By Adriana Lee |
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. And when it involves Facebook, the truth is often even stranger: Reportedly five people have been arrested in India in connection to the Facebook sale of a baby — including the boy’s grandfather. Ferox Khan, 47, kicked off a bizarre…
By Brandon Russell |
Twitter wants to show you what people are talking about in your area. Is that new restaurant down the road any good? Someone probably tweeted about it. How about that bar that just opened up? Yep, it’s probably on Twitter. Or maybe there’s a cool…
By Todd Haselton |
Vine launched for iOS on January 24 as a Twitter product that allows users to take quick 6.5 second snapshots of the life around them and upload them to Twitter. Users can follow one another on the service, too, and like or comment on the…
By Brandon Russell |
Twitter is close to rolling out two-step verification in response to recent hackings, according to Wired. The social network has reportedly begun internal testing before the feature becomes available in increments to users; the staggered release is to ensure smooth sailing. The extra security measure…
By Todd Haselton |
Tumblr released an official Windows Phone application on Tuesday, which is great news for those of us who have been trying to find a decent alternative. The application allows you to “post anything from anywhere,” including quotes, links, photos, text, chats and videos. You can…
By Brandon Russell |
Another high-profile Twitter account was seized by hackers on Tuesday when a fake tweet claiming there had been explosions in the White House was sent out on the Associated Press account. The cyber attack, which wrested control of AP’s Twitter account, was immediately refuted by…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook Home has already been downloaded on more than 500,000 Android smartphones, a milestone that was reached in just a week. It’s unclear how many of the people who downloaded the application are active users, however, which is a key metric to measuring the real…
By Brandon Russell |
The day of reckoning for TweetDeck’s mobile and AIR apps has been set for May 7. First announced back in March, the move is, according to Twitter, to focus on developing for modern browsers, which is apparently where most users are currently flocking to. “We…
By Adriana Lee |
Is there anything about social media that researchers haven’t yet zoomed in on? This time, the study (.pdf) comes from a Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. student and a Facebook staffer, who reveal that most Facebook users tend to self-censor their comments at the last minute before posting.…
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 Adriana Lee |
Twitter’s busting out all over. The company just announced its music discovery app this week, a new advertising approach based on tweet content, and now this — a new partnership with BBC America.…
By Brandon Russell |
Facebook is allegedly preparing a new messaging feature in addition to Chat Heads and VoIP calling. According to iMore, the company’s Messenger app on iOS will get something called Facebook Blast, which handles group messages a little differently than we’re used to. Through Messenger right…
By Adriana Lee |
Welcome to the brave new world of Twitter advertising, in which companies will be able to target you based on the content of your tweets. Seems that zeroing in on users based on who they follow just isn’t good enough, so the micro-blogging service is…
By Todd Haselton |
Twitter officially revealed its own music service on Thursday, appropriately dubbed Twitter #music. The application is available for iOS and basically scans through Twitter to find new and popular music. “[Twitter #music] uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most…
By Brandon Russell |
After Twitter tackles music the company wants to move over to video, according to Bloomberg. The social network is reportedly in talks with with both Viacom and NBCUniversal to introduce “high quality video content” to its platform. Right now, Twitter is “close” to reaching agreements—the…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook recently introduced “Chat Heads” in its Facebook Home application for Android, and now the feature is about to make its way to iOS devices. Chat Heads work like this: if a friend on Facebook messages you, a small picture of the person will pop…
By Adriana Lee |
Used to be, you could tell someone was over-the-hill if they were hitting you up via email instead of text or Facebook. Now, according to a recent Piper Jaffray survey, the demarcation line has shifted, as Zuck&Co’s popularity seems to be sliding among the teen…
By FOX Business |
Here’s another reason to watch what you say online: it may cost you your friends. A new survey finds people are getting ruder on Facebook and user tolerance is wearing thin. VitalSmarts, a corporate training firm, found two in five social media users have ended…
By Brandon Russell |
Twitter’s new music app may not be available for us mere mortals, but that’s not stopping folks from snooping into its details. Right now, all that’s available to everyone that’s not Ryan Seacrest is a landing page, but not much else. Thanks to designer Youssef…
By Adriana Lee |
Bad news, folks. The Twitter Music iOS app is not launching today as originally expected, nor is it arriving this weekend — at least, not for the masses. If you’re famous, however, that’s another story entirely. Yesterday AllThingsD pegged a Friday release, to line up…
By Todd Haselton |
The rumors were true — LinkedIn just announced that it acquired the popular news application Pulse. Earlier reports suggested LinkedIn would pay between $50 million and $100 million for Pulse, and LinkedIn said the deal is worth $90 million and includes 10 percent cash and…
By Todd Haselton |
The HTC First is, for all intents and purposes, a Facebook Phone, the best and most thorough admission into Mark Zuckerberg’s fancy new Android playground. It’s not about the hardware, which is great by the way, nor is it about the latest specs. For $99,…
By Adriana Lee |
When actor Kevin Bacon’s wife, Kyra Sedgwick, left television as relentless deputy chief Brenda Lee Johnson on The Closer, I was beside myself. Thankfully, her hubby and his new show, Fox’s The Following, stepped in to help fill the void. Well, Kyra — since you’re well-versed…
By Joey Davidson |
Last week, Microsoft Studios Creative Director Adam Orth took to Twitter to discuss his opinions about always-on gaming consoles. He basically said that he’d like to see all tech go always-on, and he doesn’t understand consumer frustration surrounding the “feature.” Then this stuff came. Multiple…
