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California and Illinois pass laws preventing employers from demanding social media passwords

, Jan 2nd 2013 Discuss [1]

In this day and age of social media, one wrong move could result in you losing your job. Employers who demand their potential employees' passwords to their social media accounts don't make things any easier, but thankfully two states have just imposed laws that prevent employers from doing just that. If you live in California or Illinois, you'll be pleased to know that it's now illegal for employers to demand your Facebook, Twitter, or other social media passwords to gain access to your private information. Read The Full Story

Mark Zuckerberg’s sister becomes victim of Facebook privacy issues

, Dec 26th 2012 Discuss [9]

Facebook has long been getting criticism for its privacy practices on its users, and it looks like the CEO's own sister is having issues of her own with the social networking giant. Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, complained on Twitter when a photo she posted that was meant to be set as private ended up being public somehow. Read The Full Story

Facebook testing new service that charges for messages sent to strangers

, Dec 20th 2012 Discuss [7]

Facebook announced today that they're testing out a new feature in Facebook Messages that will allow you to pay $1 to have a message sent to someone that you're not connected to go straight to their inbox instead of the "Other" folder. This might seem like an intrusive approach to talking to someone you aren't friends with, but it could come in handy if you need to get a hold of someone that's friends with a friend. Read The Full Story

Twitter teams up with Nielsen to launch social TV ratings

, Dec 17th 2012 Discuss [1]

Nielsen has long been the go-to source for TV ratings in the US, and as technology evolves and viewing habits change, so do the methods of monitoring television ratings. As an example, Twitter and Nielsen announced today that they're partnering up to bring a new kind of TV rating system to users in order to track how much buzz a TV show is getting on Twitter. Read The Full Story

Facebook updates iPhone app with rebuilt Timeline, promises faster speeds

, Dec 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Hot on the heels of a big performance update for the Facebook Android app yesterday, the social network has also released an update of their iPhone app today. The update brings a rebuilt timeline and a faster-loading news feed. The app is technically only an incremental update, but the speed improvement makes it feel like a brand-new app. Read The Full Story

Facebook for Android goes native, is twice as fast

, Dec 13th 2012 Discuss [2]

Facebook released a native version of their app for iOS back in August, but Android was left in the dust at the time. Finally, after months of waiting, Facebook is rolling out a native app for Android today. The app ditches HTML 5 in favor of native code to speed up loading times and improve overall performance. Read The Full Story

Twitter launches photo filters for iOS and Android apps

, Dec 10th 2012 Discuss [2]

We’ve been anticipating the arrival of photo filters on Twitter’s app for awhile now, with a rumor having surfaced back on November 2 that the social network was going to launch its own filters to compete against Instagram. The information came from inside sources, who stated that the filters would be launched “in the coming months.” Now, a little over a month later, Twitter has officially announced the photo filters and rolled them out to its iOS and Android apps.

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Microsoft opens its Socl social network beta to the public

, Dec 4th 2012 Discuss [8]

Microsoft has opened its social networking site Socl to the general public, whereas before only a small subset of individuals had access as testers. The network is still in beta, however, so users need to keep that in mind when using it. The Socl social project was first launched back in December of 2011, where users had to receive an invitation to use it. Read The Full Story

Americans spend over 2 billion hours on social media per month

, Dec 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

It's really not a surprise when you're told that people spend a lot of time on social media. We all know that Facebook has over a billion users, and that all these statistics that get thrown around of how many photos users share on social networking sites are just a fancy way of saying, "people are using social media." However, it turns out that Americans are collectively spending over two billion hours on social media, every month. Read The Full Story

Facebook gets the banhammer in Tajikistan

, Nov 27th 2012 Discuss [2]

Social media, while home to endless cat pictures and game updates, is an excellent medium for voicing social discontent and advocating against authority, whatever that authority may be. Such is the case in politics, where citizens voice their opinion on social media networks to reach a larger audience. Now Facebook has received the proverbial banhammer in Tajikistan, which has blocked access to the website due to "mud and slander." Read The Full Story

Facebook to end user voting on privacy issues

, Nov 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

If you've been a long-time Facebook user, then you know how controversial some of the privacy updates have been on the social networking site. The company launched its current site governance model in 2009, which gave users the right to vote on privacy policy issues. However, Facebook is now proposing to get rid of that system, saying that Facebook has outgrown the old model. Read The Full Story

Facebook Promoted Posts expanding across europe

, Oct 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

A couple of weeks ago, Facebook began testing Promoted Posts for regular users, not just businesses and brands. This would allow you or I to "promote" one of our status updates to show up at the top of everyone else's news feed. The features has slowly been rolling out across the US and other countries like New Zealand, but the company is now introducing the new feature to European users. Read The Full Story
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