Cybercriminals often impersonate brands to gain valuable data, and new research by Check Point Software has found DHL to be the brand most frequently imitated by cybercriminals. 

Scammers are stealing existing short-form videos from TikTok and reposting them as YouTube Shorts, racking up millions of views and gaining tens of thousands of subscribers, according to new research from Tenable.

TikTok has unveiled new details about the platform's work to safeguard and diversify its recommendation system. 

Virtual try-on tech has become the latest trend to hit the global online shopping market, with one platform reporting almost half a million outfits tried on in one week.

"The metaverse will feel like a hybrid of today's online social experiences, sometimes expanded into three dimensions or projected into the physical world."

The experiment, which inserts ads under the first, third, or eighth reply under a tweet, brings more advertising opportunities for businesses - and more ad saturation to its customers.

The majority of New Zealanders are concerned about data privacy, with 53% stating companies are requesting too much personal information.

Consumers think banks, retailers and mobile operators need to do more to protect them and their personal information from fraudsters.

The deepening of Hootsuite and Microsoft's alliance will enable brands to extend their reach through employee networks.

Snowflake has announced it’s been chosen by Linktree to support the company’s business intelligence and analytics activities.

A tech specialist says targeting social media algorithms is an important step to reduce extremist online content.

Facebook users are engaging just as much with ads as they are with each other, according to new data from Hootsuite and We Are Social. 

"Nothing is truly free, and, unfortunately, the current business model for free services means that, essentially, we pay with our data."

"Brands and organisations must grow their digital capabilities to connect with their customers on the social and messaging platforms their customers use, not the other way around."

"Big Tech has made mega profits by turning a blind eye to the true extent of misinformation on their platforms."

Organisers of the New Year's Eve Ball Drop Celebration are bringing the world's biggest party to homes around the world, live and direct from Times Square.

If a crisis unfolded, 38% would stop using an organisation’s products if they were caught up in a crisis that spilled online.

The acquisition will result in an integrated offering called Seismic LiveSocial, a social engagement solution for sales and client-facing teams.

The new alliance will bring a suite of social capabilities to Microsoft customers from Hootsuite’s 150+ app ecosystem.

National spent double on its Facebook marketing, and it wasn't enough.

B2B decision makers see social media as a means to discover new products and services, with YouTube leading the social platform of choice.

Organisations often limit social to the marketing department, but instead it should be connected into the ‘lifeblood and workflow’.

“Social media has been an integral part of the way we communicate with one another for a long time, but this evolution shows just how much it impacts multiple aspects of our lives right now, and in the future."

How do we avoid digital fatigue and stay connected? It starts with establishing a routine.