In theory, social networks are supposed to make you feel closer to everybody. Oh, look! Jim is driving a tractor on Instagram. Wow, Sarah just invited me to her baby shower on Facebook. But the truth is, social networks do a really good job at making you feel left out too. Show More Summary
At last week's I/O developer conference Google announced a number of upgrades to the photo section of its Google+ social network, including features such as 'Auto-Highlight', 'Auto-Enhance' and 'Auto'-Awesome'. To make the same experience available on its mobile platform the search giant has released an upgraded Google+ app for Android. Click through to Connect to find out more.
A group of researchers from Columbia and Stanford have created a method for turning complex cellular datasets into visualizations that map the similarities between tens of thousands of cells within a tissue sample.
Remember GeoCities? The quirky, city-themed web hosting service and early social network that, by 1999, was the third-most-visited site on the World Wide Web? Fourteen years ago, Yahoo acquired it — and with much the same fanfare asShow More Summary
As Tumblr users cope with news of a new overlord, many are voicing both concern and annoyance at the $1.1 billion deal. The most vocal are getting their message heard and it's spreading across Tumblr as well as other social networks, but it's not enough to make Yahoo or Tumblr concerned. Show More Summary
Yahoo is paying $1.1 billion to acquire the hip blog network Tumblr. Here's exactly how much advertising needs to be sold, across three different categories, to make the deal pencil.
Alongside Yahoo’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr today, the social network also released a big update to its iOS app. There’s a “fancy” new interface interface for selecting a certain kind of post to create. If it looks familiar, that’s because you’re thinking of Stacks in OS X, the crescendoing lists of apps you can [...]Show More Summary
Thanks in part to visual social networks like Instagram, visual storytelling has gotten much more interesting and much more integral part of marketing for all types of businesses. Follow The American Genius on Facebook for exclusive & breaking business stories Get more Business News at AGBeat
Despite the popularity of social networks like Twitter and Facebook, RSS readers are still arguably the best way to monitor and manage daily news items and subscriptions on both our computers and mobile devices. With the pending death of the Google Reader, we on the lookout for alternative RSS reader clients that go beyond Reader's capabilities. Show More Summary
Billionaire Leon Cooperman appeared on CNBC last week to say that the social networking giant Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is a value play. He noted that the company’s valuation might appear rich with Facebook having “a higher multiple than the kind of things we’re normally involved in, but we think there’s a lot of wind to their [...]
Prasant Naidu at Lighthouse Insights reports that after a successful start on Twitter, the Indian Army has recently joined Facebook. This is a welcome move as last year the Indian Army had issued orders asking all personnel — both officers and other ranks — to stop using social networking sites...
The Battle of the Social Networks: Facebook vs. LinkedIn
Pinterest is not just another copycat social networking site. It focuses on the age-old adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Who has time to read a thousand words all the time, anyway? Sometimes a picture is all we have mindshare for. Show More Summary
While it's true social networks often start with relatively few ads, it's a given that'll change in time. Now Yahoo has acquired Tumblr, and more ads are on the way. Needless to say, not everyone is happy about this.
While it's true social networks often start with relatively few ads, it's a given that'll change in time. Now Yahoo has acquired Tumblr, and more ads are on the way. Needless to say, not everyone is happy about this.
Google (and especially the Google+ team) are keeping themselves very busy. While I/O 2013 may have wrapped up last week, the company's just unveiled a new update for its social network on Android devices. Packing some familiar new photo skills (like auto-backup and auto-highlights), the refresh includes even more Snapseed filters and tools. Show More Summary
Is the world ready for another social media network? The folks at muvver think it is. "Muuver is a simple to use social app that let's you share your hypes and gripes, kudos & complaints, likes, and dislikes - about ANYTHING. muuverShow More Summary
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer danced on a tightrope this morning as she tried to explain the logic behind her company’s $1.1B agreement to buy social network site Tumblr. She told analysts in a conference call that the companies will work together, but separately. Show More Summary
Twitter for terriers. Facebook for Frenchies. Grindr for greyhounds. All great ideas, but the truth is that there just aren't enough social networking sites/apps for dogs — until now that is. Internet, meet Where My Dogs At. Where My Dogs At, meet the internet. Now sniff each others butts and go play rough with one another. Read more...
In April a campaign entitled "I Support Law 779" began on social networks demanding that the "Integral Law Against Violence Towards Women" be respected before numerous reforms that religious leaders and members of the Supreme Court of Justice proposed.