Do all those promoted tweets and social-media efforts by big brands have an impact on in-person retail sales? Twitter says a new study it commissioned found that they do. Read more »
Nearly seven years after Facebook launched the News Feed, engineers are re-thinking how certain updates should show up in your feed, and how that plays into the Facebook experience. Here are… Read more »
Chirpify, the company that allows for in-stream purchases on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, plans to announce that it’s added additional funding to a previously-reported $2 million Series A, bringing… Read more »
Buffer is a small startup that began with the idea that users want to space out the publication of their tweets. Now it’s a profitable business that’s trying to become a… Read more »
Could Twitter let you replay the big moments from important events if you missed them live? CEO Dick Costolo said the company is giving it a shot. Read more »
Rockmelt used to be a company that tried to build a social web browser. But since it turned its attention to social news, the focus has shifted. Now Rockmelt is launching… Read more »
What’s the use of a hashtag these days? Facebook is adding Twitter’s iconic symbol to its platform, but it’s worth asking if the hashtag has outlived its serious fuction to become… Read more »
Pinterest is unveiling a new pin structure for different types of products and an integration with a large number of retail brands, as it continues buildng up the platform and paving… Read more »
Looking for a book suggestion? Culling information from your Twitter feed and turning that into accurate recommendations is harder than it looks, but Parakweet is looking to use natural language procesing… Read more »