SocialMediaNews

2010 has been a huge year for Facebook - arguably the company's biggest yet. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was named Person of the Year by Time magazine, a Hollywood movie about the found...

Baidu’s Twitter Imitation Collects 1 Million Users

An apples-to-apples comparison may not be possible here, given that Twitter used to keep its stats private, time's passed, and Twitter and a service called Baidu Talk operate in...

CityVille Poised To Pass FarmVille As Top Facebook Game

In the tech community, a lot of people profess to dislike Facebook games such as FarmVille and CityVille. They're snubbed due to requiring little thought or skill, and vie...

Facebook Gives Users More News Feed Options

Facebook is now giving users a way to better filter their news feeds so they can really see the content they want. In the past, users have been able to choose whether they want...

Twitter Acquires Fluther Team to Make Twitter More Relevant

Twitter announced that it has acquired the Fluther, or the team at Fluther, rather. The product Fluther will remain separate from Twitter, a...

Facebook Gets New Instant Personalization Partner in TripAdvisor

Facebook announced today that it has partnered with TripAdvisor to bring "Instant Personalization" to the travel site. The integration will allow TripAdvisor users to...

Turner Redesigns NCAA.com

Turner Sports has relaunched NCAA.com with plans to make it a year-round destination for college sports fans and provide coverage for all 88 NCAA championships....

AOL Acquires Personal Profile Site About.me

AOL announced that it's acquiring about.me, described as a "social identity site" that allows users to create personal profile pages....

Baidu Exec Calls For Facebook To Enter China

A couple words of caution: Baidu doesn't speak for the Chinese government, and no one's hinted that any sort of formal alliance exists between Baidu and Facebook. A high-r...

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New Facebook Registration Tool For Site Owners Aimed at Increasing Conversions

Facebook is launching a new registration tool for site owners, which utilizes a single line of code. "Fo...

Update: Facebook is Up…Kind Of (After Downtime)

Update 3: Facebook has now tweeted saying, "Facebook is available again after being down for a brief period. We apologize for the inconvenience."...

comScore: Facebook, Hulu Lost Video Viewers In Nov.

Facebook and Hulu, while doing fine in many respects, couldn't quite hold online video viewers' interest in November as they've done before. New stats from comScore indica...

Facebook To Roll Out Facial Recognition Feature

Facebook long ago passed Flickr to become the world's largest photo-sharing site, and thanks to an impending upgrade, its lead may soon increase. Facebook announced late y...

Twitter Revamps Its Business Resource Site

Twitter has launched a revamped version of business.twitter.com, which is a resource site aimed at helping businesses get the most out...