https://www.scmp.com/rss/305231/feed Tumblr is an online blogging forum founded by high school dropout David Karp. Yahoo bought Tumblr for US$1.1 billion in May 2013.  Tumblr also runs one of the world’s busiest websites, featuring 75 million daily posts. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Australia has joined other countries in announcing a ban on the use of TikTok on government devices, with some states and territories following suit. The rationale was based on security fears and, in particular, the risk that the video-sharing platform will be used for foreign interference operations by China. TikTok is operated by ByteDance, a company headquartered in Beijing, but incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Data is allegedly stored in the United States and Singapore. Like similar... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3217137/australia-needs-cybersecurity-overhaul-not-whack-mole-bans-apps-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3217137/australia-needs-cybersecurity-overhaul-not-whack-mole-bans-apps-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Apr 2023 19:00:15 +0000 Silicon Valley executives sometimes seem to believe they are proprietors of a post-racial paradise. The industry’s corporate campuses abound with immigrants, its investors say they like to bet on underdogs and its biggest companies preach the gospel of workplace inclusivity. “Diversity is a foundational value for us,” Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, said last year. “We probably have more resources invested in diversity now than at any point in our history as a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3148117/how-racism-silicon-valley-stops-many-asian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3148117/how-racism-silicon-valley-stops-many-asian?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Sep 2021 21:15:10 +0000 To the surprise of absolutely nobody, BTS are the top K-pop act of 2020 on social media platforms Twitter and Tumblr. Since 2017 theirs has been the most tweeted account on Twitter, meaning they were also the most tweeted musicians and K-pop group. BTS member Jungkook’s cover video of Lauv’s song Never Not is the second most retweeted Twitter post of the year, with more than 25 million views and 1.6 million retweets. The most retweeted Twitter post was one announcing the death of actor Chadwick... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/news/article/3113390/bts-and-blackpink-among-worlds-most-tweeted-musicians-2020-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/news/article/3113390/bts-and-blackpink-among-worlds-most-tweeted-musicians-2020-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:15:10 +0000 I was blindsided a few weeks ago by the question, “What’s a VSCO girl?” It was assumed that I’d know. I didn’t. So it’s finally happened. I’m officially so old, I need Gen Z to explain the latest pop culture phenomenon, or should I say meme. Replies from teens from Hong Kong to Europe to the United States came in rapidly in the form of videos or voice recordings. I suppose that generation is unaccus­tomed to typing anything longer than a social media post, and the VSCO girl lifestyle takes more... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/fashion/article/3032171/vsco-girls-rich-white-vacuous-and-way-out-you-even?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/fashion/article/3032171/vsco-girls-rich-white-vacuous-and-way-out-you-even?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:00:13 +0000 Tumblr is blocked in China. But today, Chinese internet users are joining the rest of the world in mourning Tumblr’s forthcoming ban on porn. On Tuesday morning, the news sent shock waves through Weibo users in China -- the hashtag was one of the hottest search topics on the social media, with users expressing their sadness. “Does it mean the more than 300 porn accounts I spent years following will be gone???” cries one of the most popular comments on Weibo. Other users said that they’re... https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/chinese-netizens-mourn-tumblrs-ban-porn-even-though-tumblr-blocked-china/article/2176351?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/chinese-netizens-mourn-tumblrs-ban-porn-even-though-tumblr-blocked-china/article/2176351?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Dec 2018 12:30:45 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS Tumblr is blocked in China. But today, Chinese internet users are joining the rest of the world in mourning Tumblr’s forthcoming ban on porn. On Tuesday morning, the news sent shock waves through Weibo users in China -- the hashtag was one of the hottest search topics on the social media, with users expressing their sadness. “Does it mean the more than 300 porn accounts I spent years following will be gone???” cries one of the most popular comments on... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3029021/chinese-netizens-mourn-tumblrs-ban-porn-even-though-tumblr-blocked?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3029021/chinese-netizens-mourn-tumblrs-ban-porn-even-though-tumblr-blocked?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Dec 2018 12:30:45 +0000 As a teenager, Tumblr chief executive David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City’s Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to drop out altogether to devote more time to his passion for technology. A few years later, Karp built Tumblr - the wildly popular blogging forum - from his tiny childhood bedroom, hunched over his laptop with bags of Tostitos. And on Saturday, the... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1242602/tumblr-founder-david-karps-mother-gushes-over-billion-dollar-baby?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1242602/tumblr-founder-david-karps-mother-gushes-over-billion-dollar-baby?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 May 2013 02:41:28 +0000 Yahoo has agreed to pay USUS$1.1 billion to buy blogging forum Tumblr, ranking it in among the top 10 tech deals announced this year, according to research firm Dealogic. Here’s a list of the top 10 tech mergers and acquisitions this year. Valuation is based on Dealogic’s criteria and includes debt: 1. Dell, to Silver Lake Management (original bid), Feb. 5, this year, US$20.7 billion for 85 per cent of company; 2. Dell, to Icahn Enterprises and Southeastern Asset Management (competing bid),... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1242596/yahoo-tumblr-among-top-10-tech-deals-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1242596/yahoo-tumblr-among-top-10-tech-deals-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 May 2013 02:30:00 +0000 It’s one thing to say tech geniuses don’t need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we’ve got David Karp, who doesn’t even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to Yahoo for US$1.1 billion. US high school students are roughly between the ages of 14 and 18. Which raises the question: When is it OK for a wunderkind to drop out of school? Some folks in Silicon Valley and elsewhere... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1242588/should-we-let-wunderkinds-tumblrs-david-karp-drop-out-high-school?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1242588/should-we-let-wunderkinds-tumblrs-david-karp-drop-out-high-school?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 May 2013 02:22:01 +0000 Yahoo’s board has approved a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for US$1.1 billion (HK$8.5 billion) in cash, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The deal, if confirmed, would be the largest for Yahoo! since Marissa Mayer took over as chief executive last year and could help the struggling internet pioneer regain traction with younger internet users. Neither Yahoo nor Tumblr commented on the report. But Mayer has scheduled a news conference in New York on Monday... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1241825/yahoo-buy-blog-maker-tumblr-us11b-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1241825/yahoo-buy-blog-maker-tumblr-us11b-report?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 May 2013 02:38:34 +0000