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Instagram software engineer Thomas Dimson spent, by the looks of an new blog post, a pretty substantial amount of time looking at emoji use across the platform. What he found is...

What the Hell Is Google+ Doing?

What the hell is Google+ doing? But seriously though, what the hell is Google+ do...

Facebook News Feed Change Leads To Increased Sharing?

Breaking news: Facebook is the most dominant social network for people sharing content. Seriously though, the social beast only manages to keep growing and extending its lead....

Facebook May Give Users More Control over What They See in News Feed, Which Could Be Good for Pages

Facebook, forever maligned for what it shows and doesn't show people in their news feeds, might be moving to give users a bit more control. AdWeek's...

How Publishers Are Using Facebook Interest Targeting

Chances are you aren't seeing the same kind of organic reach for your Facebook Page posts that you once were. This is a widespread phenomenon that has been taking place for roughly...

Here’s Some Kid Talking About ‘The Facebook’ on CNBC in 2004

I dunno who this guy is, but he's not very good at selling his product, which appears to be some "cyber-matchmaking" service called "The Facebook". The fact that he has over 100...

[Infographic] Here’s Your Guide To Unfriending The Internet

Commissioned News Story (Source: Imprima) In light of the success of the movie Unfriended, Imprima put out...

Instagram Confirms What We All Know About the Eggplant Emoji

On Monday, Instagram updated its apps to let users put emoji in hashtags....

Facebook Messenger Lets You Make Video Calls

Adding features to Messenger has obviously become a big priority at Facebook, and the company just announced potentially one of the app's most important features to date. Facebook...

Instagram Lets You Use Emoji in Hashtags, Adds Filters

Instagram says it plans to start putting out new filters more often. Today, it's starting with three. Download the latest update to access the new Lark, Reyes, and Juno filters....

Pinterest Board Picker Change Leads To Uptick In Pinning

Pinterest is sharing some new information on how it uses predictive technology to suggest boards for users to pin content to. It's using smarter technology for this, and says early...

Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Just Said About The Latest News Feed Update And Hosting Publisher Content

This week, Facebook announced its latest round of changes to the News Feed algo...

Facebook News Feed Update Will Likely Hurt Pages

Facebook is tinkering around with its News Feed algorithm, and rarely is that a good sign for Facebook Pages and organic reach. I'm afraid this announcement doesn't sound particula...

Twitter Deploys New Algorithm to Fight Abuse

Twitter has a known and admitted problem with abusive content – one that trul...

Should Your Business Use Meerkat or Periscope?

Much has been made about the battle between new social live-streaming services Meerkat and Periscope, the latter of which is owned by Twitter. Meerkat gained a lot of early buzz at...

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