- Vatican unveils Pope's Twitter handle: @pontifex Philip Pullella - Reuters - 1 hr 10 mins ago
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The secret's out. Pope Benedict's new handle on Twitter will be @pontifex, beating out other contenders that had been considered to showcase … More »Vatican unveils Pope's Twitter handle: @pontifex
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The secret's out. Pope Benedict's new handle on Twitter will be @pontifex, beating out other contenders that had been considered to showcase the thoughts of one of the world's most visible leaders. Benedict already has 1.2 billion "followers" in the standard sense of the word but next week he will …
- WhatsApp could transform Facebook Zach Epstein - BGR.com - 1 hr 34 mins ago
A report published over the weekend stated that Facebook (FB) is in talks to acquire WhatsApp. As a quick aside, TechCrunch for some reason claims that the most recent … More »WhatsApp could transform Facebook
A report published over the weekend stated that Facebook (FB) is in talks to acquire WhatsApp. As a quick aside, TechCrunch for some reason claims that the most recent WhatsApp update on its messaging volume is 1 billion messages per day — in reality, WhatsApp reported this past August that it is handling 10 billion messages …
- The Pope Already Has More Twitter Followers Than You Dashiell Bennett - The Atlantic Wire - 3 hrs ago
The Vatican officially unveiled the new personal Twitter account of Pope Benedict XVI this morning, and he hasn't even had to tweet anything to blow past your puny follower … More »The Pope Already Has More Twitter Followers Than You
The Vatican officially unveiled the new personal Twitter account of Pope Benedict XVI this morning, and he hasn't even had to tweet anything to blow past your puny follower count. Less than an hour after turning on the account, @pontifex had amassed more than 15,000 followers and will only suck in more as the Western Hemisphere …
- Pope's Twitter handle @Pontifex, first Tweet Dec. 12 will be a Q&A; format The Associated Press - AP - 3 hrs ago
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI will start tweeting in six languages from his own personal handle (at)Pontifex on Dec. 12. More »Pope's Twitter handle @Pontifex, first Tweet Dec. 12 will be a Q&A; format
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI will start tweeting in six languages from his own personal handle (at)Pontifex on Dec. 12.
- Pope's Twitter handle @Pontifex; will be Q&A; AP - 3 hrs ago
Pope Benedict XVI will start tweeting in six languages from his own personal handle (at)Pontifex on Dec. 12. More »Pope's Twitter handle @Pontifex; will be Q&A;
Pope Benedict XVI will start tweeting in six languages from his own personal handle (at)Pontifex on Dec. 12.
- Top News Stories: #10 Facebook IPO Ron Recinto - Yahoo! News - 10 hrs ago
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- Chris Brown Returns To Twitter, Instragrams Photo Of Scantily Clad Rihanna Access Hollywood - 17 hrs ago
Breezy's back with a bang. Chris Brown has returned to Twitter, after deleting his account last Sunday following an expletive-laced online fight with comedian Jenny … More »Chris Brown Returns To Twitter, Instragrams Photo Of Scantily Clad Rihanna
- Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week Eric Larson - Mashable - Sun, Dec 2, 2012
1. I Kissed a Girl More »Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week
- The Kids Are All Right: How Social Media Created a Generation of Activists Takepart.com - Sat, Dec 1, 2012
This week marked the nation’s inaugural “Giving Tuesday,” a UN sponsored initiative, which utilized social media to encourage businesses, schools, and community members … More »The Kids Are All Right: How Social Media Created a Generation of Activists
This week marked the nation’s inaugural “Giving Tuesday,” a UN sponsored initiative, which utilized social media to encourage businesses, schools, and community members to give back. The effort resulted in $10 million worth of donations made in a single day, a 53 percent increase over the same day last year.
- Is Facebook planning to develop its own games? Revised Zynga terms open the door Raymond Wong - BGR.com - Fri, Nov 30, 2012
As Zynga (ZNGA) continues its free fall into irrelevancy with layoffs and its one-hit social games, the gaming company has revised its contract with Facebook (FB) to … More »Is Facebook planning to develop its own games? Revised Zynga terms open the door
As Zynga (ZNGA) continues its free fall into irrelevancy with layoffs and its one-hit social games, the gaming company has revised its contract with Facebook (FB) to free it from being “forced to launch games exclusively on the Facebook platform” and “obligated to use Facebook Credits for Zynga game pages,” according to AllThingsD. The …
- Facebook Powerball frenzy: Purported winner offers to 'share' $1 million Patrik Jonsson - Christian Science Monitor - Fri, Nov 30, 2012
His name is Nolan Daniels, and he’s just about to give some random dude or dudette $1 million. Or so he claims. More »Facebook Powerball frenzy: Purported winner offers to 'share' $1 million
His name is Nolan Daniels, and he’s just about to give some random dude or dudette $1 million. Or so he claims.
- Twitter in legal spat over data clampdown Gerry Shih - Reuters - Fri, Nov 30, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc's steadily tightening grip over the 140-character messages on its network has set off a spirited debate in Silicon Valley over whether … More »Twitter in legal spat over data clampdown
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc's steadily tightening grip over the 140-character messages on its network has set off a spirited debate in Silicon Valley over whether a social media company should or should not lay claim over its user-generated content. That debate has now landed in court. ...
