the world. With more than 2 billion monthly active users, Instagram has a huge audience base and offers a high engagement rate. As a result, it has become a hub for creators, influencers, and brands to showcase their content, … Read more
On February 26th, our team became aware that access was obtained to a number of Buffer accounts and those accounts were used to spread support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The accounts affected did not have two factor authentication (2FA) enabled, indicating that this was likely related to reused passwords as there continues to be … Read more
