In the span of just 48 hours this week, two separate juries in two different US states delivered verdicts that could reshape the entire social media industry — not because of the dollar amounts involved, but because of what those verdicts legally establish for the first time. On Tuesday, March 24, a jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. Less than 24 hours later, on Wednesday, March 25, a jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and Google (YouTube) liable for engineering addiction in young users — finding them negligent in the design of their platforms and awarding a further $6 million in damages. Two days. Two states. Two juries. Both pointing at the same conclusion: that Big Tech can no longer hide behind the legal shields it has relied on for nearly three decades. This is the story of what happened, why it matters far beyond the headline numbers, and what comes next for the s...
Image Credit: Getty Images It seems all mobile phone manufactures are heading the way of offering cheap phones. We covered Apple' s plan to launch a whole new cheaper iPhone 4 in emerging markets and now Nokia is taking the competition to a whole new level. Inspired by the local markets in Africa and Asia where the need of the hour is not high end Apps but the ability to use dual-sim phones. The reason for this is because alot of people in these countries prefer using prepaid sin cards rather that the postpaid which is costlier and can run into heavy bills. On the other hand a prepaid SIM can be used for as long as you need it and when you find another phone company offering lower tariff plans the old SIM can be ditched for a new one and with number portability you still retain your old number. Nokia will be launching the 101 and the 100 in Q3 and Q4 of 2012 respectively. The Nokia 101 will cost approx $35 and the 100 will cost approx $29. Check out the features of the phones be...