Tag: Social Media

Foursquare Talks Privacy Ahead of Rumored Facebook Location Feature Announcement
Privacy is a major concern in social media these days, and location-based services add a whole different element to the equation (we can't wait to see what happens when Facebook...
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Tales from the Twitter Side
Twitter announced a new feature today called "Twitter Tales". This is just a section to highlight stories from Twitter users ab...
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Zynga Buys Social Game Company Conduit Labs
Zynga, makers of popular social games Farmville and Mafia Wars, announced that it has acquired Conduit L...
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Don’t Click the Link for the Facebook “Dislike” Button
Many Facebook users have long awaited the arrival of a "dislike" button for status updates that they find dumb, repulsive, or just annoying. If you happen to see someo...
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Booyah Getting 350,000 Check-Ins a Week for Products in MyTown
Back in July, Booyah launched Check-Ins for products in the popul...
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LinkedIn Adds New Features to Recruiter
LinkedIn has launched a couple new features for LinkedIn Recruiter, aimed at making it easier to manage projects and talent....
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Facebook Driving Social Media Ad Spending
U.S. advertisers will spend $1.68 billion on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter in 2010, according to a new report from eMarketer. The...
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Facebook Acquiring Search Company with Google Connections
According to a report from Kara Swisher at Boomtown, Facebook has acquired a company cal...
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Facebook Panic Button Reaches 55,000 Downloads
The UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) said today its ClickCEOP application on Facebook has been downloaded 55,000 times since its launch on July 12....
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Google Looks at Why People Follow Brands on Facebook
Update:  Google tells us it mistakenly attributed the data to a Google/OTX study in its post, but it is actually from an...
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LinkedIn Gives Group Managers New Powers
LinkedIn has launched some improvements to how groups are moderated. There are six basic changes. Group managers can now delete threads directly. This helps them...
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Facebook Notes Feature Gets Tags and Improved Formatting
Facebook has launched a new layout and some new features for Facebook Notes. "Writing a Facebook note can be a great way to start a discussion with friends a...
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Facebook “Bug” Providing Names With Email Addresses: Fixed
Update 2: The issue is reportedly resolved....
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MySpace Launches Music Romeo Video App
MySpace has launched a free music video application that can be accessed via its website or on the iPad. The app called MySpace Music Romeo allows users to choose...
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Google Adds Features to the Google Buzz API
Google has released a "garden hose" for Google Buzz. This is a random sampling of public Google Buzz posts for developers who don't have the required resources to supp...
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