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Tag: social networking
Snapchat settles FTC charges that promises of disappearing messages were false
Snapchat, the developer of a popular mobile messaging app, has agreed to settle
Google about to toss Google+ atop its mountain of failed ideas?
The abrupt departure of Google+ creator Vic Gundotra from the beleaguered social network…
This little-known iOS feature will change the way we connect
You’re able to send and receive messages even when you don’t have a data connection…
Mobile use grew 115% in 2013, spurred by messaging and social apps
For the past five years, we have watched mobile disrupt every industry…
Apple is losing ground to the Samsung brand
Samsung is gaining fast on Apple in terms of brand affection…
Twitter co-founder unveils Jelly, backed by Apple BoD member Al Gore, U2’s Bono, and more
One of the creators of Twitter Inc. unveiled a new mobile service…
How to permanently delete your Facebook account
I left Facebook nearly four years ago because…
Apple’s $200 million for Topsy buys a lot of interesting things
Apple, as usual, is adding to the intrigue by declining to explain itself…
With Topsy Labs acquisition, Apple gets rich Twitter data
Apple Inc has acquired social media search and analytics startup Topsy.,..
Apple buys Twitter analytics startup Topsy Labs for $200 million
Apple Inc. has acquired social-media analytics firm Topsy Labs Inc….
How to erase yourself from the Internet
If your growing weariness of being constantly tethered to the internet…
Facebook: Oops, technical flaw exposed 6 million users’ phone numbers and e-mail addresses
Facebook has inadvertently exposed six million users’ phone numbers…
Facebook reveals Video for Instagram with filters, image stabilization (with video)
Instagram directly competing with Vine, records 15 seconds of video…
Facebook to unveil Instagram video-sharing service, source says
Facebook Inc, operator of the largest social network…
Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion
The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed on Sunday to buy Tumblr…
Facebook in talks to buy Waze for as much as $1 billion
Facebook Inc is in talks to acquire Waze, a navigation app for mobile devices…
‘Bang With Friends’ goes mobile, launches on Apple iPhone and Android
Bang With Friends tries to help you find folks amongst your Facebook social circle…
Jim Cramer: Buying Netflix could be just the game-changer Apple needs
The market is ripe with speculation that Netflix may be a takeover target…
Google requires people to use Google+ social network, gains ground against Facebook
Google Inc is challenging Facebook Inc. by using a controversial tactic…
Apple iTV: Why this one feature will crush the competition
If Apple gets this right the company can easily secure 90% of the TV market within a couple of years….
Apple paid $7 million for Color Labs, sources say
In a lawsuit filed today by a former founding employee of Color Labs…
What’s really going on with Color: Apple acquires engineering talent, not the company
You’d be forgiven if you were confused by the swirl of stories around the social video start-up Color…
Last year’s Apple-Twitter investment talks were tied to iOS integration; Ping’s plug to be pulled later this year
Apple Inc. floated the idea of investing in Twitter Inc. as the companies discussed…
Google+ nabs top spot in customer satisfaction survey; Facebook falls
Google+ already has reached more than 250 million users, compared with more than 900 million for Facebook…
Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 Billion in cash
Microsoft Corp. and Yammer Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement…
Microsoft to buy Yammer for over $1 billion
Business-software company Yammer Inc. agreed to sell itself to Microsoft Corp…
Apple to axe Ping dud in next iTunes version, say sources
Apple has finally acknowledged what the market has been telling it…
Facebook explores access for kids under age 13
Facebook Inc. is developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old…
iOS 6 to feature system-wide Facebook integration, including ‘Liking’ App Store apps
We heard many weeks ago that Apple and Facebook engineers were working…
Apple’s Ping: What went wrong
In his recent appearance at the All Things Digital conference…
Apple won’t buy Twitter, but Google might
Whenever a major acquisition occurs, the world scrambles to figure out which companies…
Study finds link between number of Facebook friends and ‘socially disruptive’ narcissism
Researchers have established a direct link between the number of friends you have on Facebook…
Facebook is stupid and for old people
With Facebook owning Instagram, it would ruin its entire purpose…
Could Google+ ever have been anything but a failure?
Steve Jobs knew he was the hawk in 2007, and he knew that what he was doing…
Facebook Messenger coming to Mac, released for Windows
In another display of how native apps are beating the web…
Google gets personal, searches your world, not just the Web
For Google, it’s personal. The Internet search giant is no longer going to roll out the same search…
Twitter unveils sweeping redesign; says iOS integration has boosted signups by 25%
Twitter on Thursday unveiled a new redesign sweeping across its entire platform…
Google+ to boost features, integrate Google Apps accounts, add pseudonyms soon
Social networking service Google+ will be adding several much-requested…
iOS code hints at Apple prepping photo and video sharing ‘Find my Friends’ social network
Apple’s work on a new iOS-device based social network called “Find my Friends” is…
A eulogy for Google+
25 million users in barely a month is nothing to sneeze at, but…
Google+ may pass Twitter with one-fifth of U.S. adults online
Google Inc.’s new social-networking service may grow to claim 22 percent of online U.S. adults in a year…
