Twitter beat official Wall Street expectations with its first post-IPO quarterly earnings report, but many of the company's investors are selling anyway. The mixed-bag report contained some good news, but also included some stats that have driven away investors.
Latinos are at the helm of social media; a fact that was confirmed by a 2013 Pew Report that indicated that 80 percent of Hispanic adults in the U.S. use social media, which is more than whites (70 percent) and African Americans (75 percent).
Ke$ha's music producer Dr. Luke is in some serious danger according to LAPD. Kesha is currently in a rehab facility receiving treatment for an eating disorder. The star developed the disorder after being put under pressure to loose weight by people on her own team.
These days, we tend to take social media for granted. We even hire people on the basis of their purported skills with social media. However, in order to understand how far we have to go in social media, we have to take a look back at how far we've come.
It was a busy week on social media: Facebook announced its continuing dominance and a new mobile app, Tumblr incorporated comedy into its terms of service, Twitter got IBM off its back, and President Obama used the most disliked social media platform to popularize his State of the Union agenda. Let's dive into Social Media Saturday!
Twitter User Loses Twitter Handle Worth $50,000, How PayPal and GoDaddy Might Be At Fault Having a one-letter-Twitter handle might be worth thousands of dollars, but who would've known the extent to own it.
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards had lots of winner and memorable moments. Fashion always steals the show and this year, Pharrell William's hat did more than that. We present you the proud Twitter account owner and lost Arby's logo, the brown tall and awkward hat on Pharrell's head.
Unfortunately, a tribute honoring fallen star Cory Monteith went really wrong at the 2014 Grammys. Many are calling the misspelling of Cory's last name disrespectful and careless. It's too bad that such a special moment was taken away by such a fixable mistake. Fans are asking today, why didn't the people in charge simply double check for spelling of the deceased actor's last name?
A lot happened this week in the world of social media. Pinterest started testing GIFs, Princeton declared that Facebook would die in three years, Facebook released a clever rejoinder, Instagram was revealed to be the fastest-growing social media platform on the planet, and Google+ went down, along with Gmail services, but hardly anyone noticed. Let's dive into Social Media Saturday!
Twitter, which went public in an IPO late last year, is looking to differentiate itself and find more users - and more importantly, advertisers - now that it has to generate revenue for shareholders.
Facebook continues to keep up with the times. In an attempt that makes the social networking site even more similar to its rival Twitter, Facebook will now have trending topics added to your news feed. You will now get to see what other users have been talking about while you took your usual 5-10 minute break from the addicting social sharing machine.
Facebook, in its continuing quest to make its social network more public and "newsy," announced "Trending" on Thursday, a new feature that will put a list of trending topics up in the top right corner of every user's News Feed. The addition of this feature confirms that Facebook sees Twitter as both a threat and a model for news-focused social content.
Demi Lovato shows off her toned abs in a bikini pic while lying on the beach. Not too worry, Demi let us know that she has been working out and getting ready for her Neon Lights Tour. Her thinner figure is totally "healthy".
Do you neck your liquor? Do you neck your liquor? Let's hope not, because you may end up starring in a reboot of Veggie Tales. Yet lying in a coma or dying as a result of excessive drinking is no deterrent for teenagers and college kids across Australia.
Jim Carrey is the newest victim of Internet death hoax that was allegedly reported on January 14. The fake death of the comedian spread easily online as it even had a Facebook fan page that was named R.I.P. Jim Carrey.
Demi Lovato did not attend this year's People's Choice Awards because she wanted to start the year taking a breather. After winning the award for Favorite Female Artist, fans became upset that she wasn't there to accept it. And Demi, refused to "Let it Go".
Jamie Dornan is starting to become a fan favorite in the upcoming film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. Meanwhile, one British beauty has admitted that she once dreamed of being one of the Northern Irish Australian's co-stars in the movie.
