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...
If you are curious to know how the new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango feels like. You don't need to wait around in some store to demo it. Microsoft have made it possible for any iPhone or Android phone to test the new mango phone out. Will this actually lure iPhone and Android phone users away from their beloved phones to start using Mango is left to be seen. Back to the topic now if you want to test the Windows phone on your iOS or Android device all you need to do is to point your browser to http://aka.ms/wpdemo and you will be taken to the Windows Phone 7.5 interface and you can then play around with it to see how it works. You can also play around with it on your web browser, click here to try it out now. So go ahead and demo the functionality of the phone and let us know your feedback in the comments section below. An original post by Sociolatte