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Majority of Arab Youth Express Concerns About the Impact of Social Media Addiction on Mental Well-being

Bill Hartzer

The survey, conducted under the theme ‘My Lifestyle,’ unveils a concerning trend, with 74% of young Arabs admitting to struggling to disconnect from social media. Moreover, 61% acknowledge that social media addiction has a negative impact on their mental health.

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Why it’s time to break up with your biannual brand survey

Sprout Social

Maybe you think you’re in a happy relationship with your current brand survey routine. Commissioning a five-figure biannual brand perception survey—and spending multiple months on data collection and analysis—means the research you conduct will always be stale. What is a brand survey? But what about the rest of the year?

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New Social Media App Uncovers What Gen Z Users Want

The Realtime Report

New Social Media App Uncovers. Playsee , the fast-growing social media company that highlights neighborhood connections, today announced a major feature release. View and Interact With Content on Social Media. What Gen Z Users Want. How Playsee Boards Transforms How People.

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Apple Debuts iBeacon Location Technology in U.S. Stores

The Realtime Report

Apple’s iBeacon technology is looking to accomplish both, and after a successful run with the MLB’s ‘At the Ballpark’ mobile app at Citifield , Apple has now installed the location technology into its own retail stores. Last Friday, the technology debuted in 254 Apple stores in the U.S.

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Apple And Google Launch First Phase Of COVID-19 Contact Tracing. Will Americans Use It?

Forbes Social Media

A new survey conducted by The Washington Post and the University of Maryland found that a small majority Americans aren’t planning on using the apps, with nearly 3 in 5 Americans are either unwilling or unable to use the infection-alert system that Google and Apple have developed.

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Parler Ban: Employees At Apple, Google, And Amazon Back Booting Far-Right Platform

Forbes Social Media

Last week, Google, Apple, and Amazon cracked down on far-right platform Parler. This move stirred up a considerable amount of controversy, but surveys found that there is widespread support for the decision among the employees that work for the big tech firms.

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Why brands need a social media monitoring strategy

Sprout Social

If you find yourself spending more time switching between networks and running complex manual searches for mentions than interacting with brand mentions, then you’re in need of a social media monitoring strategy. What is social media monitoring? Monitoring and listening do often partner up in a company’s social strategy.