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| News | January 27, 2017 |
With Facebook running out of ad space on its flagship platform, it is now intent on bringing sponsored content to its Messenger app.
| Mobile | January 26, 2017 |
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is bolstering its scientific credentials with the acquisition of AI-assisted academic search engine, Meta.
| News | January 24, 2017 |
On the back of its successful Golden Globes red carpet live-stream, Twitter is upping its awards show broadcasts.
| News | January 24, 2017 |
Snapchat cannot be held responsible for causing a high-speed highway accident that left multiple people injured, a judge has ruled.
| News | January 24, 2017 |
Find out how to follow President Donald J. Trump's administration on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
| News | January 21, 2017 |
Twitter mostly met its diversity goals for 2016, but the company is still lacking in terms of overall inclusiveness.
| News | January 21, 2017 |
Twitter's Vine preservation efforts are well and truly underway with its updated web archive of the video-looping app's best content.
| News | January 21, 2017 |
Despite previously denouncing ads as “creepy,” Snapchat is now embracing ad-targeting in the vein of Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
| News | January 20, 2017 |
Facebook is rolling out a messaging update on the web version of its platform by officially adopting its Messenger web interface.
| News | January 19, 2017 |
Twitter is killing off its “buy” button, a feature it has gradually been phasing out since May 2016.
| News | January 19, 2017 |
Image-hosting and discovery platform Imgur is introducing an update to its mobile apps and desktop site that’s all about encouraging social connections
| News | January 18, 2017 |
Facebook is reportedly not planning on renewing its Live Video deals with publishers. Instead, the company is chasing premium video content.
| News | January 18, 2017 |
Facebook is planning to pour $3 billion into virtual reality in the next decade in an effort to realize the tech’s full potential.
| News | January 18, 2017 |
Facebook is putting its stamp on the world’s biggest startup space. Station F in Paris will be home to the company's first startup incubator.
| News | January 18, 2017 |
Vine is no more, but you can still salvage your old creations by downloading them from the app (before updating) or from the Vine website.
| Mobile | January 18, 2017 |
Twitter is live-streaming President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 in partnership with PBS NewsHour.
| News | January 14, 2017 |
Canada's PM Justin Trudeau is the first politician to take part in a Snapchat Live Story (a curated set of snaps from a specific event).
| News | January 13, 2017 |
Facebook is expanding upon its Instant Articles publishing tool by allowing select publishers to package multiple articles into one post.
| News | January 12, 2017 |
Pinterest is overhauling its related pins feature using artificial intelligence in a bid to make its recommendations more relevant.
| News | January 12, 2017 |
Facebook is giving Pages the option to live-stream from the web. The feature, which the platform began testing last year, is now rolling out.
| News | January 11, 2017 |
Twitter Dashboard, the app aimed at business users, is shutting down just over 7 months since it was launched.
| News | January 11, 2017 |
President Barack Obama’s farewell address will be live-streamed in 360 video on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube courtesy of VRScout.
| Audio / Video | January 10, 2017 |
Medium, the publishing platform created by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, is axing 50 jobs and shutting its offices in New York and Washington D.C.
| News | January 7, 2017 |
Airbnb is one of the first brands to jump on Twitter’s recently launched live 360 video feature in order to showcase its global experiences.
| News | January 6, 2017 |
Wikileaks tweeted it plans to build an online database populated with the information of verified Twitter users.
| News | January 6, 2017 |
Tinder is launching a virtual reality headset. Gotcha! It’s not doing anything of the sort. Instead, the dating app is promoting a fake VR device at CES.
| News | January 6, 2017 |
The White House is teaming up with Giphy, MIT, and the Internet Archive to preserve the Obama administration’s social media history.
| News | January 6, 2017 |
A lawsuit filed against Snap by a former employee claims the company reported false growth numbers to investors in an effort to inflate its valuation.
| News | January 5, 2017 |
Twitter is partnering with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions to live-stream the Golden Globes red carpet preshow.
| News | January 5, 2017 |
Mark Zuckerberg's political ambitions have come to light via a SEC filing by his firm and his own statesman-like Facebook posts.
| News | January 5, 2017 |
On Thursday, Twitter “accidentally” made an upcoming feature available to everyone on iOS, and the reaction from users was hostile, to say the least.
| News | January 4, 2017 |
Dating app Coffee Meets Bagel is launching two new web apps powered by Yelp and Spotify that are all about helping you plan the ideal first date.
| Mobile | January 4, 2017 |
Mark Zuckerberg will be hitting the road to visit every state with his wife Priscilla Chan in tow as part of his latest “personal challenge.”
| News | January 3, 2017 |
Facebook is courting controversy following its removal of a photo of an Italian statue of Neptune. The company claims it violates its nudity policy.
| News | January 3, 2017 |
The NFL is partnering with Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo to live-stream games on the site, including the Super Bowl.
| News | January 3, 2017 |
Twitter is adopting one of Facebook's worst traits having revealed it too suffered a video ad metrics blunder for just over a month.
| News | December 30, 2016 |
Twitter has spoken. After CEO Jack Dorsey asked users for suggestions for new features, one function won the popular vote: the ability to edit tweets.
| News | December 29, 2016 |