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Facebook announced that its videos will now use HTML5 by default as Flash continues its slow demise. The company's chief security officer made headlines a while back when he...

Facebook Messenger Is The Fastest Growing of the Top Apps In the U.S.

It's no surprise that Facebook Messenger continues to grow, but according to new data from Nielsen, it's actually the fastest growing app in the U.S. It's still behind Facebook...

Twitter’s Vine Adds New Personalization

Twitter-owned short,looping video service Vine announced a new feature that adds a touch of personalization to the service. It's a new personalized channel that should help users s...

Facebook Lets All Verified Pages Share Live Video

Facebook announced that it is now enabling all verified pages to share live video using the iOS app. "With Live, sports teams, media companies, brands, and other verified Pages...

Facebook Messenger Continues Evolution To Assistant

Facebook announced a new feature for Messenger that lets you request a ride from a car service like Uber. In fact, Uber is a partner on the feature, though Facebook says it's j...

Facebook Instant Articles Finally Come to Android

Facebook announced that Android users can finally now read its Instant Articles. In October, everyone using the iPhone app became able to read thousands of them from the News Feed...

Pinterest Now Lets You Embed Bigger Pins On Your Site

Pinterest announced that it is now letting you embed bigger pins on your website or blog. You've long been able to embed pins, but until now, they've been relatively small and...

Twitter Launches Moments in Another Country

Twitter announced the launch of its new Moments offering in the UK - its third country. Moments launc...

Google+ Gets More Changes (On the Web)

Google+ has been going through a lot of changes this year as Google has sought to detach it from all the other services it has been integrated with over the years. Still reluct...

Facebook Tests Showing Your Friends When You’re Typing A Comment

Facebook is currently running a test that shows people when their friends are actually typing a comment to their post. This way, you know when someone is responding even before the...

Getting More Out of Facebook Video

2015 has been the year of video for Facebook, and as that year draws to a close, Facebook is giving Pages some new tips for publishing videos. Have you begun a Facebook...

Shutterstock Editor Will Help You Optimize Images For Social Media, Email

Shutterstock announced the beta launch of Shutterstock Editor, which lets you crop and resize images and take advantages of presets that cater to social media channels....

Facebook Makes More News Feed Adjustments For Bad Connections

Facebook announced some changes it has made to the News Feed to make it more efficient for showing relevant stories when you're on a slow connection. For one, they're testing a...

Facebook Kills Creative Labs And Associated Apps

Facebook has reportedly shut down Creative Labs, a branch of the company that built a variety of standalone apps. At least some of those apps are also shutting down. Among the...

Twitter Gets New Photo Experience

Twitter announced a new photo experience for Twitter.com, making users' timelines "more immersive" by uncropping photos, enabling people to see them as they were meant to be seen....

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