If you heard news today that Twitter will own your photos it’s time to take a deep breath and relax, it turns out that information is 100% false. Rumors of Twitter photo ownership started today when Courtney Boyd Myers at The Next Web asked Photobucket CEO Tom Munro who owned the users work, to which…Continue Reading ›
Google’s answer to the Facebook “Like” button, Google +1 was officially launched on Wednesday in conjunction with the D9 conference. The button allows users to share their favorite pages from around the web with the simple click of a button. The program works easily enough, Google users who are signed into their Google accounts click…Continue Reading ›
It’s been proven that looking at our own Facebook profiles gives us a little ego-massage, with the carefully curated collection of individual content providing sometimes much-needed positive reinforcement. Intel has a new “Museum of Me” web feature that pulls your data and creates a cute little distraction based on your friends, likes and information stored…Continue Reading ›
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt came out and told his audience at the Wall Street Journal‘s D: All Things Digital conference on Wednesday that when it came to taking Facebook head on he screwed up. As Facebook crosses the 700 million member mark and Google spends billions to catch up the company’s heavy hitter said: “Three…Continue Reading ›
In the 90’s, British anthropologist Robin Dunbar discovered that our ability to connect in groups tops out at about 150 people. Sounds like a lot, but these innate limits have been seriously put to the test by the inception of online social networks. In the past, people came and went from the landscapes of our…Continue Reading ›
At D9 today, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo gave a preview of the new Twitter photo-sharing service. The new photo-sharing service will be rolled out over the next few weeks, and will coincide with new improvements to Twitter’s search feature. Here’s a screen cap of what the new feature looks like. Photos will be hosted by…Continue Reading ›
Twitter is jumping into the photo hosting and sharing arena full force, on the same day that the company revealed their new photo setup they have also announced two new search capabilities, the first which improves overall search capabilities and the second which allows for photo searching. The first bit of good news is a…Continue Reading ›
Following in the footsteps of the Facebook Like Box for websites, Twitter today rolled out the “Twitter Follow Button” an option that allows site visitors to click on a single button to follow companies and individuals directly. In order to gain followers in the past Twitter users had to redirect their site visitors to their…Continue Reading ›
Courtesy of AllFacebook comes this fascinating infographic about the impact of Facebook on relationships. Like the advent of AOL and its impact on infidelity in the mid-90’s, Facebook has been to blame for a lot of relationship drama since it became a household name. The social network undoubtedly opens channels for communication that may not…Continue Reading ›
Twitter is rumored to be working on a new photo sharing and hosting feature that will launch “very soon” but the real question is, who in their right mind would trust Twitter to store their photos, after all this is the same company who has failed to properly archive and allow for searching of basic…Continue Reading ›
