YouTube ‘redesigned’ pages add channel art and teaser trailers
YouTube will start rolling out a redesigned channel page for YouTubers that encourages adding channel art and a teaser trailer.
About.me is leaving AOL and getting back to its startup roots
About.me was acquired in 2010 by AOL, but today the company announced that with support from investors About.me has been bought back by its co-founders.
Good news everyone, face recognition and photo-tagging recommendations on Facebook are back!
Facebook is making use of its Face.com acquisition after fixing some technical difficulties. It started rolling out facial recognition for photos.
Path settles with FTC over privacy spat and gets slapped with $800,000 fine
Path has admitted to its privacy violations and settled with the FTC in a deal that includes an $800,000 penalty and privacy audits for the next 20 years.
Facebook wants to know how you’re feeling with new, experimental status updates
Facebook was discovered to be testing out an emotive status update, which could help the network gauge your interests in real-time.
There may be no Facebook Phone, but there is a Facebook Card
Facebook Gifts launched its gift card program with the Facebook Card, nipping at the heels of existing third-party gift card services like Gyft and Wrapp.
Sift takes your annoying e-commerce emails and turns them into a beautiful catalogue
Sift, the mobile email driven shopping app, has raised a seed round and hired a director of UX to prep its expansion into gamification and social.
Evernote updates Hello and Penultimate apps – they’re now smarter, better looking
Evernote has introduced significant new features to both Hello and Penultimate, with the latter now being offered for free from the Apple App Store.
Dropbox goes social, adds ‘Documents Preview’ and a feed for photo sharing
Dropbox wants to frebrand itself as a content storage platform, and the client has fittingly added file previews, photo albums, and social photo sharing.
Just a few examples of how Facebook Graph Search will embarrass you
Be careful of what you publish or like on Facebook, now that just about everything about you can easily be discovered on Facebook's Graph Search.
Stipple gets Facebook-friendly and brings interactive photos to the social network
Stipple has announced its partnership with Facebook, which means that its interactive photos now works on the social network.
Google walls off public Facebook events without logging in
If you're not signed into Facebook and try to search for an event on Google, you'll now encounter a login wall when clicking on the Facebook link.
YouTube will test out paid subscriptions for cable and original channels
YouTube is reportedly going ahead with its plans to introduce paid subscriptions which may be announced next quarter.
Pinterest testing out a redesigned look with engagement in mind
Pinterest is testing out a new look with select users. The new design is meant to increase user engagement.
Apple is slowly losing its luster in Asia as Samsung emerges
Apple isn't as hot anymore in Asia as it used to be, and now Samsung is steadily taking over.
Facebook testing new ad unit to clutter your News Feed called ‘Suggested Pages’
Facebook has started testing a new advertising unit, allowing brands to directly promote their Facebook Pages.
Our favorite, free Twitter analytics services for casual and professional users
Keep track of how you're performing and engaging on your Twitter account with these five third-party Twitter analytics apps.
Hands on: Facebook Graph Search digs deep, even if it doesn’t always strike gold
We go hands on with Facebook's search engine, Graph Search.
Say goodbye to the video-sharing apps Twitter’s Vine will try to strangle
Twitter finally and officially unveiled Vine today, but where does it stand and will it crowd out competitors?
Twitter forced to identify anti-Semetic users in France
Twitter has been forced by the French courts to give up its anti-semetic users for purposes of prosecuting the offenders.
The video app Vine acquisition shows up on Twitter, signals integrated video is coming soon
Dick Costolo retweeted a Vine video, leading us to believe that Vine's launch may be soon.
Your Facebook friend is secretly jealous of your vacation in Hawaii
Facebook provokes envious feelings among peers, says a study by researchers from Humboldt University.
Storify browser extension publicizes private Facebook updates
A Storify extension that enables users to publish private Facebook updates reminds us that privacy settings have their holes.
Nikon taking a second shot with photography app Nikon Image Space
Nikon's first attempt to break into the photo-sharing space had just about fizzled, but it's taking a second shot with Nikon Image Space.
Myspace accused of ripping off indie labels
Myspace wants to be the new place to stream music. But licensing group Merlin says the revamped social network already has a copyright infringement problem.
Before Facebook Graph Search launches, scrub your profile with Facewash
You're bound to have embarrassing photos or comments published in your profile. Facewash steps in to find posts that should stay hidden.