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Twitter won a technical Emmy, and it’s receiving the award Thursday at CES. It was chosen for “Innovation in improving engagement around television in social media.” A bit more of a mouthful… Read more »
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Twitter won a technical Emmy, and it’s receiving the award Thursday at CES. It was chosen for “Innovation in improving engagement around television in social media.” A bit more of a mouthful… Read more »
As we lay 2014 to rest, we’re topping our hats to some of the social media crazes that came along with it. Messaging. Anonymity. Ephemerality. Yo (whatever that was). At the same… Read more »
A Twitter advertising technique is perturbing people. Promoted brands like MasterCard and IFC are appearing in the list of accounts some users follow, even if they don’t actually follow them. Sources familiar with the company’s advertising… Read more »
Remember the popular ’90s social networking app Bebo? Yeah, me neither. The Facebook predecessor, which dominated British social networking for awhile, sold to AOL for $850 million in 2008. The corporate… Read more »
LinkedIn introduced small but significant changes to its homepage design Thursday, simplifying its newsfeed and highlighting some interaction features that will come to all users next year. The shifts in the… Read more »
Monday Facebook’s mobile app server company Parse released statistics on its biggest user growth. Its adoption in Asia has skyrocketed. Read more »
ABC is targeting its social media audience with a newscast designed for Facebook. Starting December 1st, the channel will post a clip every weekday featuring additional, behind-the-scenes footage of ABC World… Read more »
Yik Yak has reportedly raised a whopping $62 million in venture in a round led by none other than Sequoia. This funding round matters because it brings the previously ignored company… Read more »
Communities have existed on the web since its earliest days, with tech employees tasked with cultivating them. Until recently, however, community building wasn’t a profession in its own right. That’s starting… Read more »
Facebook’s latest newsfeed features give you the illusion of agency. But the company is just placating you. Read more »