-
NewsFacebook cleanses pages of fraudulent “Likes”
Facebook said on Friday it will cleanse pages of fraudulent “Likes” that have been injected by scammers to impart a false sense of popularity...
-
News 1Apple releases Mountain Lion 10.8.2 beta to developers, featuring new Facebook integration
Apple has released its second beta of OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion to developers, less than a week after the first beta version was seeded. Beta OS X...
-
NewsFree Webtrends app for iPad monitors social media stats
Analytics firm Webtrends has released a free iPad app, named Webtrends Today, that can be used to track social media buzz generated via Facebook,...
-
NewsFacebook ‘like’ leads to a lawsuit and free speech debate
It started in 2009 when Daniel Ray Carter, a US deputy sheriff in Hampton, Virginia pushed the little thumbs up button on his Facebook page. Carter’s...
-
News 1Apple reportedly in talks to acquire The Fancy
Apple is reportedly in talks to acquire social networking and e-commerce site The Fancy – a competitor of Pinterest – according to Business...
-
NewsEA files copyright suit against Zynga over The Sims Social
Electronic Arts has sued Zynga, developer of the popular Ville brand of social media games, alleging that the company violated EA copyright pertaining...
-
NewsGoogle+ use skyrockets, says report
Social network Google+, which turned a year old at the end of June, has seen its user base take a dramatic jump in the past six to seven months,...
-
NewsBing lets you ask your Facebook friends as you search
If you want to know more about a new rock band or a new restaurant, you’ll probably do a search. But then you realise a few of your friends might...
-
NewsZuckerberg’s sister works for Google after it acquires social media marketer Wildfire
Google has acquired Wildfire Interactive, a social media marketing company, aiming to creating new opportunities for its clients to engage with people...
-
NewsFacebook unveils new user-generated feature: Facebook Stories
The nearly 1 billion users (fewer, of course, if you don’t count all those bogus accounts) who use Facebook every day sure share a lot of stuff....
-
NewsFoursquare testing program to monetise its service
Foursquare is rolling out the pilot for a new program, called Promoted Updates, which will charge merchants to send recommendations to users about...
-
NewsJobs gave up on social because Facebook’s Zuckerberg ‘did it so well’
Walter Isaacson, the author of the best selling Steve Jobs biography, has revealed that Apple’s late co-founder didn’t venture further into social...
-
NewsStolen car found on eBay after four decades of searching
We have seen how social media networks can help reunite owners with their lost pets such as the famous Twitter lost dog story. However, it really...
-
NewsDigg sold for just $500k four years after turning down $200 million from Google
Just four year’s ago Google reputedly offered Digg US$200 million for its social networking service, but yesterday it transpired it has been...
-
NewsTwitter changes to a ‘simpler search’
Twitter will bolster search functionality to automatically complete users’ queries and suggest related search terms, among other improvements announced...
-
NewsSheryl Sandberg becomes first woman on Facebook board
Social media giant Facebook has finally appointed a woman to its board of directors, in the form of chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. Sandberg,...
-
NewsFacebook hires Apple design expert
Facebook has hired a former user interface design manager from Apple. Chris Weeldreyer is now Product Design Manager at Facebook, he left Apple, where...
