- Get Ready for Facebook's Phone-First New News Feed (Now with More Ads!) Rebecca Greenfield - The Atlantic Wire - 3 hrs ago
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- In death, Facebook photos could fade away forever LAUREN GAMBINO - AP - 5 hrs ago
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — A grieving Oregon mother who battled Facebook for full access to her deceased son's account has been pushing for years for something that would … More »In death, Facebook photos could fade away forever
- Facebook to showcase new look for newsfeed on March 7 Alexei Oreskovic - Reuters - 5 hrs ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will unveil a new look for its popular "newsfeed" next week, the latest move by the Web company to revamp key elements of its 1 … More »Facebook to showcase new look for newsfeed on March 7
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will unveil a new look for its popular "newsfeed" next week, the latest move by the Web company to revamp key elements of its 1 billion member social network. Facebook will showcase the newsfeed makeover at a media event on March 7 at its Menlo Park, California headquarters, the company …
- Facebook privacy bill backed by Colorado House AP - 6 hrs ago
A social media privacy bill that would prevent employers from requiring employee passwords has won initial approval in the Colorado House.The bill would not prohibit … More »Facebook privacy bill backed by Colorado House
A social media privacy bill that would prevent employers from requiring employee passwords has won initial approval in the Colorado House.The bill would not prohibit companies from looking at Facebook ...
- Facebook to showcase "new look" for newsfeed Reuters - 7 hrs ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will hold a media event on March 7 at its Menlo Park, California headquarters to showcase a "new look for newsfeed," the company … More »Facebook to showcase "new look" for newsfeed
- News Summary: Facebook photos and death The Associated Press - AP - 8 hrs ago
DIGITAL AND DEATH: The Oregon Legislature recently took up a proposal that would have made it easier for loved ones to access the "digital assets" such as Facebook photos … More »News Summary: Facebook photos and death
DIGITAL AND DEATH: The Oregon Legislature recently took up a proposal that would have made it easier for loved ones to access the "digital assets" such as Facebook photos of the deceased, only ...
- Twilio copies Facebook tactic: funding other startups Gerry Shih - Reuters - 14 hrs ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Years before becoming a publicly traded internet juggernaut, Facebook tried an unorthodox tactic to expand its influence - giving start-ups … More »Twilio copies Facebook tactic: funding other startups
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Years before becoming a publicly traded internet juggernaut, Facebook tried an unorthodox tactic to expand its influence - giving start-ups money to build Facebook apps. Now, unlisted internet telephony firm Twilio and its financial backer are attempting to recreate Facebook's success. Twilio said …
- Facebook, Google tech gurus to design cancer research game Kate Kelland - Reuters - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists from a British cancer charity are teaming up with technology gurus from the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google to design and develop a … More »Facebook, Google tech gurus to design cancer research game
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists from a British cancer charity are teaming up with technology gurus from the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google to design and develop a mobile game aimed at speeding the search for new cancer drugs. The project, led by the charity Cancer Research UK, should mean that anyone with a smart phone …
- Facebook buying Atlas ad business from Microsoft MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is buying a set of online advertising tools called Atlas from Microsoft in its latest attempt to build a more effective marketing system … More »Facebook buying Atlas ad business from Microsoft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is buying a set of online advertising tools called Atlas from Microsoft in its latest attempt to build a more effective marketing system around its social network.
- Facebook buys Microsoft ad technology platform Reuters - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had agreed to buy advertising technology from Microsoft Corp that measures the effectiveness of ads on its … More »Facebook buys Microsoft ad technology platform
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had agreed to buy advertising technology from Microsoft Corp that measures the effectiveness of ads on its website, which should help in its fight with Google Inc for online advertising revenue. Under the long-rumored transaction, Facebook will purchase the Atlas …
- Facebook says it's buying Atlas advertising business from Microsoft AP - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
Facebook says it's buying Atlas advertising business from Microsoft. More »Facebook says it's buying Atlas advertising business from Microsoft
Facebook says it's buying Atlas advertising business from Microsoft.
- Twitter Treading Warily on Road to IPO Richard Satran - US News - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
The tweets just keep coming for Twitter--thousands per second by latest count. But the giant of social media one-liners needs to show a year of steady revenue growth … More »Twitter Treading Warily on Road to IPO
The tweets just keep coming for Twitter--thousands per second by latest count. But the giant of social media one-liners needs to show a year of steady revenue growth if it hopes to avoid Facebook's disappointing stock market debut and the serious failure of others like Groupon and Zynga.
