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Courtney Love Wins Twitter Trial
NewsSocial Media January 27, 2014
A California jury recently decided that Courtney Love should not be held accountable for a tweet she aimed at her former lawyer, Rhonda Holmes.  This is the first trial that will involve allegations of slander on Twitter in a U.S. court. Love originally hired Rhoda Holmes in order to deal with... Read more
Facebook Sued Over Message Scanning
InternetSocial Media January 6, 2014
Facebook has been accused of systematically scanning of the private messages of its massive user base. And, if that wasn’t bad enough, Facebook then allegedly sold the data it collected to advertisers and marketers, without getting any consent from its users, according to a class action suit that was recently... Read more
Facebook “No Posts” Bug Affecting Users
NewsSocial Media December 10, 2013
Facebook has had a ‘No posts to show’ bug, late last week, which the company were aware of but no fix was made available immediately, leaving users to wait and see until after the weekend for their solution. Â The company did not give a reason for the error, which... Read more
Viber 4.0 Adds Stickers, Push to Talk & Android Tablet Support
MobileNewsSocial Media November 15, 2013
Viber 4.0 has just hit app stores! The updated app carries new features such as; Stickers, push-to-talk voice messaging, and it also has support for Android tablets. CEO Talmon Marco recently said, “This is the most exciting release we’ve had for Viber since we launched the platform…Today’s updated version... Read more
The Twitter IPO For Investing Newbies
NewsSocial Media November 6, 2013
Twitter’s IPO is the hottest piece of news in the tech scene this week. Tomorrow, the microblogging slash social media platform is going to offer its stock to the public, which is inherently what an IPO is. Some of you may have a good bit of investing knowledge, but... Read more
Instagrille Reborn As Pixsta
NewsSocial Media October 19, 2013
Do you remember way back in 1990 when the chocolate bar Marathon was renamed Snickers? Marathon was renamed after the manufacturer, Mars, decided to scrap the British brand and bring it into line with its global operation. Underneath the packaging everything about the tasty treat remained the same. Third-party... Read more
Self-Serve Ad Platform Available at Foursquare
NewsSocial Media October 19, 2013
Foursquare hasn’t been performing as well as it would like over recent years. In fact, the social check-in site actually took on $41 million of debt in an attempt to hit the aggressive financial targets the company set for itself in 2013. It seems that self-serve ads are to... Read more
Facebook Removes Privacy Setting For Searching Timeline
NewsSocial Media October 17, 2013
The Facebook security topic is one that has concerned many and with good reason. Most people do not know how to secure their information whilst using Facebook. Such as how to keep their personal details personal, how to allow others to see their information etc. Well, Facebook now has the... Read more
Facebook Tests Auto-Play Video Ads
NewsSocial Media September 15, 2013
Social networking site Facebook is testing videos that play automatically on mobile versions of its service, thus firing things up to turn the 1.15 billion-member club into an attractive venue for lucrative, television-esq video ads. The videos will be silent when they appear in a user’s newsfeed, but then expand and... Read more
Future Skype Calls Could be Made in 3D
NewsSocial Media August 30, 2013
Skype has confirmed that it is working on 3D video calling but is unable to release the development until camera and video capture technology catches up. Mark Gillett, Microsoft’s Skype vice president said that the popular app has the potential to support 3D conversations in the future but it... Read more
Facebook to use Hashtag
Internet June 16, 2013
The “hashtag”, which has come to be synonymous with Twitter, is to be adopted by Facebook according to an announcement on Wednesday. Facebook will be rolling out this new feature in a move to help its users and advertisers channel discussions around specific events and topics. The “hashtag” feature... Read more
Android Users Now Dominate Instagram
MobileNewsSocial Media April 12, 2013
A little more than a year ago, Instagram was released for Android. Prior to that release, the photo app was the sole domain of filter-happy iPhone users. I could be wrong, but I think that many an iOS hipster was not happy that the audience base for Instagram suddenly... Read more
Twitter Founders Launch Medium
NewsSocial Media April 11, 2013
Twitter co founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone have launched a joint publishing application called Medium, which allows multiple people to submit photos and text to Pinterest-style content hubs. It has been launched, ironically enough, by the San Francisco based The Obvious Corporation founded by Williams and Stone. How... Read more
A new deal has been announced between Twitter and the Weather Channel. Often, the weather becomes a trending topic on Twitter. During a big weather event, many people turn to social media for news. Social media provides users with access to real time information. Now, whenever the weather becomes... Read more
Twitter’s global ad revenue is increasing and is expected to hit new heights, according to a new estimate from eMarketer. According to the estimate, Twitter’s ad revenue will almost reach $1 billion in 2014. The numbers are much higher than previously expected. The reason for the huge increase in... Read more
Pinterest Acquires Livestar
BusinessNewsSocial Media March 25, 2013
Pinterest has announced its acquisition of Livestar. Livestar was founded in 2011 and was launched at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2012. Livestar provided personalized recommendations from your friends and also from expert sources from around the web. While the terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed, it has... Read more
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Facebook Announces Updated News Feed
NewsSocial Media March 12, 2013
Facebook has recently updated its Timeline, but the one area of the site that has been somewhat neglected since the start of the site in 2006, is its News feed. For this reason, on Thursday, Facebook revealed its updated version of the news feed, which will provide the users... Read more