It wasn’t the most social happy hour, at least not for those of us back in the real world. But as we took turns trying out the Facebook’s new Oculus… Read More
The 20-year mark for most class reunions is usually a biggie for most people — and this year, the site that is known for connecting classmates and helping plan reunions… Read More
Since its inception, one thing has remained constant on Twitter: the default method of interacting with tweets has been in the form of an unfiltered, chronological timeline. Now, that’s beginning… Read More
Twitter has updated its mobile apps today to better support the company’s direct messaging service with a new setting that allows users to receive private messages through Twitter from anyone… Read More
Twitter wants to draw in more readers to its social network without requiring them to make an account in order to catch the latest Tweets. That’s the focus of a… Read More
People who want to add their own thoughts to retweets now have more room to do so thanks to a change Twitter began rolling out today. The social network revised… Read More
Twitter has launched its own foray into the mobile live video streaming market with Periscope, an app that allows people to broadcast live from their iPhone. It’s similar to what… Read More
Facebook is giving users a new way to look back at their history on the social network with a new feature called On This Day. It’s a way for people… Read More
Twitter and Foursquare have revealed a partnership today that will allow people to tag their exact location in a tweet. Soon, people will be able to tweet insufferably about the… Read More
Twitter has made it easier to report threats made on the social network to law enforcement agencies with a new feature it launched today. Once a user has reported abuse… Read More
Facebook has tweaked the gender options available on the social network so that people who don’t conform to a traditional male/female gender binary can have a profile that better matches… Read More
Twitter is trying to make it easier for people to share Twitter accounts with a new feature for TweetDeck. Called TweetDeck Teams, it allows a set of administrators to create… Read More
In this age of social networking, there’s one looming question: what happens when you die? It’s an especially important one for Facebook, which has more than a billion users, and… Read More
People who search for something on Google may soon start seeing relevant tweets pop up with their results. According to a report by Bloomberg, the two companies have reached a… Read More
Keeping up with Twitter can be quite a challenge. The 140-character social network moves at a rapid pace, especially during significant news events. I only follow a few hundred people,… Read More
Update: Twitter has said that its service has been fully restored, after an outage that lasted more than an hour and a half. Our original post follows below. In a development… Read More
People looking for the latest breaking news on their mobile devices may be more inclined to use Facebook after an update the company released today. Facebook’s Android app now shows… Read More
Twitter announced today that it has streamlined the abuse reporting process for users of its mobile app. Now, people who block users on Twitter will be able to also file… Read More
Want $15 off a $75 massage? Try checking Twitter. Seriously. The company rolled out a new Offers feature today that lets businesses promote their wares by offering Groupon-style deals on… Read More
Twitter brought in $361 million in revenue this past quarter, the company announced today. That’s an increase of 114 percent year-over-year from $168.5 million in the third quarter of 2013.… Read More
There’s a brand new scandal in Twitter-land: the company might be shaking up users’ feeds in the near future to make the social network behave more like Facebook. That bombshell… Read More
LinkedIn is making a new push for paid members with a slate of new features for its LinkedIn Premium service, and a new budget-oriented $9.99/month premium tier. The features, announced today,… Read More
Facebook announced today that new users of the popular social networking service will find that status updates only post to their friends by default. It’s a major reversal by the… Read More
Facebook users are going to see a more music- and TV-filled News Feed soon. The company announced today that it is going to update its apps for iPhone and Android… Read More
Amazon will not be sharing revenue with Twitter when a person adds an item to his or her shopping cart from the microblogging service. The new program, called #AmazonCart, allows customers… Read More
Facebook’s Messenger app for iPhone and Android was updated to version 4.0 today, and while users won’t notice much of a change, the update is a boon for people who… Read More
Deloitte Digital is taking a deeper interest in Seattle, buying social media consultancy Banyan Branch for an undisclosed sum. The deal marks the second big acquisition in Seattle for Deloitte… Read More
Now, more than ever, social media accounts can be the passports for users to connect to different services we use on a daily basis. A button that allows you to… Read More
If the smartphone wars get decided by time spent using the phone, Apple is winning handily. According to a new report from Experian Marketing Services, iPhone users spend an average… Read More
Whether looking for a job or a spouse, it’s more important than ever to be able to differentiate yourself and easily express what’s important to you. But, sometimes, words just… Read More