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Facebook wins court battle that forces Europeans to use real names

, Feb 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook and Germany have been going back and forth for years, but the most recent development was the disagreement between the two entities as far as using real names or pseudonyms. Facebook wants its users to use their real names, but Germany insisted otherwise. However, Facebook just won the court battle that will force Europeans to use their real names. Read The Full Story

Facebook now allows friends to promote your posts

, Feb 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook has announced a new feature that people very keen on privacy may not like. The new feature allows your friends to promote your posts even if you don't give them permission. The new option will allow your friends to pay to promote your posts and have the post seen by more people. The idea is that if you're trying to raise money for a worthy cause or have another important announcement your friend can get it in front of more people that you know. Read The Full Story

State of the Union address sees over 1.36m tweets

, Feb 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Last night was a big night for government and the entire US. President Obama gave the annual State of the Union address, where he lays out what condition the country is in, and suggest plans and goals for the future. The House chamber was buzzing last night, but so was Twitter, with over 1.36 million tweets that referenced the speech. Read The Full Story

Foursquare check-ins reach 1 million at Atlanta Int’l Airport

, Feb 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Foursquare has long been the go-to app for checking-in at places and sharing tips on restaurants and other attractions, so it's no surprise that one location in particular has reached a whopping 1 million check-ins on Foursquare. That location is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which is known as one of the busiest airports in the world. Read The Full Story

Facebook data shows football fan statistics across the US

, Feb 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook has a lot of data about us, but that's not necessarily their fault. It's more our faults since we willingly post all sorts of information to our profiles. However, in Facebook's most recent data collection case study, they showed off various regions in the US and what football team had the most fans in a particular region of the country. The results are quite impressive. Read The Full Story

Facebook Connect bug takes down entire internet (almost)

, Feb 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's official: Facebook has a hold on the internet, and when the social network has a problem, the entire internet will suffer. Case in point: Facebook's Connect feature experienced issues yesterday that affected thousands of other website who use Facebook's integrated "Like" button system on their websites. Read The Full Story

NASA to host first ISS Google+ Hangout on February 22

, Feb 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

In what will be the first-ever Google+ Hangout to beam to the ISS, NASA will be hosting such an event on February 22, where astronauts Kevin Ford, Tom Marshburn, and Chris Hadfield will be answering your questions from 11 am ET to noon ET. The team will answer questions that are both pre-recorded, as well as live questions from social media sites. Read The Full Story

Vine implements 17+ age rating and reporting system

, Feb 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

When Twitter released its Vine app a couple of weeks ago, needless to say we were intrigued by the concept. However, the app quickly became plagued with a porn problem that got a majority of people all up in a tizz. However, Twitter has released an update for the app today that implements a 17+ age rating, as well as a reporting system for reporting inappropriate content. Read The Full Story

Facebook announces the Facebook Card for offline gift giving

, Jan 31st 2013 Discuss [0]

A day after Facebook's Q4 2012 earnings, in which the company saw a spike in mobile users, they have announced the Facebook Card. Essentially, it's a gift card that can store multiple gift cards in one. Plus, the card will manage each balance from however many stores there are on the card. Users can manage their Facebook Card from the web or through the mobile app. Read The Full Story

Facebook posts $1.59b revenue for Q4 2012, more users on mobile than desktop

, Jan 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook has beat expectations of its Q4 2012 earnings, recording a revenue of $1.59 billion, which is just above the expected $1.53 billion that the company would rake in. However, the social networking giant didn't make much of a profit, and instead recorded only a net income of $64 million during the quarter. Read The Full Story

Twitter improves photo and video viewing in web interface

, Jan 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today, Twitter has launched some new enhancements to how it handles photos and videos on the service's web interface. Namely, they have made it easier to view either form of media on profile pages and in search results. When users click on a photo from these two places, a larger version will pop up. With videos, Twitter has expanded its list of services whose media show up in media galleries, and instead of just photos, videos now show up on the gallery. Read The Full Story

Foursquare crowd-sources Best of 2012 lists for 30 cities

, Jan 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

While Foursquare may only seem like a check-in app that you use to tell your friends how jealous they should be, the service also allows users to review restaurants and other attractions just like on Yelp, and give it a 0-10 rating. Today, Foursquare has released the "Best of 2012" list that chock full of the best places to go in a given city, crowd-sourced by the users themselves. Read The Full Story
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