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You Can Now Tag People in Instagram Photos

You Can Now Tag People in Instagram Photos

By Josh Wolford May 16, 2013

You have always been able to tag users in Instagram posts, but two weeks ago Instagram announced that soon, you would be able to tag people in the photo itself. The feature, called “Photos of You,” was given a two-week …

Spotify Adds 1M Paid Subscriptions in Just 3 Months Spotify Adds 1M Paid Subscriptions in Just 3 Months
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Spotify has tacked on a million paid users just a little over three months. That’s the word from SXSW, where the company has announced that they can now boast 6 million paid subscribers. Back in December, Spotify announced that their …

Instagram Tops 100 Million Monthly Active Users Instagram Tops 100 Million Monthly Active Users

Instagram has just announced a major milestone: 100 million monthly active users. It comes just five weeks after the photo-sharing network announced 90 million MAUs and a little of ten months after being acquired by Facebook. “Now, nearly two and …

Twitter Asks You to 'Welcome Back' Other Users Twitter Asks You to 'Welcome Back' Other Users

It looks like Twitter is making a small, non-intrusive push to promote more interaction between members of the service. Some users are seeing a new message appear atop their streams on Twitter.com. It notifies them that someone (a particular @person) …

Facebook Police Make Sure You're Using Facebook Facebook Police Make Sure You're Using Facebook

Facebook reportedly lost 1.4 million U.S. users last month. Or, maybe they didn’t. Metrics can be a tricky thing. Even if Facebook lost roughly 1% of their user base, is it even a huge deal? Things like that fluctuate from …

Facebook Still Has a Big Problem with Underage Users Facebook Still Has a Big Problem with Underage Users
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Facebook policy strictly prohibits anyone under the age of 13 from operating an account. As you’re probably well aware, plenty of kids under the age of 13 operate Facebook accounts. That’s because people are allowed to lie on the internet, …

Bieber Passes Lady Gaga, Now the King of Twitter Bieber Passes Lady Gaga, Now the King of Twitter

For over two years, Lady Gaga was the Queen of Twitter – in that she had the most followers of any user on the site. She was the first to 10 million, 20 million, 30 million…I think you get the …

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Instagram Announces 90M Monthly Active Users Instagram Announces 90M Monthly Active Users

Maybe Instagram wants to quell rumors that Instagram is leaking users. Maybe they simply thought it was the right time. Whatever the case, they have just put up monthly active user stats for public consumption, for the first time ever. …

LinkedIn Hits 200 Million Members LinkedIn Hits 200 Million Members
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Today, LinkedIn is announcing a pretty significant milestone. The social network for professionals has just topped 200 million members. For reference, LinkedIn hit 100 million members back in March of 2011 – meaning it’s taken them nearly two years to …

Instagram Users Sent to Facebook to Report Users Instagram Users Sent to Facebook to Report Users

Facebook assured Instagram users that their experience with the service wouldn’t change post-acquisition, and that Instagram would continue to “grow independently.” While Facebook isn’t necessarily backtracking on that position, they are beginning to integrate the two services little by little. …

Facebook Conquering the World, Trails in the East Facebook Conquering the World, Trails in the East
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It’s Facebook’s world – every other social network is just living in it. Big blue’s virus-like spread has been well-documented, as the company has spent the past three years making up ground in countries like Brazil, Mexico, India, and more …

Twitter Hits 200 Million Monthly Active Users Twitter Hits 200 Million Monthly Active Users

Twitter has just announced a pretty significant milestone: 200 million monthly active users. Twitter has reached this milestone in less than seven years of existence. Back in March, Twitter officially turned six years old (it was the anniversary of the …

Facebook Gives Users a Personal Year in Review Facebook Gives Users a Personal Year in Review

Want to take a trip through your top moments on Facebook this past year? Well, you’re in luck. Facebook has just unveiled their year-in-review materials, and one of them is a user-specific 2012 Timeline of top stories. Just log in …

Spotify Gained 2M Paid Subscriptions This Year Spotify Gained 2M Paid Subscriptions This Year
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Music streaming service Spotify has just announced its current user stats, and they show that the company has increased its paid user base by two million this year alone. According to Spotify, it can now boast 5 million paid subscriptions …

“Ghost Town” Google+ Boasts 135 Million Active Users “Ghost Town” Google+ Boasts 135 Million Active Users
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Today Google launched Google+ Communities, which allows users of the social network to create and join large common interest groups complete with discussion, hangouts, and seamless sharing across the web. They also announced that former iPad app of the year …

Nielsen Stats Show Americans Love Social Media Nielsen Stats Show Americans Love Social Media
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As a country, we are obsessed with liking, sharing, tweeting, and pinning. Seriously obsessed. Nielsen has just published their Social Media Report for 2012 and the numbers are staggering. According to Nielsen, Americans spent a total of 121.1 billion minutes …

Google Play Is Now No Country for Anonymous Reviews Google Play Is Now No Country for Anonymous Reviews
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If you prefer to hide behind the veil of anonymity when posting reviews, Google Play is probably not the place for you anymore. In a move that will pretty much wipe Google Play of nameless, faceless feedback, Google is now …