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Vin Diesel: Facebook Owes Me Billions Of Dollars, But Whatever Vin Diesel: Facebook Owes Me Billions Of Dollars, But Whatever
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Vin Diesel did an interview with Entertainment Weekly, which came out on Friday. Some comments he made about Facebook have been attracting some attention in the days since. When interviewer Darren Franich asked Diesel what he attributes his large Facebook …

Twitter Mother’s Day Video Asks, “What The F*** Are You Doing?” Twitter Mother’s Day Video Asks, “What The F*** Are You Doing?”
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Twitter has released a somewhat funny video for Mother’s Day. It starts out by giving you the impression that they want you to use Twitter for Mother’s Day, but then drops a dose of reality on you, asking, ‘What the …

YouTube Paid Channels Are Here, Start At $0.99 A Month YouTube Paid Channels Are Here, Start At $0.99 A Month

Earlier this week, it was rumored that YouTube would roll out the oft-rumored paid channel subscriptions this week. That rumor was right on the money. YouTube announced today that it’s launching a pilot program that sees a number of its …

LinkedIn Adds Accessibility Features LinkedIn Adds Accessibility Features

In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, LinkedIn announced a few things it’s been doing to make the social network more accessible. These include improved site navigation, improvements to interaction with the service, and the addition of image descriptions. “What …

Now LinkedIn Wants You To Follow Channels Now LinkedIn Wants You To Follow Channels

A little over two years ago, LinkedIn launched LinkedIn Today, the company’s version of a social news destination. It’s been fairly popular, and last year, it got a design refresh. Today, LinkedIn announced another one. According to Business Insider, LinkedIn …

WordPress’ Share Of The World’s Top Blogs Increases WordPress’ Share Of The World’s Top Blogs Increases
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The majority of the world’s top 100 blogs are using WordPress, according to a new report from Pingdom, and the content management system’s share of these blogs is on the rise. According to the firm, 52% of these blogs are …

YouTube Trends Map Reveals That You All Really Like True Blood YouTube Trends Map Reveals That You All Really Like True Blood

YouTube popularity is an incredibly fickle thing. A video can be incredibly popular for a day, and then be buried into obscurity the next. To further help chart this ebb and flow, YouTube has launched a new trend measurement tool. …

Reddit Makes This Old Man’s Day By Restoring His Old Navy Photo Reddit Makes This Old Man’s Day By Restoring His Old Navy Photo
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Reddit is good for a lot of things, mostly because it’s simply made of up a huge group of people. When a community pulls together it can be capable of some pretty incredible things, and in the reddit age, sometimes …

Lowe’s Wins Vine with 6-Second Home Improvement Vids Lowe’s Wins Vine with 6-Second Home Improvement Vids
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Twitter’s 6-second video app Vine is proving itself quite versatile. We’ve seen it used for promotion, politics, comedy, game teasers, short films, and even as a real-time news medium during the Boston Marathon bombings. But with the help of their …

Teen Charged with Making Facebook Threats to Upstage the Boston Marathon Bombings Teen Charged with Making Facebook Threats to Upstage the Boston Marathon Bombings
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A Methuen, Massachusetts high school student has been arrested and charged with making terroristic threats after police were notified of posts made on his Facebook page. 18-year-old Cameron B. Dambrosio is being held on $1 million bond after making the …

Instagram Finally Gets People Tagging with ‘Photos of You’ Instagram Finally Gets People Tagging with ‘Photos of You’

Instagram is borrowing another feature from Facebook today, as they are rolling out true people tagging for both iOS and Android. With the updated apps, you’ll be able to add people to photos for the first time. All you have …

Facebook’s New ‘Trusted Contacts’ Lets Your Buddies Help with Account Recovery Facebook’s New ‘Trusted Contacts’ Lets Your Buddies Help with Account Recovery
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Facebook wants you to tap your buddies to help you regain access to your account, should you find yourself locked out. Today, they’re unveiling the all new “Trusted Contacts,” which is a revamp of their “Trusted Friends” feature that they …

Twitter App Update Brings Local & Tailored Trends, Improved Vine Playback Twitter App Update Brings Local & Tailored Trends, Improved Vine Playback

Twitter has just released an update to both their iOS and Android apps that allow you to see Trends from all over the world as well as choose to see Trends specifically tailored to your interests and who you follow. …

Islamophobic Facebook Post Lands County Commish in Hot Water Islamophobic Facebook Post Lands County Commish in Hot Water

Over the weekend, Coffee County, Tennessee Commissioner Barry West posted a photo on his public Facebook profile that has many in the area and across the country up in arms (no pun intended). The image, which is being called a …

Skype Video Messaging Comes To Windows Desktop Skype Video Messaging Comes To Windows Desktop

Not everybody can be online all the time. For those moments, it’s best to leave a message. That was a little difficult in Skype for Windows as you could only leave text-based messages before, but that all changed this week. …

LinkedIn Lets You Add Photos, Videos to Profiles to Better Showcase Your Talents LinkedIn Lets You Add Photos, Videos to Profiles to Better Showcase Your Talents

LinkedIn is giving users a new way to showcase their work by allowing them to add photos, videos, and presentations to their profiles. Let’s say you’re a photographer, and in your LinkedIn “experience” section you want to add some samples …

Your Facebook Likes Won’t Save Lives Says Powerful New UNICEF Campaign Your Facebook Likes Won’t Save Lives Says Powerful New UNICEF Campaign
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According to UNICEF, 19,000 children die every day from preventable causes. And your Facebook like isn’t going to save a one of them. The United Nations Children’s Fund Sweden division is calling people out with a powerful new ad campaign: …

Facebook Launches Promoted Page Likes Globally Facebook Launches Promoted Page Likes Globally

Facebook announced today that it is rolling out Promoted Page Likes around the world, after first launching them for U.S. businesses in December. These are designed to let Page owners create ads aimed at gaining new fans right directly fro …

LinkedIn Hits 1 Million Members in Singapore LinkedIn Hits 1 Million Members in Singapore
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While Facebook has recently been losing members in the U.S. and U.K., it has seen growth in developing countries such as India. While its worldwide membership growth is currently offsetting its membership losses, the loss of 6 million U.S. members …

Should Facebook Allow Businesses To Give Away Guns? Should Facebook Allow Businesses To Give Away Guns?
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Pennsylvania gun store Pittsburgh Tactical Firearms was running a giveaway for an AR-15 on Facebook, when the social network shut it down without warning. Should gun sellers be able to run promotions for guns on Facebook? Let us know what …

Baby Sold On Facebook For Grandfather’s Drug Money Baby Sold On Facebook For Grandfather’s Drug Money
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A newborn baby in India was rescued at the last minute from being sold by his own grandfather in order to fund his drug problem. 47- year old Feroz Khan has been arrested for allegedly conspiring with two hospital employees …