Category Archives: Social Media

Remember that Facebook username you rushed to get back in June? Over 50 million users have them, and now all of those people on Facebook can use their username rather than their email to log on to Facebook.com. The new … Continue reading →

Noticed something … odd about your Twitter stream? Do you see a lot of … colorful birds instead of the pretty faces of your friends? Well, apparently you’re not alone. A flood of complaints is overwhelming Twitter about the new … Continue reading →

Facebook Fan Pages have been become killer community building tools for the social media savvy. Pages bring together fans and supporters with the brands and celebrities they want to keep up with. The only downside for both fans and admins … Continue reading →

YouTube already has a good set of filters that have been emulated many times over by other websites. You can sort videos by most views over the past day, week, month, or all-time — overall or for specific categories and … Continue reading →

Bengals Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco isn’t taking the NFL’s ban on tweeting before, during, and after games lying down, it seems. A few weeks ago, the wide receiver outlined his plan to tweet while on the field. Using hand signals … Continue reading →

So apparently it actually works both ways: careless Facebook use can both get you robbed and get you arrested for burglary. According to The Journal, a 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was arraigned earlier this week on a charge of felony daytime … Continue reading →

Twitter has been making a series of big announcements outlining changes to the microblogging service such as geolocation tweets and Project Retweet. But quietly Twitter has been making some subtle interface changes too. A few days ago, some of our … Continue reading →

Back in July, we reported that Facebook had become the Internet’s ultimate time waster, with users spending an average of 4 hours, 39 minutes on it per month, more than any other site on the Web. Since then, however, that … Continue reading →

In between the realm of full-featured blogs (e.g. WordPress, Typepad) and the microblog (e.g. Twitter), there is the dead-simple blog platform Posterous. It has won the hearts and minds of many users with its bookmarklet, its easy photo sharing features, … Continue reading →

There’s a new dustup in the long and rocky transition to digital music publishing. This time the industry has its sights on collecting performance fees for downloads of music, film and TV as well as licensing fees for the 30-second … Continue reading →