By Brandon Russell |
Facebook’s News Feed has slowly evolved over its short lifetime, eventually transforming into the cluttered information hoard millions of people say everyday. But that’s changing, and Zuck and co. revealed on Thursday what we can expect the new News Feed to look like as it…
By Roy Choi |
Facebook announced new design elements to engage users more effectively on Facebook on Thursday. The new design rolls out today, facebook.com/newsfeed, for some users, but the roll-out will be gradual. The most notable changes include: larger images, videos, more prominent check-ins, more detailed information from publications…
By Roy Choi |
Facebook has invited the press for some big news. In all likelihood, it will focus on News Feed, which sounds like more content feeds on an already busy page. Rumors claim your page will be filled with numerous feeds: music, photos, recent news. The attempt…
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 |
Tumblr will introduce advertisements into its mobile applications, the company recently confirmed in remarks made to Bloomberg. It’s a move that follows the introduction of advertisements into other mobile social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. Tumblr vice president Derek Gottfrid said the service will launch…
By Adriana Lee |
When it comes to TweetDeck and its demise, the writing was on the wall. Sure, we had hopes there’d be something good to come out of the company’s acquisition by Twitter, but the apps have had nary an update since 2011. Even so, many users…
By Sean P. Aune |
TweetDeck will be no more as of this coming May, Twitter confirmed yesterday. As one of the most popular Twitter apps, this is a sad day indeed. While there may not be a fix for a stand-alone app on iOS or Android (yet), there is…
By Brandon Russell |
Facebook’s constantly evolving face will get yet another overhaul at an event scheduled for March 7. One of the biggest complaints users have with Facebook is the cluttered and painful to look at News Feed—it’s an absolute mess, and has been that way for awhile…
By Brandon Russell |
Facebook’s main app for iOS, like Messenger, has been updated to support free user-to-user calling, meaning you can ring every single one of your friends on the social network. All one billion of them. Really, though, this just means it’ll be easy to contact friends…
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 |
Technology can only go so far. Despite the ubiquity of consumer devices, the Internet and social media, there are still some things that need to be handled with grace, compassion and a real live human touch. Take Anna Lamb-Creasey’s ordeal, for instance. The Georgia mother…
By Todd Haselton |
Yesterday there was a (slightly amusing) hack on Burger King’s Twitter account in which the hackers decided to rebrand it as McDonalds. We already opined on the risks of using social media for branding (despite the clear benefit), especially if certain security measures aren’t taken…
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 |
The hacking collective Anonymous claimed responsibility on Monday for hacking Burger King’s Twitter account, filling it with drug references and changing the name to McDonalds. On the surface it was, admittedly, a bit humorous. There’s a deeper story here, though, and it’s the risks that…
By Todd Haselton |
Well this is both silly and scary at the same time. Hackers who appear to be associated with Anonymous (they’re suggesting you follow them @YourAnonNews on Twitter), have hijacked Burger King’s Twitter account. The feed is currently loaded with bizarre jokes and the hackers have…
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 Brandon Russell |
Facebook is making our itchy trigger fingers more susceptible to impulse clicks, with a new “Buy Tickets” button emblazoned in event pages. The social conglomerate confirmed that instead of having a bit.ly link to a third-party ticket seller, that area will now entice users with…
By Adriana Lee |
Did Facebook poach its iconic “like” button? That’s the heart of a case being brought to court on behalf of deceased Dutch programmer Joannes Jozef Everardus Van Der Meer. The key argument is a simple matter of timeline. (No pun intended.) Six years before his death…
By Maximum PC |
Teenage girl plans to buy “stuff” with the $200 she’ll receive for quitting Facebook. An interesting story about a 14-year-old daughter who convinced her dad to pay her to suspend Facebook for five months is making the rounds. Paul Baier, a research consultant in Boston, posted an image on…
By Adriana Lee |
Twitter pushed out a new update to its Vine iOS app today that adds sharing features, as well as a new 17+ age rating. Version 1.0.5 adds the ability to share Vine videos to Twitter and Facebook after they’re posted, and a new feature to…
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 Brandon Russell |
Say you’re walking down the street and, unbeknownst to you, your buddy is not far away grabbing a bite to eat. In normal circumstances, you’d probably miss each other, maybe find out about it later. Facebook wants to eliminate these missed connections completely with a…
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…
