Tag Archives: microblogging

If Facebook’s Secret Study Bothered You, Then Quit Now

Posted on by

There are more than 1 billion Facebook users—I’m one of them—and the reality is that all of us are test subjects for the website’s not-so-grand experiments. ŸIs there a better way to get users...

Twitter’s COO Ali Rowghani Resigns

Posted on by

Ali Rowghani resigned as chief operating officer after a power struggle over responsibilities, said people familiar with the matter, in the biggest executive exit since the microblogging company went...

Yahoo to Announce Own Version Of YouTube

Posted on by

There are 62 video sharing sites worldwide at the moment, and of course the largest by far is YouTube, which now garners more than 17% of all Internet traffic. That’s why you have to wonder why a...

FB Newswire is Facebook’s own news aggregator

Posted on by

Facebook's push into news-making went full throttle this year when it announced Paper, the social network's news app. It's basically Facebook without the fuss. But Facebook is upping the ante today...

Sina plans New York IPO for Weibo microblog

Posted on by

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese internet company Sina Corp. plans to spin off its Twitter-like microblog service, Weibo, in a U.S. initial public offering to raise $500 million, a person with knowledge of...

LinkedIn gives members more room to share insights

Posted on by

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — LinkedIn is hoping to unleash more wisdom on its professional networking service by giving its 277 million accountholders more space to share their experiences and insights. A...

Who Rules The Second Screen, Facebook Or Twitter?

Posted on by

Twitter’s user growth in the last couple quarters may have been less than stellar, but one place the social messenging service hasn’t disappointed is its hold on television viewers. Twitter...

The Demise Of Sina Weibo: Censorship Or Evolution?

Posted on by

While China’s social media users are at home spending time with their families for the Spring Festival holiday, the rest of the world is busy trying to make sense of what happened to Sina Weibo....