WhatsApp is one step closer to a billion regular users. The Facebook-owned chatting application released its latest metrics, and it has a whopping 700 monthly active users. That makes it far… Read more »
After sustained criticism from victims of harassment and abuse, Twitter says it has improved the way that reports of such attacks are handled by the network, and will be adding more… Read more »
The growth in mobile app usage has some concerned that the open web is in decline, or being threatened — but much of mobile usage doesn’t come at the expense of… Read more »
Men now make up a third of Pinterest’s new signups. It’s an important development that shows the social network can appeal to the public at large. Read more »
Twitter’s user growth rate is on the decline which has shareholders worried about the future of the company. On the earnings call, CEO Dick Costolo said, “It’s more critical than ever… Read more »
Yik Yak, the comparatively less famous anonymity play, has surpassed Secret and Whisper in iOS app store popularity. It pulled off an underdog triumph, but can it sustain the lead? Read more »
The suggestion that Twitter might apply Facebook-style algorithmic filtering to its timelines — something executives have said they are considering — seemed to strike many users as the worst thing that… Read more »
At a financial conference, Twitter’s chief financial officer Anthony Noto suggested that the service will offer algorithm-driven curation of feeds much like Facebook does, in order to try and improve the… Read more »
Twitter has released updated figures on how many of its users read tweets using some kind of third-party or automated service, saying about 20 million accounts fit that description. While these… Read more »
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo suggested during the company’s earnings call that it is considering algorithmically-filtered features similar to Facebook’s newsfeed, but some users say if it implements a Facebook-style approach they… Read more »