Social Media Archive
07 Mar 2015
Microsoft discontinues Facebook, Google chat in Outlook.com
Microsoft discontinues Facebook, Google chat in Outlook.com Today, in an email to Outlook.com customers, Microsoft announced that it will be discontinuing support for Facebook Chat and Google Chat on the service. The company blames the Google Chat removal on Google changing its chat protocol but doesn’t mention why it’s removing Facebook support. Going forward, the
01 Mar 2015
Twitter Moves to Suck Less at Dealing With Abusive Trolls
Twitter Moves to Suck Less at Dealing With Abusive Trolls Twitter might still “suck” at dealing with abusive trolls, but it’s getting a little better. The micro-blogging platform on Thursday outlined several product updates it’s making to improve user safety. After recently streamlining the process ofreporting harassment on Twitter, the company is now making similar
20 Feb 2015
Linkedin Launches in Arabic
Linkedin Launches in Arabic LinkedIn has announced the launch of its Arabic version. The announcement was made at an event held today at the company’s new regional headquarters in Dubai, and keynoted by Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Chief Executive Officer of the Media Zone Authority – Abu Dhabi (twofour54). Speaking at the event, HE
20 Feb 2015
Instagram revenue projected to hit $5.8 billion in 2020, analyst says
Instagram revenue projected to hit $5.8 billion in 2020 Facebook’s decision to buy Instagram looks smarter and smarter each year. Instagram, the fast-growing photo-sharing network, is projected to generate about $700 million in revenue this year and $5.8 billion in revenue in 2020, according to new estimates from analysts with Cowen & Co. SEE ALSO:
20 Feb 2015
Facebook is working on virtual reality apps for social experiences
Facebook believes that one day we’ll be able to connect with friends in virtual reality, so users can eventually experience someone’s vacation as though they’re right there with them. Facebook chief product officer Chris Cox revealed on stage Tuesday at the Code/Media conference the company’s vision for how it plans to embrace virtual reality. Cox
18 Feb 2015
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18 Feb 2015
Facebook ads get smarter
Like it or not, Facebook advertisements just got even smarter. On Tuesday, the social network announced Product Ads, a set of tools that lets businesses more effectively target Facebook’s 1.4 billion or so users with a new, automated process. With Product Ads, businesses who upload their product catalogs to Facebook can manually create ad campaigns.
16 Feb 2015
Facebook bug would have allowed hackers to easily delete your photos
Many of us have dozens, hundreds or even thousands of photos logged on Facebook. A nefarious bug on the website — that has since been mended — would have allowed hackers to arbitrarily delete them. A blogger named Laxman Muthiyah discovered the issue. It all came down to a rather brief bit of code: Request
10 Feb 2015
Facebook updates celebrity-loving Mentions app
Facebook updates Facebook rolled out an update on Thursday to its celebrity-focused Mentions app, making it easier for high-profile users to interact with fans. In addition to sharing on Facebook, Mentions users can now add other people — including bandmates, teammates or colleagues — and hashtags to the “Mentions Feed,” a feed of posts in the
10 Feb 2015
Twitter: Government requests for your data spiked 40% since summer
Twitter: Government requests for your data spiked 40% since summer Like it or not, governments are more curious than ever about Twitter users. The social network released its latest government transparency report on Monday, revealing that the number of requests for user information in the second half of 2014 jumped 40% over the previous six months. Twitter