Myspace has crawled back to relevancy; now here’s what it needs to stay
There are a few things the platform needs to get right to win back our patronage and define itself as a different kind of Myspace.
Instagram fights back, releases performance stats for the first time
For the first time in its short history, Instagram published statistics to stymie the bearish reports on its health.
People remember Facebook posts better than faces and book excerpts
Researchers have discovered that our minds are better equipped to recall the conversational style of Facebook status updates than faces and book excerpts.
Investment in social gaming drops by $1 billion in 2012
As recently as 2011, the expectation was that the social gaming industry was the future of big money in video games. Companies like Zynga were valued in the billions. In 2013? Not so much. Investment in social game companies dropped by $1 billion in 2012.
Why Facebook’s Graph Search needs to be mobile right now
Facebook unveiled Graph Search this week, but all its innovation is confusingly desktop-only. Here's why Graph Search needs to be on mobile in a hurry
Yelp creates LIVE standard to unify restaurant hygiene scores
Yelp has launched a unified health code standard for venues in San Francisco and New York called LIVE.
StileEye’s image-based search engine is a personal stylist in your pocket
StileEye is a mobile search engine that takes the photos of clothes you love and finds you similar styles based on its ever-learning, image-based algorithm.
DeleteMe Mobile lets you delete private information from data miners from your phone
DeleteMe Mobile is a new app that promises to keep your online private information out of the hands of data miners
Landmark case may set grounds for fair use over photos shared on Twitter
Three publishers have been embroiled in a lawsuit over unlicensed use of a Twitter user's photos, which could set a precedence for Twitter photo rights.
With features for your eyes, ears, and… fingers, Digisocial wants to be your all-in-one social network
Digisocial is a mobile social network for sharing and messaging friends with audio embedded photos.
Batten down your privacy settings; here comes Facebook Graph Search
Facebook Graph Search may create a "discoverability problem" for users – one that could push them to finally get serious about their privacy settings.
Why Facebook Graph Search is the best thing you never knew you always wanted
Facebook is rolling out a new product called Graph Search, the tool that will finally make sense of all the data you've been giving to the network.
The new Myspace opens up its doors – and throws in a new single from Justin Timberlake
The new Myspace is out of invite-only beta and now anyone can sign up and start sharing content or discovering new music.
Facebook finally begins replacing ‘Subscribers’ with ‘Followers’ in the U.S.
Facebook started replacing the "Subscriber" module with "Followers" ahead of its press event, and we also noticed that it was testing a new time stamp.
Pulse update adds deep social integration, wants to be an all-in-one platform for consuming content
Pulse updated its mobile apps today to add a deeper integration with popular social networks including YouTube, Instagram, Flickr, Facebook, and Tumblr.
Discussion-based social network Branch opens to the public with new features in tow
Branch, the social network for conversation that launched last year, has just left private beta and is open to the public
Twitter’s TweetDeck again fails to file accounts, risks being shut down in U.K.
TweetDeck, the Twitter acquired third-party client, has for a second time failed to file its accounts with the U.K. Commons House and risks being dissolved.
How to use Passbook
Our guide to Apple's Passbook. Ditch the hard copies of all those precious cards and passes in lieu of something a bit more convenient.
Foursquare update to check-in pages on mobile Web, adds more details
Foursquare announced a redesigned check-in page today to its mobile Web app, which has design elements from social photo apps like Instagram.
Digg staging a comeback, doubles its users since August
Could Digg be on the rise again? According to a recent blog post, the once-great social news site doubled its users since last August
Field Trip, Google’s “tour-guide” app, adds ScoutMob to serve local, location-based deals
Field Trip, Google's "tour-guide" app, announced a partnership with Scoutmob today, to serve users better location-based local deals.
Ready for the 2013 Presidential Inauguration? Be sure to bring your ‘social media butler’
Heading to the Inauguration but need someone to tweet for you? Washington D.C.'s Madison Hotel has you covered with your own social media butler - really.
LinkedIn celebrates 200 million users, and counting
LinkedIn celebrated reaching its 200 million user milestone today, but the social network isn't done yet. It's growing at a rate of 2 new users per second.
CHNL partners with Groupon, LivingSocial to curate more than the social Web
CHNL partnered with LivingSocial and Groupon to curate not only social media posts, but now also daily deals.
