Twitter's Dashboard app will soon be no more, but its best features may live on
Twitter Dashboard, the app aimed at business users, is shutting down just over 7 months since it was launched.
Obama’s farewell address to get the 360 live video treatment
President Barack Obama’s farewell address will be live-streamed in 360 video on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube courtesy of VRScout.
Welcome to London: Airbnb is using Twitter live 360 video to showcase travel spots
Airbnb is one of the first brands to jump on Twitter’s recently launched live 360 video feature in order to showcase its global experiences.
Wikileaks whips up furor after proposing a database of verified Twitter users’ info
Wikileaks tweeted it plans to build an online database populated with the information of verified Twitter users.
White House preserves Obama administration’s social media in digital archive
The White House is teaming up with Giphy, MIT, and the Internet Archive to preserve the Obama administration’s social media history.
Lawsuit alleges Snapchat released false growth numbers to court investors
A lawsuit filed against Snap by a former employee claims the company reported false growth numbers to investors in an effort to inflate its valuation.
Watch Hollywood’s biggest stars arrive for the Golden Globes live on Twitter
Twitter is partnering with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions to live-stream the Golden Globes red carpet preshow.
Mark Zuckerberg’s political ambitions under the spotlight after recent activity
Mark Zuckerberg's political ambitions have come to light via a SEC filing by his firm and his own statesman-like Facebook posts.
Twitter ‘accidentally’ killed usernames in replies, and users weren’t happy
On Thursday, Twitter “accidentally” made an upcoming feature available to everyone on iOS, and the reaction from users was hostile, to say the least.
Mark Zuckerberg plans to travel to every state for his new year’s resolution
Mark Zuckerberg will be hitting the road to visit every state with his wife Priscilla Chan in tow as part of his latest “personal challenge.”
Facebook censors 'explicitly sexual' nude statue of Neptune
Facebook is courting controversy following its removal of a photo of an Italian statue of Neptune. The company claims it violates its nudity policy.
NFL to live-stream Super Bowl, additional games in China on Sina Weibo
The NFL is partnering with Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo to live-stream games on the site, including the Super Bowl.
Nobody’s perfect: First Facebook, now Twitter has an ad metrics problem
Twitter is adopting one of Facebook's worst traits having revealed it too suffered a video ad metrics blunder for just over a month.
CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter may start letting users edit tweets
Twitter has spoken. After CEO Jack Dorsey asked users for suggestions for new features, one function won the popular vote: the ability to edit tweets.
Disney-ABC to kick off slate of Snapchat originals with ‘The Bachelor’ spinoff
Snap is partnering with Disney-ABC Television Group on a slate of original shows for visual messaging app Snapchat, starting with a spinoff of The Bachelor.
Facebook reveals 27 percent rise in government requests for user data
In its latest report on global government requests, Facebook reveals a 27 percent rise in requests for user account data in the first half of 2016.
Facebook launches holiday greeting cards, other ways to share moments
Facebook will show you messages atop your News Feed to get you to share more. It's the same place it claims to only show you things you’re interested in.
Facebook’s secretive censorship guidelines allegedly leaked in report
Facebook's content removal policies, including its guidelines on hate speech, have been detailed in alleged leaked internal documents.
Is Facebook a media company or a tech firm? Zuck suggests it’s a bit of both
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims Facebook is neither a traditional media company, nor a traditional tech company. In fact, it's something altogether new.
Twitter will provide data on user who sent seizure-inducing tweet to reporter
In its response to a court order, Twitter has agreed to hand over data relating to an account that allegedly sent a seizure-inducing tweet to a reporter.
Facebook has radio in its sights with launch of Live Audio broadcasts
Facebook is expanding the ways users can broadcast live with the introduction of Facebook: Live Audio, with launch partners including the BBC and LBC.
Twitter, Facebook, Google being sued by families of Orlando nightclub victims
A lawsuit filed by the families of victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting claims Twitter, Facebook, and Google provided “material support” to IS.
Facebook could soon let users block certain types of ‘upsetting’ ads
Facebook is running a new test that allows users to turn off select ads. For now, the test is only being applied to ads from alcohol and parenting ads.
Facebook reveals second Instant Articles metrics error in the span of a month
Facebook said on Friday that it's discovered a new issue that affected a “small group” of Instant Articles content providers between for just over a month.
Facebook seeking to procure original shows as part of video expansion
Facebook exec Ricky Van Veen has begun talks with TV studios and other media broadcasters to license original video content for the social network.
Twitter restricts law enforcement fusion centers from accessing bulk user data
Twitter is cutting off access to a social media monitoring tool for federally funded law enforcement surveillance hubs, known as “fusion centers.”
Medium users published 7.5 million posts in 2016 — these were the biggest
Medium was a flurry of activity in 2016. The publishing platform, which now boasts 60 million users, today revealed its biggest stories of 2016.
Dorsey: Twitter thinking about implementing encrypted direct messages
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he’s open to implementing more security features, such as encryption, in regard to direct messages on the platform.
Instagram now boasts 600M users, with 100M joining over the past six months
Instagram is touting the success of its recent updates as a critical factor in helping it snap up an additional 100 million users over the past six months.