By Todd Haselton |
Yahoo took the stage in New York City today—the site of its new headquarters—and discussed the future of Flickr. The company said that it wanted to re-focus Flickr on photos again, instead of on all of the clutter that surrounds pictures on the current interface.…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook may be close to finalizing another $1 billion deal. According to several new reports spotted by TechCrunch, the social network is readying a $1 billion bid for the social traffic application Waze. Apparently the offer currently sits between $800 million and $1 billion, right around…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook on Wednesday published its first quarter 2013 earnings report. Wall Street analysts were predicting revenue of $1.44 billion and an earnings per share of $0.13. The company reported revenue of $1.46 billion for the quarter and an earnings per share of $0.12, missing predictions…
By Brandon Russell |
There are some really wonderful photo-editing apps available for your iPhone—Afterlight, VSCO Cam and Camera+ just to name a few—but sometimes people prefer the easy one-and-done filters of Instagram. Sometimes, though, not everyone wants to broadcast their photo to the world, but still retain the…
By Jon Rettinger |
Thanks to countless rumors and timely leaks, we already knew Facebook Home was coming. Still, we’re a bit shell shocked to see an actual existing product, and a phone no less, that completely re-imagines the big blue social networking experience. On Android at least. Say…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T just announced that it will offer the “first and only phone” that was built from the ground-up to feature Facebook Home, the social network’s new experience on Android. The device, aptly named the HTC First, will be available on April 12 for $99.99 with…
By Todd Haselton |
Instagram for Android launched a year ago today and, to mark the anniversary, the company revealed new details about its Android usage statistics. Instagram said that its Android application was downloaded more than 1 million times in just a single day, not an easy feat, and…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook has a press event scheduled for this Thursday where it’s going to discuss its position in mobile. Rumors span from an all-out Facebook phone powered by a custom version of Android—here’s what it probably looks like—to a new piece of Android software that puts…
By Brandon Russell |
Facebook is going to start using one of the Internet’s most iconic symbols: the hashtag. It’s a page right out of Twitter’s 140-character book but, according to sources speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Zuckerberg’s integration of the hashtag isn’t going to hit anytime soon.…
By Brandon Russell |
How Facebook will revamp its chaotic News Feed is still a mystery for now, but we’ll find out tomorrow. It’ll certainly take a lot to makeover what’s become an unintuitive content hoard, but in Zuck we trust. Unless a new report from TechCrunch is true. It…
By Todd Haselton |
BlackBerry tried to tout the growing number of popular applications that it will add to its BlackBerry World store. There are a few now, for sure, but for some reason Instagram seems to be the one application that people always look for on iOS, Android…
By Adriana Lee |
Although Facebook may be the darling of the social webs, number two ain’t so bad. Twitter’s rise to prominence has made it a fundamental component of strategic promotions for advertisers, financial institutions, entertainment companies, journalists, and plenty of others. But it shouldn’t get too smug…
By Todd Haselton |
An Instagram user leveraged a lawsuit against the social network after it decided to change its terms of service to include some seemingly bizarre content controls. The case is still in front of a judge in San Francsico, and now Instagram is asking that the…
By Adriana Lee |
There is no doubt that e-commerce revolutionized retail, and now we’re looking at what could be the beginning of the next new wave of digital shopping — the buy-via-Twitter model. American Express is kicking off a new initiative today that enables accountholders to purchase products…
By Todd Haselton |
Instagram announced Tuesday that it has added several features to its web client that make it more similar to the features on its mobile applications for iOS and Android. In a note to users, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom said the focus was always on the…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook spent $1 billion to acquire Instagram last year, but now we’re learning a bit more about where the company focused its other mergers and acquisitions spending. “In 2012, we also completed other business acquisitions for total consideration of $87 million,” the company said in a recent filing. The…
By Todd Haselton |
The top mobile application in the United States during 2012 was Facebook, according to a net metric published by comScore. The social network surpassed Google Maps right around mid-September when Apple decided to ditch the map platform for its own solution. Google Maps continued to…
By Brandon Russell |
Instagram’s public relations nightmare from the end of last year seems to have had little to no effect on overall usage. According to an official page full of impressive statistics, Instagram says that there are now 90 million monthly active users on the platform, with…
By Adriana Lee |
Facebook’s new Graph Search has set the Internet abuzz since it was unveiled this week, as business pundits and social media experts weigh in on what this could mean for the nature of online privacy, the company’s own monetization strategies as well as for the…
By Adriana Lee |
As promised, Instagram has announced that its user agreement will revert to its previous version starting January 19. The move comes after a public outcry last December over revised terms that insinuated user images could be pulled into advertising without consent or compensation. Truth is, the old…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook is hosting a special event on Tuesday, Jan. 15 during which the company is expected to make several announcements. One of those announcements may just be Facebook Messenger for tablets. TechCrunch got a hold of the above image recently, which is clearly a screen shot…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook is doing everything it can to generate revenue, including monetizing Instagram, adding advertisements to its News Feed and, in the future, possibly implementing video ads. However, it’s apparently not ready to launch its full ad network, which would allow it to sell advertisements for…
By Todd Haselton |
National Geographic’s Instagram’s feed is home to truly stunning photos from around the world. Well, it was anyway. The company recently said that it’s no longer posting photos to the social network following Instagram’s new terms of service. @NatGeo is suspending new posts to Instagram.…
By Todd Haselton |
Instagram has been a hot topic since the social network, now owned by Facebook, updated its terms of service (ToS) last night. We covered it in depth a bit earlier today, so be sure to read up on the new changes and how they will…
