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: TuneWiki TuneWiki the popular Music and Lyrics streaming site is now available on WP7 for free. The highlight of the service is the ability to play music with synchronized lyrics. In addition to listening and checking out the song lyrics you can even comment and discuss the same with other users. Once you like a song you can also share the same with your friends. If you have the lyrics to a song you can also share it with your network of friends. The lyrics to each song can also be translated into 40+ languages. So no matter where you are in this world you can listen to your favorite songs and get the lyrics in your local language as well. Another popular feature with TuneWiki is the ability to listen to songs and then comment on and discuss the meaning of the song and what the lyrics actually mean. This is one really cool and fun feature as you know we are always trying to find out what a song really means and sometimes we also look for hidden meanings. The app also has a feat...