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WhatsApp, the popular mobile messaging app, has switched its iPhone business model to freemium–use it free for a year and then pay a premium rate of $1 per year. Previously, WhatsApp […] Original post by Dave Young

Pope Retweeted More than Obama Pope Francis (@Pontifex) is the most influential world leader on Twitter when judged by the number of retweets, while President Obama leads in the number of […] Original post by Dave Young

Following up on its debut of hashtags earlier this summer, Facebook has introduced yet another feature that makes it more like Twitter. The latest feature is the ability to embed […] Original post by Dave Young

Original post by Dave Young

Original post by Dave Young

Once again Facebook is changing the news feed seen by more than a billion users worldwide. The network announced two changes this month. The first gives older stories a […] Original post by Dave Young

Facebook got a lot of publicity last week for what it described as a “very small test” of a new payment system designed to simplify shopping on mobile phones. […] Original post by Dave Young

Another round of stories appeared last week suggesting that heavy Facebook use makes young people feel worse about themselves, possibly because when they see how others are leading their lives, […] Original post by Dave Young

Gaming continues to grow more social online, even as the industry has its fits and starts. King ends titles Last week, a popular game developer on Facebook, King, announced it […] Original post by Dave Young

Original post by Dave Young

Mobile video startup Luma Camera has been purchased by Instagram, the company announced yesterday. It’s yet another sign that the rivalry between Facebook’s Instagram and Twitter’s Vine is […] Original post by Dave Young

Twitter continues to find new ways to insert itself into the conversation around big news stories. Its latest effort is to show “related headlines” linking to news articles that embed […] Original post by Dave Young

Facebook made headlines this week on two fronts: Sponsored Stories – The social network finally settled a class action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $15 to users who were featured […] Original post by Dave Young

Twitter introduced a vertical blue line this week to link related tweets in an attempt to help people understand when tweets are part of a “conversation.” The move was part […] Original post by Dave Young

It was a big week for selfies, those new-age, smart-phone self-portraits that dot our social media landscape. Pope Francis brought worldwide attention to the concept when he […] Original post by Dave Young