Across the border from the U.S. state of Arizona, some strange activity has been occurring in the Mexican state of Sonora.
A few parents who have just given birth are experiencing severely clouded judgment when it comes to naming their newborns. In an odd case of baby naming, newborns are being brought into the world with names such as "Facebook," "Rambo," to "Marciana," which means "Martian" in Spanish, as well as a boy called "Circuncision," or "Circumcision."
Twitter's CEO said he would do something about the less than user-friendly look of the social network, and it looks like the company is trying to make good on his promise: A new Facebook-looking Twitter profile page has leaked to Mashable.
Apple Inc. and Google have joined forces to eradicate unnecessary patent lawsuits just as the iPhone company was slapped with a $2 billion damage claim.
Latinos are at the helm of social media; a fact that was confirmed by a 2013 Pew Report that indicated that 80 percent of Hispanic adults in the U.S. use social media, which is more than whites (70 percent) and African Americans (75 percent).
It was a busy week on social media: Facebook announced its continuing dominance and a new mobile app, Tumblr incorporated comedy into its terms of service, Twitter got IBM off its back, and President Obama used the most disliked social media platform to popularize his State of the Union agenda. Let's dive into Social Media Saturday!
Facebook's latest app, Paper, signals two major moves for the world's most popular social media platform: It's doubling down on mobile while continuing its push to become a social news network.
Despite recent studies spelling doom for Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg clearly has his sights on building a worldwide social media platform and upending the tech industry. How will Zuckerberg take over the world? Efficiency.
A lot happened this week in the world of social media. Pinterest started testing GIFs, Princeton declared that Facebook would die in three years, Facebook released a clever rejoinder, Instagram was revealed to be the fastest-growing social media platform on the planet, and Google+ went down, along with Gmail services, but hardly anyone noticed. Let's dive into Social Media Saturday!
Facebook has fired back at a Princeton University study predicting the social media giant will die by 2017 in the snarkiest (i.e., best) way possible - by creating its own study that says Princeton University will die out by 2021, along with the world. The tongue-in-cheek reply from Facebook pokes fun at the idea that the every "scientific" study is created equal.
Facebook, in its continuing quest to make its social network more public and "newsy," announced "Trending" on Thursday, a new feature that will put a list of trending topics up in the top right corner of every user's News Feed. The addition of this feature confirms that Facebook sees Twitter as both a threat and a model for news-focused social content.
Facebook is looking to shore up its mobile services with the acquisition of Little Eye Labs, a small Indian startup that helps analyze mobile app data. This marks yet another step as Facebook expands its mobile empire, an under-exploited platform that holds promise for companies to gain new users who don't own, or prefer to use, desktop computers.
CEO & Chairman of Facebook, Zuckerberg, became the 2nd youngest self-made billionaire in 2012; and, the affluent 29-year-old has opted to use that accumulated wealth for good, signing the "Giving Pledge" -a promise to donate 50% or more of his wealth to charity; gave millions to Newark Public schools, and gave 18 million Facebook shares to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Now, Zuckerberg, who was raised on a suburban lane with mansions and manicured lawns, is teaming up with Carlos Vargas, an immigrant from Mexico, and a number of others for a truly unique venture.
