Facebook is the new Twitter (at least, it wants to be)
The two heavyweights of social media are indisputably Facebook and Twitter - and the former is starting to look more and more like its real-time competitor.
You want likes? We got likes! Getting dirty in Instagram’s seedy spambot underbelly
It was a matter of time: Turns out, Twitter and Facebook aren't the only ones with a spambot problem - Instagram has joined their ranks.
WTF, Internet? What makes you think we need more Facebook?
WTF, Internet? This week's Web indiscretion comes courtesy of Facebook Home, the social network's latest way to monopolize our time.
So call me, maybe? Facebook Home cares about your present, not your past
Facebook Home sets up shop on your smartphone - every piece and part of it. Will this finally give Facebook the deep social access and engagement it wants?
The difference between second screen and social TV apps is that there isn’t one
Second screen and social TV overlap so mcuh that it's difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins - but is that a good thing or a bad thing?
WTF, Internet? Facebook thinks it knows me … and it’s so, so wrong
WTF, Internet? This week's Web indiscretion comes courtesy of Facebook's horrible, terrible, no good targeted ads.
WTF, Internet?: Thanks for another terrible ‘hot women in tech’ list we did not ask for
Complex's awful "hottest women in tech" managed to collectively incite most (if not all) of the Internet.
If you don’t want ads targeting you, read this story about Facebook FBX
Facebook's ad-retargeting system Facebook Exchange will be expanding. That means a lot to marketers, but what does it mean for you?
Vizify rolls out of beta, ready to protect and serve your Web identify – infographic style
Identify website Vizify is now open to the public, ready to create your personal landing page complete with personalized infographics.
#Upside: Why Twitter and SXSW going corporate isn’t a bad thing
Austin has become the stomping grounds for big business, and Twitter hashtags have made our voice its voice.
It’s not you, SXSW. It’s me. Me, me, me …
SXSW Interactive Week has come to a close, and the takeaway? We are all a bunch of self-loving, social networking psychos - and that's just fine by us.
Nasa wants to beat Bieber in the Twitter wars (#weapprove)
Social media might be making the world smaller, but NASA is helping us make it bigger - by connecting us to the rest of the universe.
Why the SXSW curse? Apps launched in fantasyland seldom survive real life
Every year, SXSW hosts an avalanche of hyped-up social apps that bowl over festival goers ... then fizzle in the months ahead. Why can't SXSW launches succeed in the real world? Because the frenzy of SXSW is anything but real life.
One month later, how are video apps faring in the face of Vine?
It's been one month since Twitter introduced the Internet to Vine. Are competitors keeping up?
Buying things on Facebook is now – literally – three little letters away
Twitter and Instagram in-stream payment app Chirpify has introduced Facebook commerce, bringing instant buying to all three major social platforms.
Experts sound off on the peril and potential of the evolving Web
The best brains devoted to watching and helping the Web grow spoke at Social Media Week, forecasting the development of the Internet and social networks.
Olympus refreshes the PEN lineup with the E-PL5, E-PM2, and introduces the XZ-2
Olympus joins its camera comrades and introduces some notable refreshes to its point-and-shoot and PEN families.
How does the chaos of Craigslist love endure in an eHarmony world?
In an Internet increasingly full of sophisticated platforms for finding romance online, the world's least user intuitive network continues to thrive.
Hold that hashtag: Twitter did not just launch its own payment feature
Twitter and Amex have partnered to enable an e-commerce feature - and that's just what it is, a feature, not a platform.
The cream of the 500 Startups Demo Day crop
The fifth 500 Startups accelerator batch took to the stage during yesterday's Demo Day.
BangWithFriends is tacky, tawdry, and gross … but does it work?
BangWithFriends took the Internet by storm last week and has left us all wondering - is this thing for real?
Vine steals some of Instagram’s spotlight at New York Fashion Week
Instagram was once the darling of Fashion Week, but the new GIF-like Vine is falling in with the stylish event.
Stublisher, a platform for collecting and reliving your social life, opens to the public
Stublisher has exited private beta and launched to the public, complete with a new design.
Instagram is officially mobile-only no more as it introduces feed for Web
Instagram, the darling of smartphone apps, has transitioned into a Web client by bringing its photo feed to the desktop.
Our favorite, funniest tweets from Super Bowl XLVII
Check out some of the funniest, finest reactions to the Super Bowl Twitter had to offer.
Super Bowl blackout generated 231,500 tweets per minute, and other social media numbers
The game is all over, but we're now just reveling in all tweets, photos, videos, and chatter Super Bowl XLVII spawned.
250,000 user accounts attacked in Twitter security breach
Twitter says it was attacked this week and that 250,000 user passwords were stolen.
Extortion or honesty? ReviewerCard is a gut check for the online review ecosystem
A new product called ReviewerCard lets you use your online clout to get better treatment by businesses.
How social networks are ruining social networks
One day old app Vine has lost Facebook privileges, and it's only the latest bout of social network unfriendliness that's making it hard to share content.
Facebook’s News Feed isn’t just broken, it’s getting worse
Facebook's News Feed is our jumping off point into the site - but does it even work anymore?