- This Is Where the Twitter Vortex of 'Wow' Ends Rebecca Greenfield - The Atlantic Wire - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
There's a new little Twitter game happening that we will call the Vortex of Wow in which someone tweets "Wow." and then a link to another person tweeting "Wow." with … More »This Is Where the Twitter Vortex of 'Wow' Ends
There's a new little Twitter game happening that we will call the Vortex of Wow in which someone tweets "Wow." and then a link to another person tweeting "Wow." with a link to another person tweeting "Wow." and then, well, you get the picture. Before you get sucked into the terrible trap, the Vortex of Wow ends at the following …
- China's Tencent to delve deeper into Indonesia social media market Reuters - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings, China's biggest online gaming and social networking company, has set up a joint venture with Indonesia's biggest media group PT … More »China's Tencent to delve deeper into Indonesia social media market
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings, China's biggest online gaming and social networking company, has set up a joint venture with Indonesia's biggest media group PT Global Mediacom to tap the country's growing social media market. The venture will further promote Tencent's highly popular mobile chatting app WeChat, which …
- The Week contest - Facebook refunds The Week's Editorial Staff - The Week - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
What should Mark Zuckerberg do with his big tax refund? More »The Week contest - Facebook refunds
- Visual-effects protest spreads to Twitter, Facebook Brent Lang - Reuters - Wed, Feb 27, 2013
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Visual-effects workers have already taken to the streets outside the Oscars to protest the layoffs and bankruptcies roiling their industry. … More »Visual-effects protest spreads to Twitter, Facebook
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Visual-effects workers have already taken to the streets outside the Oscars to protest the layoffs and bankruptcies roiling their industry. Now they're taking the message to Facebook and Twitter in a series of coordinated protests. To show their solidarity, they are plastering their social media …
- Donald Trump Explains Why He Called Django Unchained 'Racist' In Tweet Access Hollywood - Wed, Feb 27, 2013
Donald Trump - who appears to be positioning himself as a movie critic - has furthered explained why he's dubbed "Django Unchained" a "racist" movie. More »Donald Trump Explains Why He Called Django Unchained 'Racist' In Tweet
- The Known, Unknown, and Unknowable of Twitter's $10 Billion Valuation Rebecca Greenfield - The Atlantic Wire - Wed, Feb 27, 2013
In all this Twitter $10 billion valuation talk a lot of theoretical numbers and estimates get thrown out there as fact. Using such numbers The Wall Street Journal's Dennis … More »The Known, Unknown, and Unknowable of Twitter's $10 Billion Valuation
In all this Twitter $10 billion valuation talk a lot of theoretical numbers and estimates get thrown out there as fact. Using such numbers The Wall Street Journal's Dennis K Berman asserted that "the facts" proved the platform's rumored worth, even though he later couched that by saying "Twitter isn't worth $10 billion …
- By the NRA's Rules, Its Twitter Mistake About Guns Disqualifies It from Discussing Guns Elspeth Reeve - The Atlantic Wire - Wed, Feb 27, 2013
"The worst mass murders in this country’s history have been committed with things other than firearms #StopFeinstein," the NRA account tweeted Wednesday morning. Whoa, … More »By the NRA's Rules, Its Twitter Mistake About Guns Disqualifies It from Discussing Guns
"The worst mass murders in this country’s history have been committed with things other than firearms #StopFeinstein," the NRA account tweeted Wednesday morning. Whoa, what could the NRA be talking about? Was this an Oliver Stone-esque reference to nuking Hiroshima? A long-forgotten ax murder case? No. During Sen. Diane …
- Will Twitter make an impact in Kenya's elections next week? Frederick Nzwili - Christian Science Monitor - Wed, Feb 27, 2013
Social media – tweets, tags, pokes, posts, uploads – were not part of Kenya's last election. So new media can't be blamed for the violence that dented Kenya's image of … More »Will Twitter make an impact in Kenya's elections next week?
Social media – tweets, tags, pokes, posts, uploads – were not part of Kenya's last election. So new media can't be blamed for the violence that dented Kenya's image of stability in 2007.
- Liberal Super PAC's Twitter Rant Attacks Mitch McConnell for 'Chinese' Wife Connor Simpson - The Atlantic Wire - Tue, Feb 26, 2013
A Super PAC set up to oppose Sen. Mitch McConnell's re-election bid has liberals in hot water over the already boiling Kentucky mid-term campaign after the group that … More »Liberal Super PAC's Twitter Rant Attacks Mitch McConnell for 'Chinese' Wife
A Super PAC set up to oppose Sen. Mitch McConnell's re-election bid has liberals in hot water over the already boiling Kentucky mid-term campaign after the group that it walked a fine line with "some Tweets there that shouldn't be there." Those tweets were perceived as obliquely racist — and homophobic — enough to chime …
- AFP photo Twitter account hacked AP - Tue, Feb 26, 2013
PARIS (AP) — French news agency Agence France-Presse says one of its photo accounts on Twitter has been hacked and is now suspended. More »AFP photo Twitter account hacked
PARIS (AP) — French news agency Agence France-Presse says one of its photo accounts on Twitter has been hacked and is now suspended.
- Google extends social Web reach to counter Facebook's rise Gerry Shih - Reuters - Tue, Feb 26, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc transformed the Internet by cataloging the Web's countless pages. Now it wants to keep better track of the Web's multitude of users. … More »Google extends social Web reach to counter Facebook's rise
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc transformed the Internet by cataloging the Web's countless pages. Now it wants to keep better track of the Web's multitude of users. The Mountain View, California-based company said Tuesday it would begin encouraging websites and mobile apps to accept log-in credentials via Google+, …
- Pro-Assad Hackers Take Over AFP's Twitter with Syrian Propaganda Photos Dashiell Bennett - The Atlantic Wire - Tue, Feb 26, 2013
After a couple of high-profile corporate hacks last week, a much nastier Twitter sabotage took place today on behalf of supporters of Syria's Bashar Al-Assad. Around … More »Pro-Assad Hackers Take Over AFP's Twitter with Syrian Propaganda Photos
After a couple of high-profile corporate hacks last week, a much nastier Twitter sabotage took place today on behalf of supporters of Syria's Bashar Al-Assad. Around noon Eastern time, the photographs-only account of news service Agence France-Presse began tweeting images from the conflict in Syria. Except they were not …
- Facebook Now Has an Entire Team Devoted to Sandy Hook Scams Adam Clark Estes - The Atlantic Wire - Mon, Feb 25, 2013
When three Connecticut lawmakers asked Mark Zuckerberg in a letter on Monday to do something about the flood of fake Sandy Hook memorial pages, he got back to them quickly. … More »Facebook Now Has an Entire Team Devoted to Sandy Hook Scams
When three Connecticut lawmakers asked Mark Zuckerberg in a letter on Monday to do something about the flood of fake Sandy Hook memorial pages, he got back to them quickly. Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and Rep. Elizabeth Esty, also a Democrat, pointed out that Facebook is filled countless pages …
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