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Facebook to offer offline gift cards
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 ...... 01 Feb 2013
Classic game 'Monopoly' to change one token via Facebook vote
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" ...... 10 Jan 2013
LinkedIn reaches 200 million users
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 ...... 10 Jan 2013
Report: MySpace looking to reinvent itself as Spotify, Pandora rival
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. ...... 19 Nov 2012 - 2 comments
FEMA: Try social networks and texting if networks are congested
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 ...... 29 Oct 2012
Apple shutting down failed Ping music social network
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. ...... 13 Sep 2012 - 2 comments
Facebook to finally let you edit comments
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 ...... 22 Jun 2012 - 11 comments
Microsoft buys Yammer for $1 billion
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 ...... 15 Jun 2012
Rumor: Apple preparing to kill off failed Ping social network
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 ...... 14 Jun 2012 - 2 comments
Google tweaks Gmail with better Google+ integration
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 ...... 20 May 2012
Facebook IPO fails to impress
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. ...... 18 May 2012 - 3 comments
Brazil has second most people on Facebook
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 ...... 06 May 2012 - 4 comments
France will fine you $99,000 for tweeting election data
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 ...... 22 Apr 2012 - 6 comments
Xbox Live to add Zynga games?
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 ...... 25 Mar 2012 - 3 comments
Interest in Google+ plummets after promising start
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. 11 Oct 2011 - 12 comments
Privacy groups ask FTC to investigate Facebook for tracking, misleading consumers
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. ...... 30 Sep 2011 - 4 comments
Google+ traffic surges as it opens to the public but can they sustain it?
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 ...... 29 Sep 2011 - 1 comment
Google shuts down Slide just 12 months after purchase
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. ...... 26 Aug 2011 - 3 comments
German privacy official bans Facebook like button
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 ...... 19 Aug 2011 - 12 comments
Zynga IPO ready to set records
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 ...... 29 Jun 2011 - 2 comments
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