The family of apps that puts your friends at the heart of your phone. With Facebook Home, everything on your phone gets friendlier. From the moment you turn it on, you see a steady stream of friends’ posts and photos. Upfront notifications and quick access to your essentials mean you’ll[...]
Microsoft Corporation acquired Skype Communications for US$8.5 billion on May 2011. Now they have decided to kill 12-year-old WLM Windows Live Messenger (known as MSN Messenger) in the first quarter of 2013, except China. Messenger users can now migrate to Skype, their contacts will be merged. Download and install Skype.[...]
For all SocialMedia users who act in China. Sina Weibo updates its “Community Conventions” Of special note is article 13: Article 13: Users have the right to publish information, but may not publish any information that: Opposes the basic principles established by the constitution Harms the unity, sovereignty, or territorial[...]
LinkedIn today launched its newest office in Hong Kong. This is a post from Arvind Rajan, Managing Director and Vice President of APAC and Japan at LinkedIn. Arvind Rajan said: I am told by our new colleagues that the number 9 bears auspicious meanings in Hong Kong which gives me[...]
Today you can download new versions of Twitter for iPhone in the App Store and Twitter for Android in Google Play. These updates make it easier to find out what’s happening on Twitter with improvements to discover, search and notifications. Discover The Discover tab helps you find interesting and timely[...]
Facebook’s latest update to its IPO paperwork shows it has more than 900 million users, more than half of which log in on a daily basis. With 901 million users and 7.009 billion Earthlings, now one in 7.7 people in the world have a Facebook account. See here a video[...]
An Experian report claims Pinterest is now the third most popular social network, behind Facebook and Twitter. See here a video report from Newsy: Embedded Video Source by Newsy.com Transcript by Newsy BY LAURA JANVIER ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY Pinterest made waves last December when it became a top 10 social network.[...]
Facebook says it is a violation of privacy for businesses to request employee’s Facebook passwords. See here a video report from Newsy: Embedded Video Source by Newsy.com Transcript by Newsy BY JIM FLINK ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT Snoop alert! Facebook is blaring a warning to its users and anyone else who will[...]
A glitch in the ‘Great Firewall of China’ results in Chinese citizens being able to use a social media page. See here a video report from Newsy: Embedded Video Source by Newsy.com Transcript by Newsy BY REGINA C. WANG ANCHOR ZACH TOOMBS Is there a crack in the so-called “great firewall[...]
A handful of stores flee Facebook storefronts. Who’s to blame? Facebook, or the store’s lack of insightful use of the platform? See here a video report from Newsy: Embedded Video Source by Newsy.com Transcript by Newsy BY EVAN THOMAS ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY From Gamestop to Gap. J.C. Penney — to Nordstrom.[...]