MasterCard's "Priceless Surprises" campaign launched in January, and the campaign has proven successful for the credit card company in terms of social media presence and against rivals.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to appear in an Iranian court by a conservative judge in South Iran over individual complaints by people who claim that Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy.
This week in social media, Facebook added a Shazam-like feature that can automatically tag music, TV or movies in status updates, just by listening in to your life. Speaking of listening in, Facebook also changed some of its privacy settings for the better with a reminder for users what privacy level their status updates are set to. Also, Twitter's having a bad week on Wall Street (again) while both it and rival Instagram are meeting resistance abroad.
Mike Hudack, Facebook's director of product, wrote a lengthy, self-proclaimed rant Thursday in which he blasts the current state of the media and its lack of serious news coverage.
The company wants its users to be privacy conscious With the dawn of social media, privacy has become a major concern for almost all Internet users, especially since the revelations that the government has the power to intrude in people's personal lives.
Non-profit group Welcome.Us plans to create positive image of immigrants Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg and his allies are creating a group that will highlight immigrant success stories.
Earlier this week IGN caught up with Jesse Eisenberg, who was promoting his new film "The Double," and spoke with the actor about his role as Lex Luthor in the upcoming comic book epic Batman Vs. Superman.
This week in social media, Pinterest emerged as a serious competitor in the social media industry. Meanwhile, Foursquare rolled out its new Swarm app, Yahoo bought a Snapchat clone called Blink, Snapchat itself was named one of the worst companies for data privacy, Twitter almost got banned in Russia, and Facebook tested a new location-based notification system that's a bit like Foursquare, with a little Google Now thrown in. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
Free app scours your list to see who you rarely interact with. Are you one of those Facebook users with over 1,000 friends? Do you know them all? Personally, do you know them? Even if you don't know all of your Facebook friends, you likely have them on your friends list for a reason.
It already has an office in Hong Kong Facebook is beginning to take steps to pursue their plans to open a sales office in mainland China for them to be able to work with local advertisers, according to sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg Reports.
With principal photography about to officially begin this week in Detroit for the "Man of Steel" sequel, the stars and crew of the film gathered at a local bowling alley for a cast party Saturday night.
A five-month long undercover investigation has led officers of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department to crackdown hard on drug dealers who have been using the Internet to push products and attack customers.
This week in social media, Twitter got pretty bruised by Wall Street, Facebook bought a fitness app and got rid of a couple of its less popular mobile offerings, and Whisper's CEO Michael Heyward duked it out with TechCrunch's Michael Arrington. Meanwhile, Tumblr added a huge swath of customization options to its mobile app and the Federal Trade Commission officially chided Snapchat. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
Kik, an app that allows smartphone users to message their friends, has launched a new beta program that offers customers the chance to earn virtual currency.
Do you remember the day the internet went on strike against a bad piece of legislation? It may happen again. The internet dream team behind 2011's SOPA protests has sent what may be the opening salvo in another pressure campaign, this time to stop the Federal Communications Commission's reportedly proposed "Open Internet" rules.
The world's largest e-commerce company is reportedly set to make the biggest initial public offering in U.S. history. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., based in China, filed the paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, and it could raise up to $1 billion. According to CNN, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq are competing for Alibaba's presence on their exchange. Alibaba, said to be a mixture of Amazon.com, eBay, and Google rolled into one company, earned a net income of approximately $1.4 billion in 2013 on $5.6 billion in revenue courtesy of 231 million active buyers.
Despite becoming less popular with teenagers, a recent study reveals that Facebook is still the dominant social media platform used by most young adults.
Ever since Facebook announced it was buying Oculus VR -- maker of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset -- some gamers and especially those who backed the company when it was on KickStarter have criticized the company. Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe sat down at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York to explain why he thinks the buyout was a good idea, and Latin Post Tech was there to hear it.
This week in social media, Foursquare split its app in two; Twitter tested a mute button for annoying followers; Snapchat added video calling; and Facebook announced a new direction for its social media business. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
After a year of learning about the U.S. National Security Agency's internet spying programs, at home and abroad, frustration has led major U.S. technology companies to defiantly change their transparency policies. Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook have all announced they're updating their policies to inform users when the government requests a seizure of their data.
