Social Networking
Facebook to offer offline gift cards
Facebook has introduced gift cards to their lineup of offerings.
Beginning today, the social network will let users give friends gifts to ......
Classic game 'Monopoly' to change one token via Facebook vote
Hasbro has announced that one of its iconic 'Monopoly' game tokens will be replaced, via Facebook vote.
Through the new "Save Your Token" ......
LinkedIn reaches 200 million users
LinkedIn has reached 200 million users.
The professional social network reached the milestone this week, with members in 205 nations in 19 ......
Report: MySpace looking to reinvent itself as Spotify, Pandora rival
According to Business Insider, MySpace is trying to raise $50 million in funding so it can re-invent itself as a rival to Pandora and Spotify.
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FEMA: Try social networks and texting if networks are congested
With Hurricane Sandy picking up strength as it reaches the East Coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has tweeted some advice ......
Apple shutting down failed Ping music social network
Apple has confirmed it will be shutting down its failed Ping service on September 30th.
The company is no longer accepting new members, either.
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Facebook to finally let you edit comments
After years of user complaints, Facebook has finally given in.
Users can now edit comments they have posted to the site, instead of having ......
Microsoft buys Yammer for $1 billion
Microsoft will be purchasing the business social networking site at an unheralded price.
Yammer, which is little known outside of corporate ......
Rumor: Apple preparing to kill off failed Ping social network
According to multiple reports, Apple is preparing to kill of its failed Ping music social network.
Ping was launched in September 2010 to ......
Google tweaks Gmail with better Google+ integration
Google has announced new additions to Gmail this week that will help it better integrate with the Google+ social network.
Full list of the ......
Facebook IPO fails to impress
Despite hype not seen since Google's IPO in 2004, Facebook's debut in the market has failed to impress investors with shares up just 2 percent as of writing.
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Brazil has second most people on Facebook
According to social media analytics firm SocialBakers, Brazil now has the second largest population on Facebook.
The social networking giant ......
France will fine you $99,000 for tweeting election data
Until 8PM today, French politicians and citizens are forced to remain quiet, by law, about the presidential race.
The candidates can not ......
Xbox Live to add Zynga games?
According to a recent interview, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus says the company is working on its back-end tech in an effort to get their popular games ......
Interest in Google+ plummets after promising start
After soaring to a gain of more than 1000 percent when it opened to the public, Google+ traffic has fallen back to earth.
Privacy groups ask FTC to investigate Facebook for tracking, misleading consumers
A coalition of US privacy and civil rights groups wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Facebook over alleged deceptive trade practices.
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Google+ traffic surges as it opens to the public but can they sustain it?
Google+ may not be ready to take on Facebook yet, but traffic to the would be contender for the social networking crown spiked immediately after ......
Google shuts down Slide just 12 months after purchase
In August 2010, Google confirmed that they acquired Slide, the social networking gaming site created in 2005 by Max Levchin, the co-founder of PayPal.
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German privacy official bans Facebook "like" button
Website operators in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein have until the end of September to get remove all Facebook "like" buttons or face ......
Zynga IPO ready to set records
Zynga, the social gaming behemoth, is filing for an IPO that will value the company at upwards of $20 billion, a new record for "social" media ......
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