Facebook and Google are officially in a race to connect the rest of the world to the internet - and both companies are working on surprising means to do it. On Friday, Facebook released new details about its initiative, called Internet.org.
A lot happened this week in social media: while Twitter keeps trying to be more user-friendly, we found out that Instagram is more popular than Twitter with active smartphone users. Meanwhile, Facebook made a purchase that redefines the company's ambitions and some Pinterest users got hacked - and flooded with butt pictures. It's Social Media Saturday!
Like it or not, Twitter is now getting closer to Facebook in its basic functions, and on Wednesday, the 140 character-based social media network announced some new changes that take it one more step towards being less like the Twitter you know, and more friendly for new users.
It's becoming harder to tell if Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is incredibly foolish in his recent shopping spree, snapping up tech companies left and right, or if he's incredibly wise, and playing the long game. On Tuesday, Facebook announced it was acquiring Oculus VR, Inc., maker of the virtual reality machine Oculus Rift.
Foreign Policy Magazine reports that that is the exact method a group of Ukrainian women are using to get Russian forces to release control of the Crimean peninsula.
Publicity stunt or love? How true are rumors of a rekindled romance between Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez? Several reports are going around regarding the alleged Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez renewed romance.
Pandora Internet Radio is the biggest online radio service out there. Pandora Internet Radio is the biggest online radio service out there. Just as Google became synonymous with web searches, it's almost becoming a habit to refer to refer to any online music service as Pandora.
President Obama met for a second time with top technology industry executives on Friday, discussing concerns over the National Security Agency's surveillance programs and the possibility of reform.
More than a week after Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg phoned President Barack Obama to voice his frustrations regarding the recent surveillance scandal at the NSA, he was invited to the White House on Friday to discuss Americans' privacy concerns and NSA reform.
This week in social media, Twitter turned eight years old and was banned in Turkey, Facebook faced off with the government over privacy (and it's the other way around this time), and Pinterest and Tumblr both got into marketing and ads. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
Turkey's government blocked access to the social media site Twitter late Thursday, an action that has drawn criticism and ridicule from the international community Friday, according to the "Los Angeles Times."
Many are still left puzzled with what really transpired behind the mystery of the still missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. But “Hole” singer Courtney Love expressed her own theories about it.
It’s quite an irony to think that the relatives and families of the passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 become more hopeful with the hijacking theory that has been recently emerging, than discovering that the plane may have crashed.
This week in social media, Pinterest debuted a "Gifts" feed, Adult Swim premiered an episode by sending more than 100 Instagram videos, China's Twitter filed for an IPO, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was so miffed by an NSA revelation that he called President Obama himself. It's Social Media Saturday!
A permalink goes to a specific blog entry, etc. Twitter is one of the most popular social networking sites, but it is entirely different from other social media sites like Facebook and MySpace because of the short Internet text messages known as tweets.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with most giants of the tech industry, has expressed his critical views on the U.S. National Security Agency's activities before, but it appears that the most recent NSA revelation published this week has pushed him over the edge. On Thursday, Zuckerberg called President Obama himself, after which he publically aired his grievances on (of course) Facebook.
King is valuing its company at $7.6 billion King Digital Entertainment, which makes the popular Candy Crush saga game, said on Wednesday that it has planned an initial public offering of stock.
Users got logged out of their accounts What caused Twitter to go down like it did yesterday? Twitter users who tried to log in to the social network on Tuesday got a big surprise when they found out they could not tweet.
Beyoncé, Jennifer Garner, Jane Lynch, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Girl Scouts USA CEO Anna Maria Chávez and many more have banded together as an ensemble of support, motivated by a desire to fortify girl power and ban the word bossy from school-yards.
