More than 20 students suspended after liking a threatening photo on Instagram
The users behind an Instagram threatening a school shooting were detained by police but the students that liked the photo were suspended.
Live Location lets you share your real-time whereabouts in Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger's new Live Location feature lets you share your real-time whereabouts with friends and family for up to one hour.
Google is reportedly working on a new social app for photo editing and sharing
Google is reportedly working on yet another photo-based app. Unlike Google Photos, this app may be for groups to edit and share their photos.
Give YouTube a round of [APPLAUSE] — sound effects are now auto captioned
YouTube's artificially intelligent auto captioning system is now eight years old -- and getting a sound upgrade.
Pay for Twitter? A subscription service for power users could be in the cards
Twitter is exploring the idea of overhauling TweetDeck to include a bunch of extra features. The drawback? You'll have to pay for it.
Wow! Facebook now allows users to react to chats inside Messenger
Facebook's news feed reactions are now debuting in Messenger. The app now allows users to like or use an emoji to react to messages.
Instagram is rolling out new safety features, will blur ‘sensitive content’
On Thursday, Instagram announced the addition of a few new features that seek to help foster a safer, kinder community.
Twitter says it shuttered 377,000 accounts that promote terrorism in six months
Twitter has revealed that from July 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, it closed almost 377,000 accounts that promoted terrorism.
Now 1 million advertisers strong, in-app booking is coming to Instagram
Instagram is celebrating an advertising milestone with a teaser -- a new in-app booking feature is coming before the end of the year.
Facebook is testing a new look for its comments that looks a lot like Messenger
Facebook is testing a new design that make comment threads look a whole lot like messaging app threads, complete with message bubbles.
Reddit users will soon be able to add profile pics and bios to their profiles
Reddit's rolling out new profile pages that will allow users to add "more prominent" pics and biographies.
Mevo is now the first camera capable of live broadcasting to Twitter
Thanks to an API release by Twitter, Mevo by Livestream is now able to broadcast straight to Twitter or Periscope.
Twitter launches live video API for streaming — how will that affect Periscope?
Twitter will likely be seeing an increase in live video with the release of its live API for integrating live feeds from third-party apps.
Apple’s new Clips app is taking the fight to Instagram and Snapchat
Apple is pitching Clips as a fun way to craft great-looking video without complicated editing tools, and the app will release in April.
PicsArt's custom stickers (and export option) could make basic effects look boring
Embellishing a photo with a sticker is a popular way to customize -- but now you can even customize the actual sticker.
Want to keep that live video around? Instagram now lets you do just that
Instagram now gives you the option of saving your live broadcast to your phone when you're done streaming for the day.
Monopoly fans find animals more lovable than tech in vote to replace classic tokens
Monopoly's Token Madness vote has come to a close, with fans resoundingly choosing animals over symbols of modern technology.
Six ways to get your shamrock shake indulgence this St. Patrick’s Day
You could go to a drive-through, or just make your own shamrock shake, with or without booze. Probably with.
Google’s Area 120 releases yet another app, and this one turns speech into emojis
To use Supersonic Fun Voice Messenger, press the microphone button, share your thoughts, and then let the app transcribe what you're saying.
Snapchat and Vice are teaming up to bring a reality dating show to Snapchat
Snapchat is moving into original content, and because you've gotta give the people what they want, that content is going to be a dating show.
With Snapchat Bitmojis, you can now put your favorite friends on speed chat
After popping up early for Android users last week, Snapchat has officially rolled out Bitmoji shortcuts to favorite friends.
Take a picture, and Pinterest will generate recommended pins for you
Finding pins of things that inspire you in real life will soon be easier than ever with a new suite of Pinterest visual tools powered by AI.
Facebook brings Messenger Day to the world, bids adieu to Director of Product
After testing it in Poland and Australia, Facebook is rolling out Messenger Day, its Snapchat Stories-like feature, to Android and iOS.
Snapchat adds Bitmoji widget feature in latest Android app update
The Android Snapchat app has made it possible to turn your friends' Bitmoji into widgets on your home screen
Facebook will soon be showing more ads more frequently in Instant Articles
Facebook announced an "update to monetization in Instant Articles," allowing publishers greater customization options for ads.
Pinterest buys up Jelly, a small search engine powered by real people
Social media giant Pinterest has acquired Jelly, a small search app powered by real people with similar ideas on how a search should work.
Twitter for iPhone now lets you easily grab back some storage space
The latest Twitter update lets you quickly and easily clear cached data so you can reclaim some possibly precious storage space.
Facebook now has an app just for virtual reality goggles
Samsung Gear VR users can now have another source for endless content feeds: Facebook 360. The new dedicated app launched today.
Facebook’s powerful new servers will help it handle more visual content
Facebook is overhauling its server hardware in tandem with an expected increase in the amount of video being uploaded to its platform.
Instagram Stories adds geostickers, another Snapchat feature clone
Instagram is continuing it's relentless assault on Snapchat today with its addition of geostickers to Instagram Stories.
Twitter is now expanding its analytics to include user-generated Moments
Twitter Moments now come with analytics to help users track the popularity of their stories on the web and mobile.
Tinder celebrates International Women’s Day by donating up to $250,000
In anticipation of International Women's Day on March 8, Tinder announced it's pledging $250,000 to help empower women.
Pinterest’s Chrome extension now acts as your visual search engine for the web
Pinterest is giving its Chrome browser extension an artificial intelligence upgrade by integrating its visual search tool with the plug-in.
New York Times to start printing reporters’ tweets in new trending section
The New York Times will start highlighting the best and most relevant tweets from its reporting staff in a new section in its newspaper.