Socl, Microsoft’s take on a social network, is now out of private beta and available to everyone. All you need is a Facebook or Microsoft account to sign in. The social network has mostly flown under the radar and looks a little like Pinterest with a search component and new way to post multiple photos,…
Instagram Photos Will Soon No Longer Appear On Twitter
Instagram is having a falling out with Twitter and will be disabling Cards integration which allows images to appear on the Twitter.com website. The news came about when Twitter posted the following message on its Status blog: “Users are experiencing issues with viewing Instagram photos on Twitter. Issues include cropped images. This is due to Instagram…
Pope Will Answer Tweets From Hijacked #AskPontifex Hashtag
Pope Benedict is officially on Twitter providing a ne way for him to interact with followers. On Wednesday, December 12, the Pope will kick off his account by answering select questions from Twitter users. The Vatican wants people to send in their questions for the event using the hashtag #AskPontifex. You can send a question to…
SoundCloud Launches Major Redesign, Tighter Facebook Integration
SoundCloud is a favorite audio platform among millions of users and has launched a major redesign. The new design was in private beta testing for several months and is now live for everyone. The interface is much cleaner and the navigation has been simplified from five navigation buttons down to two. Search is also more…
Yahoo Acquires Live Video Chat Service OnTheAir
Yahoo has acquired OnTheAir, a video chat service that’s free to use and allows users to ask questions on video during live broadcasts. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Launched into private beta back in March 2012, the service is very reminiscent of Spreecast which has similar functionality. For now, the service…
LinkedIn Reveals Top Overused Buzzwords For 2012
LinkedIn recently revealed the top dream jobs, and just released their yearly findings on the top overused buzzwords. The social network examined the top 10 overused buzzwords in the US and also compiled the top overused buzzwords in profiles around the world, analyzing more than 187 million profiles. Here are the top 10 overused buzzwords for…
Facebook Messenger For Android No Longer Requires Facebook Account Access
Facebook Messenger allows you to keep in touch with your friends and with a new update to the Android app a Facebook account is no longer required. Essentially Facebook has turned its Messenger platform into a new kind of SMS app. With an update available today and the feature rolling out over the next few…
Evernote Business Brings Easy Collaboration To The Workforce
Evernote Business was announced on Tuesday at Le Web in Paris by CEO Phil Libin. Evernote is a very popular service for saving thoughts and ideas on desktop, tablet and smartphone devices. Now, business users can easily collaborate with their co-workers. The new service is live today and costs $10 per user per month. Each…
Jimmy Fallon Turning Tweets Into Super Bowl Ad With #SteerTheScript
Jimmy Fallon has teamed up with Ford to reignite its Lincoln brand by creating a Super Bowl ad. The ad will help launch the company’s new brand called the Lincoln Motor Company. It will be Lincoln’s first-ever Super Bowl ad and it will be based entirely off tweets. To kick things off, #SteerTheScript has been created…
Strong Social Media Presence Equals Healthy Stock Price, UK Study Finds
Social media can have a noticeable impact on different areas of business, and according to a new study from the UK, a strong social media presence relates to a healthy stock price. The study was done by Sociagility and the Public Relations Consultants Association. Research was based on data from November 2012 using a methodology called PRINT™ which…
TrueLens Raises $1.2 Million, Uses Social Data To Understand Customers
TrueLens helps marketers better understand customers through social media and the company is expanding its reach with a newly raised $1.2 million funding round. The round was led by Google Ventures and included support from Charles River Ventures, Common Angels, 500 Startups, Boston Seed, HubSpot CTO Dharmesh Shah, Tremor SVP Waikit Lau, and InfoChimps co-founders Nick…
Facebook Acquiring WhatsApp, Popular Mobile Messaging Client [Rumor]
Facebook has billions in the bank and according to a new report it may be preparing to spend some of that cash in an attempt to acquire WhatsApp, a popular mobile messaging application for smartphones. The social network is currently in talks with WhatsApp directors according to sources closely involved with the deal. WhatsApp was…
Tumblr Worm Spreading Spam: How To Protect Yourself
Tumblr has been infected by a worm that’s spreading spam and affecting thousands of accounts. The worm affects users who interact with a pop-up after viewing a specific post. The post is hard to miss as it begins with “Dearest ‘Tumblr’ users” and is followed by a long message. In the PS the worm claims that…
The State Of Social Media 2012 [Report]
Social media has had another big year and Nielsen highlights 2012 with its yearly State of Social Media report. Nielsen reports that 20 percent of time spent online is now from using social networks and time spent on mobile apps and mobile websites accounted for 63 percent of the year-over-year growth in overall time spent…