Latest Social Networks News

• 17 May 2013

• News: Could a Tumblr deal fix Yahoo's square reputation?

  Yahoo needs to prove its street cred to get in with the under-30 crowd, so the company is reportedly mulling a $1 billion bid for Tumblr, the social network where animated GIFs and all sub-genres of cats run amok.

• News: At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight

  Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.

• News: Yahoo calls press conference amid Tumblr acquisition rumors

  Yahoo has called a mystery press event in New York City on Monday afternoon, hot on the heels of rumors that it plans to buy Tumblr for US$1 billion.

• News: Google+ becomes an attractive network still without a niche

  Google owns us, hook, line, and sinker. It manages our e-mail, calendar, and documents. We chat with friends on Gchat or Hangouts, watch videos on YouTube, find our way around with Google Maps, and many of us use Android smartphones and tablets.

• News: At Google I/O, Glass wearers say 'trust us'

  Google is facing some tough questions from Congress over the privacy concerns raised by Glass, its fledgling augmented reality system for recording and receiving information on the fly. But on the ground at the company's I/O conference for developers, attendees are largely enthusiastic about the technology.

• News: Yahoo ups cool quotient with Twitter content

  Terrorist attacks. Presidential elections. Celebrity deaths. When big news breaks, we turn to Twitter for up-to-the-second updates. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer knows that, which is why the Web company struck a partnership with Twitter to display newsy tweets on the site's homepage.

• 16 May 2013

• News: Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr try out social networking apps for Glass

  While Google promotes its Glass head-mounted display as a new way for people to receive and document information on the fly, several social networking companies including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr now want a piece of the action, by offering social applications on the device.

• News: Hands on with Hangouts, Google's swipe at Facebook

  Let's cut to the chase: Google's new Hangouts app is an over-the-top mobile messaging service in the vein of Whatsapp, Kik, and Facebook Messenger. Google is not reinventing the wheel here. But unlike its competitors, Hangouts offers group video chats. Therein lies the appeal.

• 15 May 2013

• News: Google to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices

  Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from capabilities already supported in the Chrome desktop OS.

• News: Google knocks Facebook down a peg with Google+ overhaul

  Google has struggled to win over Facebook users--and really, nearly everyone--with its social network, Google+. A completely redesigned Google+ launched on Wednesday at Google I/O with features that could make Google+ a more fierce Facebook competitor.

• News: Survey: Hong Kong CFOs skeptical about LinkedIn profiles

  Hong Kong employers doubts the reliability of a job applicants' LinkedIn profiles, said Robert Half that released the results of a new survey on Monday.

• News: Pretend you're on the radio with Vobok, the Vine-ish social network for broadcasters

  There's an art to producing the perfect six-second Vine or 140-character tweet. The constraints force you to be a creative editor. Now Vobok, a new free iOS and Android app, poses the same challenge for sound bites--you have 30 seconds of recording time, so make them count.

• News: Google improves interface, photos in Google+ social network

  Google is adding 41 new features to its Google+ social network on Wednesday, including a richer interface that works better on mobile devices and some major enhancements to photo sharing.

• News: Google launches subscription music service

  Google is rolling out a subscription music service that will bring users unlimited access to millions of songs in return for a monthly fee.

• News: Google says it has 900 million Android activations

  Google's Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event began in San Francisco.

• News: Pinterest is making it too easy to spend all your time on Pinterest

  Pinterest sure is stepping up its game when it comes to app improvements.

• 14 May 2013

• News: How one woman's abduction led to the Watch Over Me app

  "Send me home, please."

• 13 May 2013

• News: Twitter buys big-data analyzer Lucky Sort

  Twitter has acquired Lucky Sort, a data analytics company, in a move that could give the social network deeper insights into its users' tweets and how to best place advertisements on its site.

• 11 May 2013

• News: At Google I/O, expect Android, Chrome, and some privacy questions about Glass

  Google kicks off its I/O developer conference next Wednesday and if there's one thing that could steal the limelight from Android, Chrome and all the other Google projects, it's Glass.

• 10 May 2013

• News: A last-minute Mother's Day gift via Twitter to show Mom you didn't (completely) forget her

  It is going to happen. Millions of awful self-absorbed people will wake up in a panic on Sunday realizing that they completely forgot it was Mother's Day! Thankfully, Coke Zero is teaming up with marketing agency Droga5 to help the forgetful offspring of America cobble together a last-minute present for Mom that will make it seem like they actually put some thought and effort into this year's gift.

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