Pinterest just launched “more useful pins,” which, if you’re a regular on the image-driven social network, is something you’ve probably been waiting for (even if you didn’t realize it). In a post to their official blog, Pinterest software engineer Anna Majkowska details the new and improved pins launched today, which are more or less exactly what…
Did Tumblr Just Lose The ‘Cool’ Factor? Thousands Of Blogs Imported To WordPress Following Yahoo Acquisition
WordPress might be the biggest winner in Yahoo’s $1.1 billion cash acquisition of Tumblr. WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg announced on his blog Sunday night that more than 72,000 blog posts were imported to WordPress.com in a single hour. The massive spike in imports was reported immediately following Yahoo’s confirmation that it had acquired Tumblr. In…
Yahoo In Talks With Tumblr, Partnership Or Acquisition Possible
Yahoo is on an acquisition tear of late and now the software giant may be in talk to partner with or acquire popular blogging service Tumblr. While some reports point to a strategic alliance between the two companies, other reports believe Yahoo could pay upwards of $1 billion for the platform. Speaking to AllThingsD a source close…
Google Glass Going Social With Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, And Others
What could be better than creepily spying on people with your Google Glass hardware? How about posting your creepy ways to social networks. During the Google I/O conference on Thursday the search giant announced that it was bringing further social media access to Google Glass. Among some of the notable additions will be Twitter, Facebook,…
Google Unveils Streaming Music Platform During I/O Conference
As expected Google on Wednesday used the Google I/O Conference to unveil a new Spotify competitor. Known as Google Play Music All Access the service costs $9.99 per month. Launching exclusively in the United States the platform costs $9.99 per month. Users who sign up by June 30 can take advantage of the new Google…
Top Social Media Passions, Study Reveals What Users Love To Share
If you browse social networks on a regular basis you have probably noticed that some topics are more popular than others. For example, 10 percent of all posts are centered around sports and health. The team at social search and analytics company Prollie realized that some social posts and social shares were more highly coveted than others.…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Approval Rating Has Increased Since Facebook IPO
Before Facebook went public Mark Zuckerberg was already a pretty popular CEO among his employees. After the Facebook IPO was a complete disaster employees still stood beside their co-founding leader. One year later the Facebook IPO has recovered much of its value and Zuckerberg is more popular with employees than ever before. According to jobs…
Facebook Adds TV, Movie, And Book Ratings System To Timeline
Facebook in its never ending attempt to build out a better Graph Search product has announced a new ratings system via Sections for Timeline. The “Sections” area shows users what apps they use and now a star rating system appears next to movies, TV shows, and books. Once rated developers can track traffic from Sections…
Twitter Acquires Lucky Sort, Continues String Of Big Data Buys
Twitter is continuing it march towards big data dominance with today’s acquisition of Lucky Sort. Lucky Sort is a natural language data-mining and visualization platform which offers various tools for analysis purposes. For example, the company powers the market intelligence visualizations for StockTwits. Based in Portland, Oregon the team at Lucky Sort will begin to…
Vin Diesel: Facebook Owes Me Billions
Fast & Furious 6 star Vin Diesel is a popular guy on Facebook. So popular that he has racked up 41 million likes for his own Facebook page. Now the movie star is proclaiming that Facebook “owes me billions” of dollars. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly the action star explains his rise in Facebook fame: “What…
Happy Mother’s Day From ‘Kid President’ [Viral Video]
Kid President has been exciting his YouTube fans for a while now thanks to his young but motivational speaking style and dapper dress code. With Mother’s Day upon us the young YouTube star has taken to the social video sharing platform to deliver a new speech. This time around little Robbie Novak delivers a speech…
How A Facebook Site Update Would Look In Real Life [Video]
One of the most annoying aspects of Facebook for many users is the fact that the web platform is constantly changing. From privacy settings being reset to basic Facebook Wall’s becoming Timelines, there is never a lack of stuff to complain about. The team at ExtremelyDecentFilms realized that sudden changes in real-life would probably go over just…
App.net Debuts ‘Passport’ iOS App, Focuses On Third-Party Developers
The team at App.net has released ‘Passport’, a brand new iOS app that was announced by App.net founder Dalton Caldwell. According to Caldwell the new app allows users to find and follow other App.net accounts and discover and download other apps via the App.net framework. Users can not post using the app and they can’t…
Unruly Unveils Top Vine Metrics, Reveals 100 Most Tweeted Vines
Can you believe that the Twitter owned Vine app is already 100 days old? In celebration of the minor milestone the team at Unruly Media have put together a list of the top ten shared vines and information about the 100 most tweeted Vines. With branded Vines 4 times more likely to be shared than…