Facebook is trying to boost the relevancy of ads shown in news feeds by tailoring them more to each user’s interests, the company announced yesterday. Advertising provides the financial fuel Facebook […] Original post by Dave Young
Instead of angels on a pin, think profiles on a page. Faces of Facebook project/Natalie Rojas … Read Full Post Original post by Dave Young
Twitter watchers saw plenty of action this week as the messaging network introduced various new initiatives and the news media chronicled all kinds of tweeting antics. Highlights in this week’s […] Original post by Dave Young
Time to check your privacy settings again, Facebook fans. Searching Facebook posts and status updates The social network announced Monday it is widening the types of content to be indexed […] Original post by Dave Young
Twitter opened the lid on its financials for the first time today when it made its IPO filing public, revealing that it has earned no profits even though hundreds of […] Original post by Dave Young
Snapchat, the social messaging service that’s wildly popular with young people, wants to linger in their lives a little longer. The disappearing message service introduced a new feature today that […] Original post by Dave Young
Bitly, the link shortener, released a data visualization on the web this week showing news-sharing activity on a state-by-state basis for 40 different news outlets. The Real-Time Media Map shows which […] Original post by Dave Young
In the what-will-they-think-of-next category comes this announcement from Comcast Corp., NBC Universal and Twitter: a new widget that lets people control TV via tweets. Does anyone really need a […] Original post by Dave Young
Google ripped a controversial page out of Facebook’s playbook today by announcing a change that will allow it to use actions taken by users in ads, similar to Facebook’s “sponsored […] Original post by Dave Young
Facebook is relaxing its privacy standards for teens to allow them to share information with the general public more easily, the company announced today. Previously, Facebook users who listed […] Original post by Dave Young
Twitter changed its long-standing system for sending and receiving private messages a few days ago and the system appears to be having hiccups. For years, people could only send DMs, […] Original post by Dave Young
Mobile usage for YouTube now accounts for a whopping 40 percent of all traffic to the video-sharing service, its owner, Google, announced in its quarterly earnings call last week. […] Original post by Dave Young
Pinterest has eleased a new version of its mobile app making better use of touchscreens, allowing users to easily swipe through pins with their fingertips. The new feature in Pinterest’s iPhone […] Original post by Dave Young
Vine, the mobile app for shooting short, looping videos, is going all Hollywood on us. Today it announced the addition of editing tools to allow users to act like movie […] Original post by Dave Young
Teens are generally fickle, and when it comes to social media, they’re even more so. That’s one takeaway from the latest market research report on media and teens released by investment […] Original post by Dave Young