Tag: social network
Two Computer Scientists That Met At Stanford Are Conspiring Against LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a great way to show yourself off to prospective employers and stay in touch with people you know. But it's not great...
The reach and impact of Oscars 2014 Tweets
We typically share the number of Tweets sent during, and about, TV programs and events like the Oscars®. Activity metrics don’t tell the whole story, though....
How To Pick Exactly When You Want A YouTube Video To...
YouTube is still the prime destination for discovering viral videos and sharing it with friends. Some videos may take too long to get to...
Marketers Adopt Social Media Analytics Tools
Marketers have long been interested in using social media analytics tools to measure social efforts, and now that they have them, they’re adopting them...
Instagram and Twitter Gain Popularity in Brazil
Brazil’s large population and growing internet space has helped create a superlative social media market that leads its neighboring countries on most measures, even...
US Twitter User Base Begins to Mature
Twitter has moved beyond early adoption and is maturing across demographic groups. Growth will soon slow to single digits, and by 2016, more than...
Researchers Are Building a Lie Detector For Twitter
Twitter is great for disseminating information quickly to millions. It's also great for disseminating misinformation. Now a team of European researchers is working to make...
51% of Facebook Referrals for Publishers Come From Mobile
Facebook announced last October that the social network's average referral traffic to media sites increased 170% in 2013. Now, we're seeing mobile play an even larger role...
Nobody Knows That MySpace Tom Is Also An Amazing Travel Photographer
Tom Anderson, co-founder of early social networking site MySpace, has led a lavish life since leaving the company in 2009.
Anderson co-founded MySpace in 2003....
Facebook Reroutes Its Email to Your Inbox
Did you know you had a Facebook.com email address? If you're on the social network, you did from 2010 until nowFacebook decided to mothball the...
Your Twitter Conversations Fall Into One of These Six Categories
The trolls, the political preachers, the over-sharers: Twitter users encompass all of these stereotypes and then some
How do so many different personalities interact and exist on...
China takes Sina Weibo to the Moon
The lunar rover Yutu has an account on the social network where it posts its daily experience of satellite exploration. Thousands of people follow...
Facebook Adds Job-Title Ad Targeting, Taking a Shot at LinkedIn
Facebook today said it plans to let advertisers target users based on their job titles, welcome news for b-to-b marketers looking to reach prospects...
LinkedIn Opens Up Its Publishing Platform To All Users
LinkedIn is opening up its publishing platform known as "Influencers" to all users over the next few months. Previously, the number of people who...
#TwitterFairPlay initiative joins @ACMilan, @Atleti for #UCL
Two of the biggest soccer clubs in the world have teamed up to promote the idea of fair play through Twitter, both on and...
Facebook’s $16 Billion Acquisition of WhatsApp Takes Over Twitter
Facebook sent a shockwave through the tech world on Wednesday when it announced the acquisition of WhatsAapp for $16 billion ($12 billion in stock and $4 billion cash).
The...
Facebook to Acquire WhatsApp
The acquisition supports Facebook and WhatsApp's shared mission to bring more connectivity and utility to the world by delivering core internet services efficiently and...
Tweeting Is an Olympic Event in the UK
As the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics continue, UK Twitter users are no longer content to simply watch events on their television—they’re tweeting about the...
9 Times Social Media Will Remind You That You’re Old
Facebook is 10 years old. For some of you, that means it's time for your high school (or even college) reunion. Starting to sweat a...
This New Site Tracks Tweets About Booze, Weed, And Coke In...
Twitter is an incredible resource for insight into what's popular: It's a good indicator of what cool new tech is trending and what news...