- Facebook Cover Photos Are Disappearing Pete Pachal - Mashable - Fri, Nov 30, 2012
In the scope of a couple of days, several people -- including Mashable staffers -- have seen their Facebook cover photos disappear without explanation. The issue appears … More »Facebook Cover Photos Are Disappearing
- Zynga stock falls after Facebook terms change AP - Fri, Nov 30, 2012
Shares of Zynga slumped Friday after it disclosed with its partner Facebook that they have loosened their close ties to one another. More »Zynga stock falls after Facebook terms change
Shares of Zynga slumped Friday after it disclosed with its partner Facebook that they have loosened their close ties to one another.
- Twitter's New Fiction Contest Is Pretty Morbid Esther Zuckerman - The Atlantic Wire - Fri, Nov 30, 2012
Twitter's official fiction festival launched this week as an experiment in extremely brief writing, and today comes the prokject's first user-generated experiment. It … More »Twitter's New Fiction Contest Is Pretty Morbid
Twitter's official fiction festival launched this week as an experiment in extremely brief writing, and today comes the prokject's first user-generated experiment. It involves dead people. Writer Jennifer Wilson is about to start posting pictures of graves from a cemetery by her home and asking readers to make up an epitaph …
- Zynga shares slide after privileged status with Facebook ends Reuters - Fri, Nov 30, 2012
(Reuters) - Shares of gaming company Zynga Inc fell as much as 10 percent, a day after the "Farmville" creator reached an agreement with Facebook Inc that reduces its … More »Zynga shares slide after privileged status with Facebook ends
(Reuters) - Shares of gaming company Zynga Inc fell as much as 10 percent, a day after the "Farmville" creator reached an agreement with Facebook Inc that reduces its dependence on the social networking giant. The companies reported in regulatory filings on Thursday that they have reached an agreement to amend a 2010 deal …
- Facebook, Zynga revamp partnership Alexei Oreskovic and Gerry Shih - Reuters - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Zynga Inc severed the cozy ties that once bound the Internet industry's closest couple, revising a years-old partnership between … More »Facebook, Zynga revamp partnership
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Zynga Inc severed the cozy ties that once bound the Internet industry's closest couple, revising a years-old partnership between the two companies. The two companies reported in regulatory filings on Thursday that they had reached an agreement to amend a deal struck in 2010 that …
- Zynga slides after updated agreement with Facebook AP - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
Zynga shares tumbled nearly 13 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after the online game company and Facebook disclosed that they changed their relationship status … More »Zynga slides after updated agreement with Facebook
Zynga shares tumbled nearly 13 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after the online game company and Facebook disclosed that they changed their relationship status to become less attached to each other.
- Anna Breslaw’s 600-Word Sprint: The Twitter Disconnection Takepart.com - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
TakePart presents “Anna Breslaw’s 600-Word Sprint,” a weekly column of pop culture analysis and social justice insight. Look for Anna’s Sprint every week on the homepage … More »Anna Breslaw’s 600-Word Sprint: The Twitter Disconnection
TakePart presents “Anna Breslaw’s 600-Word Sprint,” a weekly column of pop culture analysis and social justice insight. Look for Anna’s Sprint every week on the homepage of TakePart.
- How Facebook Tagged Me as a Copyright Violator Pete Pachal - Mashable - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
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- Google exec: Facebook is the ‘social network of the past’ Brad Reed - BGR.com - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
Are you one of more than a billion people around the world who use Facebook (FB)? According to Google (GOOG), you’re trapped in the past. While speaking during a Business … More »Google exec: Facebook is the ‘social network of the past’
Are you one of more than a billion people around the world who use Facebook (FB)? According to Google (GOOG), you’re trapped in the past. While speaking during a Business Insider conference in New York on Wednesday, Google’s vice president in charge of Google+ called Facebook the “social network of the past,” noting that …
- Yes, You Can Get Arrested for a Facebook Status Update Now David Wagner - The Atlantic Wire - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
A 21-year-old Indian woman thought Mumbai shouldn't have been shutdown for the funeral of an Islamophobic leader. Broadcasting such opinions on Facebook was apparently grounds … More »Yes, You Can Get Arrested for a Facebook Status Update Now
- Saints tweet that bus egged at Atlanta airport AP - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
The New Orleans Saints players say their bus was pelted with eggs by airport workers after they touched down in Atlanta. More »Saints tweet that bus egged at Atlanta airport
The New Orleans Saints players say their bus was pelted with eggs by airport workers after they touched down in Atlanta.
- NYPD Act of Kindness Goes Viral on Facebook Kenneth Rosen - Mashable - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
When New York Police Department officer Larry DePrimo was cold wearing two pairs of wool socks and combat boots, he couldn't imagine how freezing a barefoot man asking … More »NYPD Act of Kindness Goes Viral on Facebook
When New York Police Department officer Larry DePrimo was cold wearing two pairs of wool socks and combat boots, he couldn't imagine how freezing a barefoot man asking for change in Times Square felt. Deprimo purchased thermal socks and insulated winter boots to give to the man, and a chance photo of the officer's act of …
- Facebook Hacks Its Employees to Teach Lessons on Cyberattacks [EXCLUSIVE] Samantha Murphy - Mashable - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
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