Emily Price2013-01-30 10:39:00 -0500 A number of big-name social apps launched alongside BlackBerry 10 Wednesday, including Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and LinkedIn. Shown off during one of the company’s BlackBerry Jam sessions late last year, the Facebook app offers much of the same features you find in its iOS and Android applications and looks exceptionally similar … Continued
Emily Price2013-01-28 21:47:37 UTC Facebook updated its iOS app Monday, adding the ability to record and share videos from the app as well as the ability to send voice messages. Voice messaging was previously released as an update to the company’s Messenger app. Often a place for the social network to try out features with … Continued
What’s This? Fran Berkman2013-01-29 17:58:47 UTC The Internet can be a cruel and unforgiving place. Think about it, there are trolls, phishers and con artists lurking around almost ever corner. Scams and hoaxes everywhere. On occasion, social media propels one of these scams to viral fame. Facebook, as the grandaddy of social media, is a … Continued
Looking to snap some frames from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam? Nikon’s got you covered, with a pair of ruggedized point-and-shoots. The high-end model here, dubbed the Coolpix AW110, will set you back a whopping 350 bucks, while the S31 will run you about $120. Clearly, you’ll be making … Continued
Going to be in the market for a new Direct Connect device soon, but the current offerings seem so… drab? Enter the Kyocera Torque, the latest Sprint smartphone featuring the network’s CDMA-based Push-to-Talk service. The phone, which should be available sometime in early March, brings with it LTE connectivity, (mostly) stock Android 4.0, a 1.2GHz … Continued
A maintenance contractor called out to fix a hydrofluoric acid leak at a Samsung plant has died in the hospital, according to Korean media. Four others were injured by the lethal gas but have reportedly been discharged. The factory in question is located within South Korea, which isn’t known for the sort of lax safety … Continued
What’s This? Samantha Murphy2013-01-28 15:55:31 UTC Twitter has apologized for highlighting porn Monday morning in the “Editors’ Picks” category of its video-sharing app Vine, citing a “human error.” The app — which launched last week and allows users to create and share six-second GIF-like looping videos — featured a not-safe-for-work video as an Editors’ Pick … Continued
Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news.To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Twitter Adds Mobile Video Capabilitity: Twitter introduces Vine, “a mobile service that lets you capture and share short looping … Continued
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