Social Media News Page: 5

This is page 5 of the social media news archives.

Facebook's New Features Will Cause Oversharing, Cluttered News Feeds (2011-09-23): Facebook has unleashed a slew of unwelcomed new features.

Facebook Adds Top Stories to News Feeds, Angers Users (2011-09-21): Facebook has added top stories to its News Feed.

Myspace Delays Announcing Relaunch Plans (2011-09-19): The Wall Street Journal reports that Specific Media LLC and Justin Timberlake have delayed their announcement about how they plan to revamp MySpace.

Twitter to Launch Twitter Analytics (2011-09-14): TechCrunch reports that Twitter is going to provide analytics data for publishers.

NBC News Twitter Hacked, False Terrorism Reports Posted (2011-09-10): The NBC News Twitter account, @NBCNews, was hacked yesterday and a series of shocking false tweets about terrorist attacks at Ground Zero in New York were shared.

Twitter Says it Has 100 Million Active Users (2011-09-08): Twitter announced in a blog post today that it has 100 million active users.

New Print Magazine Covers Social Media (2011-08-19): The Social Media Monthly is a new print magazine that covers the online world of social media.

Short Lived CondeElevator Twitter Account Causes a Stir (2011-08-15): A Twitter account, called CondeElevator, caused a stir last week.

Twitter Completes Rollout to New Twitter. Old Twitter No Longer Available (2011-08-08): Twitter has tweeted that the new Twitter is officially the only Twitter.

Report: Twitter Now Valued at $7 Billion (2011-07-05): Twitter's valuation continues to soar despite its lack of profits.

Twitter Acquires Backtype Analytics Service (2011-07-05): Twitter has acquired BackType.

Report: One Facebook Fan Equal to 20 Website Visits a Year (2011-06-26): Hitwise ran a study to determine the ROI on advertising with Facebook.

Facebook Starting to Lose Users in the U.S. (2011-06-12): Facebook is still growing worldwide, but the social networking leader is starting to lose users in the U.

Google Launches Google +1 Button Embed Code (2011-06-02): Google has made code available for its new +1 Button, so bloggers and webmasters can add the button to webpages and blog permalinks.

Facebook Paying Users Teeny Tiny Amounts to Watch Ads (2011-05-06): Facebook is now paying Facebook users for watching some online advertisements.

Announcement of Bin Laden's Death Generates Highest Sustained Tweet Rate (2011-05-02): Twitter says last night's White House announcement by President Obama that Osama Bin Laden had been killed generated the highest sustained tweet rate ever on Twitter.

Twitter Passes 200 Million Accounts (2011-04-29): Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb reports that Twitter has passed the 200 million accounts plateau.

LinkedIn Analysis Finds Peter and Deborah are the Top Names for CEOs (2011-04-27): LinkedIn has released LinkedInsights data that reveals dateabout the top names of CEOs.

Say Media Acquires Dogster and Catster (2011-04-19): Say Media - the company that acquired Six Apart and then renamed itself Say Media -has acquired Dogster, a pet community and resource for pet owners.

Report: Homeland Security to Use Twitter, Facebook for Terror Alerts (2011-04-07): There is word that the Homeland Security Department plans to replace its color-coded warning system with a new system that will send out alerts on Facebook and Twitter.