Twitter will broadcast local TV news to avoid misinformation

In an effort to curb the spread of misinformation, Twitter will begin broadcasting local TV news alongside the timeline when tragedy strikes. The microblogging service tested the feature yesterday, streaming news coverage of the school shooting at Ma...

Twitter is the latest to fill your feed with auto-playing video ads

Your Twitter feed is going to get even busier thanks to the microblogging service unlocking auto-playing video ads for advertisers. Starting today Video Website Cards are available to every ad-buyer. In limited beta tests (like the one embedded below...

Facebook Tweaks its News Feed by Displaying More Posts From Your Friends


Facebook is tweaking its News Feed, minimizing posts from pages that you’ve liked and displaying more updates from you friends. In a statement today, the world’s number one social network said that...

Twitter Finally strikes a Deal with Google to show Tweets in Google Search Results


From this year tweets will be appearing in Google’s search results as soon as they are posted. This is because of a deal between Twitter and Google which basically gives Google access to Twitter’s...

Twitter Takes Fight for Transparency to Court


Twitter is suing the U.S. government for allegedly restricting the microblogging platform from publicly reporting the scope of surveillance on its users."Our ability to speak has been restricted by...

Facebook’s out to copy Twitter news feeds


Don't assume you know which news you want to see on your social media accounts. Or so Facebook and Twitter seemingly say every couple of months. Once again, there will be another algorithm change...