Lonely social media users can reach a trained volunteer listener for a chat via the new HearMe app. LightRocket via Getty Images. When the app’s designers had it on the drawing board, they ...

Lauv jumps through all his social media apps in the video for his power ballad “Modern Loneliness,” a commentary on technology dependence. Lauv filmed the video for “Modern Loneliness ...

But people also said they wanted to use social media to stay connected with others they care about and to view entertaining content. Brands, too, had shared their own complaints about modern ...

Photo-sharing app Lapse raised $30 million in Series A funding, its success built with a stripped-down social experience with no editing and delayed access to images.