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The African-American studies program hosts a symposium on race politics in the digital age Friday afternoon. PHOTO BY ELIZA SHAW/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Symposium talks race, social media

JenRacoosin December 11, 2017

Race, politics and social media — three of the hottest topics of the day — were discussed in the context of African-American history at Boston University Friday afternoon. Louis Chude-Sokei,...

The popular newsletter service theSkimm launched its new app, Skimm Ahead, which provides users with a unique feed of current events. ILLUSTRATION BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Skimm Ahead emphasizes accessibility, immediacy for mobile media

Morgan O’Hanlon April 20, 2016

Need to know when the next primary is? What about when Beyoncé tickets go on sale? Skimm Ahead, an iPhone app that’s an extension of the free, daily newsletter provided by theSkimm, launched...

Twitter will be implementing a new algorithm that prioritizes certain content to the top of feeds in an effort to highlight important information for users. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

#RIPTwitter sparks debate over site’s new algorithm

Preston Park February 11, 2016

BuzzFeed News spurred an impassioned Twitter storm Friday when it reported that Twitter would change its algorithm as early as this week. The report prompted a flood of tweets containing #RIPTwitter,...

Forty percent of students use social media as their primary method of contacting university tutors and lecturers, according to a study published Thursday by Jisc. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students use social media to stay in contact with tutors, instructors

J.D. Capelouto March 2, 2015

Upwards of 40 percent of university students use social media to stay in touch with university tutors and lecturers, according to a study by Jisc, a nonprofit British digital education and research company. Facebook...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology student Alex Grinman and his father Vladimir Grinman launched Greenline, an app that tracks above-ground trains in real time, on Thursday. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY WILLA RUSOWICZ-ORAZEM/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Greenline app tracks location of MBTA Green Line

Chris Fergus February 17, 2015

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology senior released an iPhone real-time tracking app  for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line Thursday using data provided by the MBTA. The...

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