Augmented reality’s awkward phase will be long and painful
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This Week in Apps: TikTok viral hit breaks Spotify records, inauguration boosts news app installs, judge rules against Parler
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as …
Twitter suspends Iran’s supreme leader over a threatening post of Trump golfing as an ominous aircraft flies overhead with the words ‘revenge is inevitable’
Twitter suspended the account of Iran’s surpeme leader after he tweeted a threatening message to former President Donald Trump. The post from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei featured an image of an …
Clap your mittens: Bernie Sanders makes his way to Seattle in meme that is taking over social media
Bernie Sanders makes for a meme-worthy guest at the GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo Illustration) Slumping, socially distanced Bernie Sanders has made his way to Seattle. As the internet continues to …
Joe Biden got 5 million followers in less than 24 hours after the @POTUS account was purged of everyone who followed it under Trump
Joe Biden gained 5 million followers in less than 24 hours after taking over the @POTUS account. Before it had 33 million followers amassed under Presidents Obama and Trump. But …
Twitter locked the account of China’s US embassy over a post that called Uighur women ‘baby-making machines’
On January 7, China’s US embassy posted a tweet referring to oppressed Uighur women as “baby-making machines.” Twitter removed the tweet on January 9, saying it violated the company’s “policy …
Tesla is hiring a customer support specialist to ‘address social media escalations’ aimed at Elon Musk
Tesla is hiring an “Energy Customer Support Specialist” to help with the customer service. In particular, the role calls for someone to “address social media escalations directed at” CEO Elon …
When Joe Biden Takes the White House, He’ll Also Take @WhiteHouse Twitter
On Wednesday, as President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. completes his transition into the White House, several social media companies will be completing their own transitions of highly followed official accounts. …
How Joe Biden Will Take Over the Trump Administration’s Twitter Accounts
On Wednesday, as President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. completes his transition into the White House, several social media companies will be completing their own transitions of highly followed official accounts. …
Former Trump campaign spokesman claims the only reason the president isn’t denouncing the Capitol riot more is because Twitter and Facebook banned him
A former spokesman for President Donald Trump has claimed that the president cannot denounce the Capitol rioters because he no longer has a platform to. In the wake of the …