Why Would You Ever Create an Internet Meme?
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Who Trusts Facebook Trusted Contacts?
Setup screen for Facebook “Trusted Contacts” Facebook recently rolled out a password recovery feature called Trusted Contacts that lets you choose up to five friends on the network […] Original post by Dave Young
YouTube or PayTube?
YouTube today rolled out a few dozen paid channels requiring viewers to pony up monthly subscription fees, marking its first use of a subscription model since the video-sharing site […] Original post by Dave Young
Time to Streamline Timeline
Facebook announced yesterday it has finished rolling out a Timeline redesign, which includes more customizable options for displaying apps and favorite media in the “About” area on your profile page. […] Original post by Dave Young
LinkedIn Maturing, But Can it Morph into a News Media Service?
LinkedIn turned 10 last week and has been on a tear as it matures into a full-blown media service focused on professional development, jobs and business networking. It […] Original post by Dave Young
CollegeFeed Opens Job Hunting Service
A new social networking service called CollegeFeed officially launched this week, timed for the round of commencement ceremonies taking place nationwide. It joins a bevvy of niche startups trying […] Original post by Dave Young
Bye Bye Google Talk, Hello Hangouts
Google made a splash in social medialand last week with a string of announcements at its annual I/O developer conference. A few highlights: Original post by Dave Young
Tumblr! Joins Yahoo!
Yahoo made it official today: It is buying micro-blogging service Tumblr for an eye-opening price of $1.1 billion. Some Tumblr users already are threatening to leave, and opinions among […] Original post by Dave Young
Did You Know: the Internet Contains the World Wide Web?
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Social Media News of the Week
Fans Write Fiction for Kindle Worlds Amazon announced a new publishing platform called Kindle Worlds that will sell digital fan-fiction, which is material written by fans but based on […] Original post by Dave Young
Twitter Amplify: Two-Screen Ads
Twitter announced a new video advertising program today called Twitter Amplify that is designed to synchronize promotions on TV with promotions via tweets. The new TV ad-targeting product seems kind […] Original post by Dave Young
Teens Tolerate Facebook – Barely
The teenage love affair with Facebook may be over — or maybe it was all a myth to begin with, judging by new research from the Pew Research Center’s Internet […] Original post by Dave Young
Facebook Adds Verified Accounts
Facebook announced today it is adding a verification feature for pages and profiles on its sprawling network. The feature will add little blue check marks or “badges” next to the […] Original post by Dave Young
Did You Know: ‘CAPTCHA’ Tests Check That You Are Human?
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Twitter Tweaks Lists, Profiles
Twitter announces new lists in a tweet Twitter this week lifted its limit on the number of lists each user can create and maintain, a welcome change indeed. Until […] Original post by Dave Young