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I was just minding my own business submitting an article to StumbleUpon, when I couldn't help but notice an entirely new experience when I clicked the submit button. The change...

Apparently Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm Isn’t Too Hard To Game

Another story about someone gaming Facebook's News Feed algorithm made its way into the news, which isn't good for the company, as it keeps going out of its way to improve News Fee...

Grandmaster Flash Isn’t Sending You His Love on Facebook – It’s Just Grandma

"Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge, I'm tryin not to lose my head" - Grandma Rose. If your grandmother is on Facebook, there's already a pretty good chance you'...

How Top Publishers’ Social Referrals Are Divided

We recently looked at data from Shareaholic, which showed social media referral share by soc...

Facebook Tests Self-Destructing Posts

In another move that shows hows much Facebook wishes it could've been the first to popularize ephemeral messaging, the company is currently testing a scheduled deletion feature for...

Denny’s Mocks Apple’s Livestream Incompetence

As you probably know, Apple held a big press event today to unveil the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus, and the Apple Watch (as well as Apple Pay and a new U2 album). The company m...

Facebook Adds Video View Counts, Tests Related Videos

Facebook said video views exceeded 50% from May through July, adding that since June, there has been an average of mover a billion video views on Facebook every day. Over 65% of th...

Should Twitter Change Its Timeline Feature?

There have been rumors and fears for quite some time that Twitter would one day implement an algorithmic timeline, which would essentially be its equivalent to Facebook's News Feed...

NFL Football Kicks Off Tonight, and Twitter Wants You to Follow the Action There

Twitter wants you to run to Twitter when something big is happening on TV, and have been pushing that coveted 'second-screen' experience for years. Today, Twitter has furthered tha...

NYPD Cops Are Taking Classes on How to Twitter

Everyone's on Twitter these days – you, your mom, your grandma, your high school math teacher, and yes, the police. There are plenty of reasons why a police department would want t...

Twitter’s Apparently Thinking About Group Chat

Does Twitter need a group chat feature? Would you use it? According to the company's CFO, group chat is one of the functions high up on their future innovation list. Speaking a...

Twitter Changes Its Font, Makes Other Updates

Twitter has just announced a few changes to twitter.com, most notably a revert back to its old font after a brief stint trying out a new one. At the end of May, Twitter...

Facebook Down for Some Users

It's not just you – Facebook is down for many users. The outage appears to have hit around 3:45 EST. This is the...

LinkedIn Announces New Security And Privacy Control Tools

LinkedIn announced that it is giving users access to three new tools to help them better control their account and data. This includes a way to see all the places you're logged int...

Twitter Shows Favorites In Timeline When It Has Nothing Else To Show

Last month, news came out that Twitter would start showing favorites and other activity in users' timelines. The concept didn't sit too well with some users. Twitter...

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