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The Facebook-Publisher Dynamic Is Becoming Clearer
During the past few months, we've been reporting that Facebook has been adjusting the algorithm that ranks the relevancy of content in the news feed.
Facebook was...
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Declines To Take Questions At Women’s Conference
At the Makers Conference in Southern California on Tuesday, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong took the stage. But it wasn't to discuss any "distressed babies" that landed him...
Facebook’s Sandberg And Ebersman Say They’re Not Planning To Flood The News Feed With...
Judging from recent earnings reports, Facebook’s mobile ad strategy is paying off, but CFO David Ebersman said that doesn’t mean you’ll see an ever-increasing number...
Social Commerce Site Tapiture Raises $2.25M In Seed Funding
Tapiture, a site where users can share content and buy related products, is announcing that it has raised $2.25 million in seed funding.
That amount...
Facebook Is Watching How You Watch TV
Facebook has given the world its first peek at the trove of user data that will compete with Twitter's firehose in the budding social media...
Twitter Highlights the Top-Tweeted Olympic Photos From Sochi
From the 1968 "black power salute" to Derek Redmond limping across the finish line in his father's arms at the 1992 Barcelona games, some Olympic images live on...
Microsoft Fan Says: ‘Windows 8 Is A Disaster In Every Sense Of The Word’
One of Microsoft's strongest supporters took a good, hard look at the soon-to-be released next version of Windows 8, which could arrive in April, and...
‘RealSelf’ Is Like A Social Network For People Who Want Cosmetic Surgery
If you're looking to get cosmetic surgery, look no further than RealSelf.com, a website that resembles a social network, exclusively for those who want and...
Apple Brings iTunes Radio to Australia
Apple® today announced iTunes Radio™ is now available to music fans in Australia. iTunes Radio is a free Internet radio service featuring over 100...
Facebook Delivers On Father’s Emotional Plea For Deceased Son’s ‘Look Back’ Video
John Berlin posted a video to YouTube on Wednesday, asking Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook for just one thing: "My son passed away January 28th, 2012, and...
Foxconn Plans To Invest $1 Billion In Indonesia
Taiwan technology giant Foxconn group has signed a letter of intent to invest up to $1 billion in Indonesia as it seeks to diversify...
Translate Your Olympic Tweets Into 75 Languages
Twitter users have been discussing the Winter Olympics in many different languages over the past week. Now there's an account that will let you tweet in 75 of them...
Jumping the Gun: 3 Times Social Media Perpetuated False Crimes
A hodgepodge of content from friends and brands alike, on social media it’s easy to confuse trustworthy information with gossip. As users turn more...
Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Downhill Skier Flies Toward Gold Medal
It's the first week of the 2014 Sochi Olympics and we've already seen a collection of stunning images coming out of the games, from soaring snowboarders to fireworks dotting...
Google Launches A New Device For Businesses Videoconferencing (GOOG)
Google and Asus today released a new device for business videoconferences called Chromebox For Meetings.
The device costs $999, which might sound like a lot considering...
Club Penguin Pushes for an End to Cyberbullying
When you consider the biggest social networks on the web, Disney's Club Penguin platform, aimed for kids ages 6 to 12, might not be...
Pinterest targets international users with revamped mobile site
Within the last year, Pinterest has been keeping an eye on global expansion, primarily by translating its platform into a handful of new languages,...
Google, AOL And Others Invest $17 Million In Mobile Ad-Tech Company Vungle
Mobile advertising is booming, with a $5 billion dollar increase in spend expected this year, after a similar jump last.
And as the spending increases,...
Olympic Google Doodle takes aim at Russian antigay law
One day before the Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Google changed its front page in both Russia and the U.S. to what looks like a very...
Is Barack Obama against Open Data?
The Data Transparency Coalition accuses the White House of wanting to overturn the DATA Act that lies forgotten at the Senate. Is it conspiracy...
