Blog Profile / Social News Daily
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Blog Post Archive
Pinterest Launches ‘Pin It’ Buttons For Several Third-Party Apps
The Pinterest ‘Pin It’ button is making its way into mobile apps that are not owned by the popular photo-based sharing website. Pinterest on Sunday began showing off the ‘Pin It’ button on several popular craft, photo, and commerce applications. Among the first to receive the Pinterest sharing button was popular craft sales website Etsy. [...]
First Photo Of Jennifer Lawrence As Mystique Posted On Twitter
The first photo of Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in the new movie X-Men: Days Of Future Past, was posted to Twitter today by director Bryan Singer. First look: #JenniferLawrence as a vengeful #Mystique. #XMen #DaysOfFuturePast twitter.com/BryanSinger/st… — Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) May 20, 2013 Of course, this isn’t the first time that Lawrence has been spotted [...]
Did Tumblr Just Lose The ‘Cool’ Factor? Thousands Of Blogs Imported To WordPress Following Yahoo Acquisition
WordPress might be the biggest winner in Yahoo’s $1.1 billion cash acquisition of Tumblr. WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg announced on his blog Sunday night that more than 72,000 blog posts were imported to WordPress.com in a single hour. The massive spike in imports was reported immediately following Yahoo’s confirmation that it had acquired Tumblr. In [...]
Using Twitter Will Damn Your Soul, According To Saudi Clerics
Stay off Twitter, or your soul is forfeit. While most Internet users already understand this to be true, a top Saudi cleric has gone ahead and made it honest-to-goodness religious truth. Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, the senior religious authority in Saudi Arabia, warns against being pulled in by the appeal of the popular microblog. [...]
Pinning Memorial Day: Popular Parenting Pinterest Pin Picks
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States that occurs every year on the final Monday of May. The holiday is a day to honor all Americans who have died while in the military service. Memorial Day falls on May 27 this year. For my Popular Parenting Pinterest Pin Picks of the week, here are my [...]
Social Media: The New Face Of Disaster Response [Infographic]
Is social media the new face of disaster response? As many of you reading this likely know, social media has taken on numerous new roles in recent years outside of simply providing a semi-anonymous forum for posting selfies and discreetly stalking exes. In fact, social media has become the news, the entertainment, and even the [...]
TV Upfront Pickups: S.H.I.E.L.D., Phil Coulson Seeing The Most Social Buzz
Who is leading on social media among the new shows that the major TV networks officially announced this week? Though the Marvel Cinematic Universe spin-off Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is garnering a very healthy dose of buzz online (much of it concerning the not-so-deceased Agent Phil Coulson), our pals over at Networked Insights analyzed millions of social media [...]
Yahoo In Talks With Tumblr, Partnership Or Acquisition Possible
Yahoo is on an acquisition tear of late and now the software giant may be in talk to partner with or acquire popular blogging service Tumblr. While some reports point to a strategic alliance between the two companies, other reports believe Yahoo could pay upwards of $1 billion for the platform. Speaking to AllThingsD a source close [...]
Google Glass Going Social With Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, And Others
What could be better than creepily spying on people with your Google Glass hardware? How about posting your creepy ways to social networks. During the Google I/O conference on Thursday the search giant announced that it was bringing further social media access to Google Glass. Among some of the notable additions will be Twitter, Facebook, [...]
Jessica Alba Posts Street Fighter Photos On Instagram
Jessica Alba spends much of her life in front of cameras. She poses on magazine covers, television shows and movies but if you really want to see some great pictures of the actress check out her Instagram account. Alba has been posting photos of her children, family vacations, and fancy celebrity dinners. Oh, and she [...]
New Google Maps Screenshot Shows Where Google+ Will Be Integrated
The new Google Maps for desktops integrates Google+ into its overall design and a new screenshot from the Google I/O conference shows exactly where that integration will occur. The team at Droid Life spotted and captured screenshots from the sign-up form for Google Maps that shows a smart search bar that features recommendations from the Google+ platform. A [...]
Google Unveils Streaming Music Platform During I/O Conference
As expected Google on Wednesday used the Google I/O Conference to unveil a new Spotify competitor. Known as Google Play Music All Access the service costs $9.99 per month. Launching exclusively in the United States the platform costs $9.99 per month. Users who sign up by June 30 can take advantage of the new Google [...]
Top Social Media Passions, Study Reveals What Users Love To Share The Most
If you browse social networks on a regular basis you have probably noticed that some topics are more popular than others. For example, 10 percent of all posts are centered around sports and health. The team at social search and analytics company Prollie realized that some social posts and social shares were more highly coveted than others. [...]
Foursquare Adds More Menus, Aims To Improve Local Search Results
Foursquare has been experiencing a massive transformative phase from check-in location based service to local search results platform. On Tuesday that transformation continues as the company rolled out new menus aimed at localized results. One month ago Foursquare rolled out a new app that it said would “reveal more of the world around you the moment [...]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Approval Rating Has Increased Since Facebook IPO
Before Facebook went public Mark Zuckerberg was already a pretty popular CEO among his employees. After the Facebook IPO was a complete disaster employees still stood beside their co-founding leader. One year later the Facebook IPO has recovered much of its value and Zuckerberg is more popular with employees than ever before. According to jobs [...]
Tumblr Adds Email Sharing From Dashboard
Tumblr on Tuesday rolled out a new feature that allows users to email Tumblr posts directly from the homepage or “dashboard.” The new feature can be found via a drop-down menu that is attached to the share button. That same drop down also leads Tumblr users to the permalink share option. Simply type in the [...]
Facebook Adds TV, Movie, And Book Ratings System To Timeline
Facebook in its never ending attempt to build out a better Graph Search product has announced a new ratings system via Sections for Timeline. The “Sections” area shows users what apps they use and now a star rating system appears next to movies, TV shows, and books. Once rated developers can track traffic from Sections [...]
Pinterest Version 1.5 Update For Android Brings More Social Features, Deeper Interaction
Pinterest version 1.5 has debuted for Google Android smartphones and the new update brings with it more ways to stay connected. Among the platforms newest mobile features is the ability to send a pin to a friend (this has been highly requested), mention friends in comment, and receive push notifications when someone likes, comments or [...]
Pinterest Updates iOS Apps, Delivers Push Notifications For Comments, Likes, And More
Pinterest has updated its iPhone and iPad apps to include some useful new features. iPhone customers (iPad not included) now have the ability to send a pin to someone. Users on both platforms can also receive push notifications for comments, likes, and repins along with suggestions for search. Pinterest users can also now invite friends [...]
LinkedIn Bans Prostitution And Escort Services
LinkedIn encourages professionals from all walks of life to use its social enterprise solutions. From McDonald’s cashiers to Fortune 500 executives the network is literally for everyone. Well … everyone except for prostitutes and escorts. The social network added a new clause to its user agreement on Monday which specifically forbids certain “activities” on its [...]