Good news … now you can have webcam sex for charity

Benedivz debuted its site today where live webcam entertainers broadcast to viewers who donate to charity in exchange for seeing live performances and requested activities.

Glorious failure: Ubuntu Edge passes $10M on Indiegogo

Ubuntu Edge, the innovative Linux-based smartphone-plus-PC, just passed $10 million on crowdfunding site Indiegogo. Too bad the team set their goal at $32 million — and there’s just six days to go.

Twitter is testing new ‘trending TV show banner’ on its iOS app

It looks like Twitter is getting even more cozy with the television industry. Some users are reporting that the company is testing a new “trending TV show” banner along the top of a user’s timeline screen.

Facebook creating a special mobile experience that’s ‘celebs only’

Celebrities have it so hard. Keeping up with fans’ comments, knowing just how many people like their posts — it’s all really a burden.

Twitter launches Twitter University to build better employees, buys company to help

“We want Twitter to be the best place in the world for engineers to work,” Twitter SVP for Engineering Chris Fry posted today.

Facebook acquires speech recognition and translation company to ‘connect the rest of the world’

Jibbigo is the world’s first speech-to-speech translator on a phone that runs both online and offline, the company said.

Google lays foundation for Glass monetization with hotels, restaurants, movies

Google issued a Glass software update today that previews how the massive search and mobile company plans to monetize its innovate wearable technology.

Twitter releases faster tweeting, DM’ing, image previewing, and replying options in TweetDeck

The updates help make TweetDeck something startling close to what social media management tools such as HootSuite offered when starting out.

Sheryl Sandberg sells after Facebook stock jump, makes $91M

Looks like Sheryl Sandberg is pleased with the company’s stock growth in the last couple weeks. The Facebook chief operating officer sold off $91 million worth of stock this week, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Video-based social network Keek hits 58M users, raising $100M to challenge Instagram, Vine

VentureBeat has learned that under-the-radar video-based social network, which just hit 58 million users, is currently raising a massive $100 million round of financing.

iPad, Tab, Nexus, Surface, and Kindle Fire: What tablet users think (infographic)

The iPad may have lost the tablet wars to an army of Android tabs, but it’s still first in people’s hearts. Second place, however, belongs to a somewhat unlikely candidate.

Nestivity wants to create communities on Twitter (exclusive)

Nestivity founder Henry Min said Twitter is the most powerful communication tool out there, and yet brands don’t make the most of it.

Promoted tweets boost offline sales by 29%, Twitter says (and it’ll show you how)

Promoted tweets drive sales, Twitter said today. And not just for web retailers — they’re talking ice cream and razors and toothpaste.

Streamweaver’s multi-angle video recording iOS app launches internationally

Streamweaver, the video startup that lets you record split-screen videos with up to four other people, is pushing its service out to 11 new international markets today.

Education rocks, social media sucks: Zendesk’s 16,000-company customer service survey

Social networks are all about people, right? Perhaps, but they’re the worst industry at one of the most important things a brand can do: customer service.
And not just by a little.