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.
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.
Nothing stops Miley Cyrus from being her usual self of skin-exposing and tongue-wagging, not even when she is recovering from her recent health illness. The pop star released an extremely raunchy bondage-themed concert video.
Production is only a few months into the filming of "Avengers: Age of Ultron," and while comic book fan boys are salivating for more information and photos from the set, Robert Downey Jr. has been quenching some of those thirsts with photos he's been posting online.
Important takeaways from the "Game Changer" workshop and the entire Voto Latino Power Summit event were as vast and broad as the varying interests, concerns, and needs of the Latino community; yet there were some standout impressions: the importance of Spanish-speakers and Spanish-speaking experts at events looking to target Latinos is paramount; recognizing that younger generations are the door to the older generations -- this is important when trying to attract older generations to causes and offers that are only present online; and vice versa: as older generations are identified as the number one factor in pushing Latino millennials to get healthcare.
This week in social media, Facebook introduced two new products in its continued quest for dominance in everything. Pinterest added "Guided Search" (a very Pinteresty search engine), Instagram's Explore page is now more personalized, and Facebook's $19 billion buddy, WhatsApp, reached half a billion users. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
MetroPCS, has opted to ease the communication process by offering new and existing customers (with select phones) unlimited talk and text nationwide, plus unlimited calling from the U.S. to landlines in Mexico, and unlimited texting from the U.S. to Mexico, for only $30 a month.
Following the Indian Pacers' upset loss at home to the eighth seeded Atlanta Hawks on Saturday for the opening game of the first round of NBA Playoff basketball, Pacers' star forward Paul George took to the lakes for "a lil R&R" on Sunday.
This week in social media, Twitter began its attempt to mainstream its user interface in earnest while finding out that 44 percent of "users" had never tweeted a word, Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp became official, while all other messaging got consolidated into one app, and we found out that while Facebook isn't the biggest hit with teens, Facebook-owned Instagram is. It's time for Social Media Saturday!
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.
We've entered a new era of social media - the anti-social media era - with the introduction of a new iOS app called Cloak. Cloak uses the information you can gain from "friends" on social media networks and turns it on its head - allowing to you avoid seeing those people in real life.
Two of the youngest members of the Kardashian clan are bombarded with cosmetic surgery rumors like the speculated Kylie Jenner plastic surgery that changed her nose.
