Keeping it (un)real: Snapchat now lets you animate yourself thanks to Bitmoji
Months after Snapchat's acquisition of Bitmoji, you can finally send a comic version of yourself in either your snaps or your chats.
Twitter steps up its game, joins with NBA on pair of new, exclusive live shows
Twitter and the NBA just announced a new partnership that will bring exclusive content to the social news service and it's other platforms.
Canon’s latest all-in-one inkjets print directly from social media, cloud storage
Printers may seem like basic technology, but Canon is adding both efficiency and functionality with its latest Maxify options.
Snapchat wants to show you ads based on the objects in your Snaps
A newly published Snaphat patent shows technology that uses image recognition technology to serve ads based on objects that we within the snap.
Facebook fine-tuning app install ads, allowing better targeting by developers
Facebook is introducing new ad targeting options for app developers that can reach users of the social network based on their in-app activity.
Snapchat quietly rolled out a feature to share your fave accounts
Snapchat has quietly rolled out a “suggest” function that lets you recommend accounts to friends, sharing their details with your followers in the process.
Tumblr’s slow evolution forces Yahoo to write down value by two-thirds
Tumblr has suffered another devaluation at the hands of Yahoo. The tech giant has announced a $482 million write-down of the blogging service.
ABC News partners with Facebook to offer live-streaming coverage of DNC and RNC
Facebook and ABC News are teaming up to offer in-depth live-streaming video coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
Today is #WorldEmojiDay, because why not?
Countless traditions around the world define what we call “holidays” -- why not add something new that binds us all to our increasingly tech-centric planet?
Weekly Rewind: Emmy madness, yet more 'Pokémon Go,' and a moon photobomb
In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. So much news goes on that it's almost impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of everything.
Facebook exec adds insult to injury in response to poor ratings on diversity report
Facebook diversity exec blames applicant "pipeline" on Facebook's diversity problem, highlighted in the company's recent diversity report.
This new algorithm can tell how old you are based on your Instagram activity
What if we told you we could know how old you are based on your Instagram activity? An algorithm from researchers at Penn State University can do just that.
Facebook hoping to turn Messenger into the western WeChat with new hire
Facebook has allegedly made a strategic hire from China’s leading messaging app, WeChat. The new recruit is former WeChat product manager Dan Grover.
Attempted coup in Turkey results in social media clampdown
Turkey saw a social media blackout on Friday during an attempted coup by the country’s military, with reports that Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube were down.
GE is launching a Facebook Messenger Bot to challenges your science and emoji skills
For those of you bilingual in English and emoji, you'll be able to show off your skills as GE launches the #EmojiScience Decoding Challenge on Messenger.
Facebook chat bots might be the future, but right now they feel like the past
There's a developer gold rush going on right now, and it's all about bots. Facebook's Messenger gained 11,000 bots in a few months, but are they useful?
Pinterest acquires the startup behind Highlight, Shorts, and Roll apps
Pinterest has acquired Math Camp, a startup known for a trio of social discovery, and photography apps including Highlight, Shorts, and Roll.
Full streams ahead for Twitter as it strikes Pac-12 live university sports deal
Twitter has signed another sports-oriented live-streaming deal, this time with Pac-12. The agreement will see Twitter stream the network's university games.
Facebook still shows little signs of progress when it comes to diversity
Facebook has released its latest diversity report, and (in a first for the social network) stats concerning its LGBTQ employees.
Line messaging app goes public with year’s biggest tech company debut
Line Corporation arrived on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Thursday morning with the biggest market debut for a tech company this year.
Facebook Messenger reduces load times, now supports Instant Articles
Facebook's Instant Articles have proven a hit in the standard Facebook app, but those articles will now show up in Facebook Messenger too.
Girl power: Unicode greenlights new emoji of professional women
Eleven of Google's 13 proposed women at work emojis have been approved by the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee.
By studying ant colonies, MIT devised a totally new way to analyze massive amounts of data
By studying ant colony behavior, MIT scientists devised a totally new way to analyze massive amounts of data.
Parody video shows what Instagram interactions would look like in real life
YouTube channel Haugen Creative has created a humorous video showing how unusual it would be to interact with Instagram in the world around you.
Metro’s new Pokémon Go Twitter account could derail your journey to work
Metro has launched a new Twitter account dedicated to helping Pokémon Go players find the game's rarest creatures during their daily journeys.
Twitter gets more emojis: Unicode’s latest batch of icons land on the social network
Twitter has become the first social platform to offer support for the 72 new emojis available with Unicode 9, including selfie, clown, and avocado icons.
Dallas gunman used Facebook to buy AK-47 from private seller in 2014
The shooter responsible for killing five Dallas police officers last week bought an AK-47 assault rifle from a private seller on Facebook in 2014.
Facebook tests its apps in a data center that houses 2,000 smartphones
Facebook's latest data center isn't like the others -- instead it's designed specifically for app testing, housing a hefty 2,000 smartphones.
Whole Foods’ Messenger chatbot lets you discover recipes using emojis
Whole Foods has launched its first-ever chatbot for Facebook Messenger, which lets you use emojis to discover healthy new recipes.
New Polaroid photo app transforms your images into moving moments
Polaroid Swing is a new photography-sharing app for iOS that uses motion controls to let you create moving images akin to Apple Live Photos.
Pizza Hut is making ordering easy thanks to its new Messenger chatbot
Pizza Hut wants to make it as easy as possible for you to order a pizza, and has announced the launch of a new pizza-ordering bot for Facebook Messenger.
Twitter continues live-streaming expansion with Bloomberg news deal
Twitter and Bloomberg have a struck a deal to live-stream several of the media network’s programs on the social network, including its Wall Street coverage.