TECH CRUNCH - May 20 - Rumors that Facebook is cloning Taptalk for Slingshot have raised investor interest. The video-messaging app has raised $1M in seed funding and is in active talks with US VCs. Taptalk allows users to send......
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK - May 20 - A new Facebook button that lets users ask their friends if they're single or taken has been branded 'invasive' and 'naggy'. The 'ask' button appears on the profiles of users who have left their relationship......
TECH CRUNCH - May 20 - Anonymous social-sharing startup Whisper has confirmed a new round of funding and is launching an updated version of its app. With the funding, Whisper has raised a total of $60M altogether since being founded......
MASHABLE – May 19 – Twitter may be mulling a deal to acquire music sharing community SoundCloud. SoundCloud was founded in Berlin in 2007, has 250M users, raised $100M in funding, and is reportedly valued at $700M. The deal is described......
TECH CRUNCH – May 19 – Networkr has launched as a Tinder-style professional networking app that uses LinkedIn data. The app allows users to view potential business matches in the vicinity and then decide whether to connect or not. Networkr's......
CNET NEWS - May 18 - After Facebook's failed bid to acquire Snapchat for $3B, the social network is developing a messaging app that could be released as early as this month. Snapchat, which sends 400M send-it-and-forget-it photo and video......
MASHABLE - May 16 - Pinterest raised it's third funding round in ~15 months. This one is $200M with a $5B valuation. Pinterest already raised two $200M rounds in 2013, including $225M last October, a round that valued the company......
RT.COM - May 12 - Internet addiction has long been disputed as one of the mental disorders of our age – now scientists warn that social networks overuse is a serious illness demanding treatment. According to Aleksandr Kibitov, the head......
MASHABLE - May 15 - Facebook and YouTube now account for 32% of data sent to and from mobiles, according to a report by Sandvine. by Dennis Green See full article at Mashable See all posts on Facebook See all......
MARKETWATCH - May 12 - Twitter shares rallied 3% to $33.07 after SunTrust analyst Robert Peck upgraded the stock to buy from neutral. Last week, Twitter stock hit a new low of $29.51 amid concerns that it is not attracting......
FORBES - May 12 - Promoted Pins will start appearing in users’ search and category feeds. Pinterest has 34.9M monthly active users, of whom 30M were women. by Jeff Bercovici See full article at Forbes See all posts on Pinterest...
MASHABLE - May 12 - Ali Rowghani, Twitter's COO, sold 300K of his shares after Twitter's stock lockup period expired. He made ~$10M. Twitter's general counsel and VP of finance also sold his shares. Twitter's stock plummeted in part due......
MASHABLE - May 5 - Two-thirds of LinkedIn's 300M users are outside the US, and now they'll be able to read ads in their language. LinkedIn introduced new targeting filters for advertisers that includes the ability to surface ads based......
SILICONBEAT - MAY 5 - Twitter shares fell ~12% on Tuesday. The reason: Six months after the firm went public, early investors and employees are permitted to sell their shares. Twitter unlocked ~400M shares. Co-founders Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams,......
TECH CRUNCH - May 5 - Twoople is a newly launched web and mobile chatting service that gives users their unique URL that allows anyone start chatting with them. Users sign up on the website, create their personalized URL. Those......
WIRED - May 5 - Bigger is not always better in the world of social networks. LinkedIn is doubling down on growing its user base and expanding internationally, leaving the company in a vulnerable position. There are small companies with......
INVESTORPLACE - May 5 - Amazon and Twitter are launching a new “social shopping” program. Amazon.com shoppers can add items to their shopping carts by replying to product tweets with the hashtag #AmazonCart. This won’t move the user out of......
USA TODAY - May 4 - Shares of Twitter, Pandora and LinkedIn have sunk ~ 30% in the last two months. Even Facebook is off its March high ~20%. LinkedIn posted a $13.3M loss and its slowest revenue growth in......
THE CONVERSATION - May 3 - Google was launched in June 2011, and it has now 540M users. Most of those users have been effectively forced into signing up for Google . Gmail accounts are heavily integrated with Google , for example,......
MASHABLE - May 1 - Foursquare would split its app in two. A new app called Swarm will be a standalone experience for keeping up with friends, while the main Foursquare app would be centered around discovery of new and......