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Facebook’s new News Feed focuses on multimedia [Video] 9 Mar 2013 | 04:43 am
Facebook has announced a greatly revamped News Feed that hopes to beautify all the content that you consume on the social network. The new News Feed separates the different categories of content, maki...
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason fired due to poor quarterly results 1 Mar 2013 | 04:49 am
Yesterday, Groupon hit us with a massively disappointing first-quarter earnings report, which saw its stock tumble by over 25% after hours, and now CEO Andrew Mason is out. Someone had to take the fal...
App.net introduces free accounts with an invitation system 26 Feb 2013 | 02:28 am
App.net has decided to remove the cost of entry for some users, as it now allows those with paid accounts to invite up to three people to the service for free. If you're unfamiliar with App.net, it's ...
Twitter t.co shortener adds two more characters, shortens tweets 20 Feb 2013 | 10:52 pm
If you thought that 140 characters was just not enough to thoroughly get your point across on Twitter, get ready, because any URLs you add to your tweet out are going to make them even shorter. Start...
Facebook to reveal ads targeted to user behavior patterns 7 Feb 2013 | 03:31 am
Facebook is now compliant with the Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program, and has to show the AdChoice icon in behaviorally targeted Facebook Exchange (FBX) ads. This allows users t...
Twitter acquires Bluefin Labs to create innovative ad products 7 Feb 2013 | 01:15 am
Twitter is expanding on its Nielsen deal to develop social TV ratings through an acquisition of Bluefin Labs, a firm specializing in statistics for television networks. The acquisition, says Twitter, ...
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom responds to backlash 20 Dec 2012 | 12:44 am
Instagram wants you to know that it hears your concerns and its doing its best to alleviate the symptoms of change. Accordingly, the photo-sharing service has altered the parts of its new Terms of Ser...
Twitter Partners with Nielsen to Create Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings 20 Dec 2012 | 12:06 am
Nielsen and Twitter are joining forces to create Nielsen Twitter TV Rating. Twitter, as we all know, is a social media platform that sees more than a billion tweets every 2.5 days on an inexhaustible ...
New algorithm attempts to debunk false information on Twitter 19 Dec 2012 | 11:07 pm
While Twitter has been described as a "self-cleaning oven" and a "truth machine," rumors do slip through and cause confusion, if briefly. A new study building on research done in 2010, analyzing tweet...
Instagram sees massive backlash for new terms of service 19 Dec 2012 | 10:59 pm
Instagram users are flocking to greener pastures after the photo-sharing service posted new Terms of Service this week. With the new TOS, users are required to consent to allowing the Facebook-owned s...
