Feb 20 Watch Messaging monopoly? Why Facebook is willing to pay $19 billion for WhatsApp By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 Is WhatsApp really worth the $19 billion price tag? By Colleen Shalby On Wednesday, Facebook acquired messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, a number that left many scratching their heads, including “The End of Big” author Nicco Mele. “The valuation is crazy to me,” Mele said in… Continue reading
Feb 20 Celebrating 10 years of ‘hot’ (or not) Facebook innovations By Colleen Shalby, Frank Bi Of all of Facebook’s most Facebook-y features from the past 10 years, we ask: Which do you “like”?… Continue reading
Feb 20 Study uncovers six basic types of Twitter conversations By Bridget Shirvell The Pew Research Center and the Social Media Research Foundation analyzed thousands of Twitter conversations and found distinct patterns in conversation and social structures. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Closing the digital divide by helping seniors get online It's estimated that about half of Americans over the age of 65 use the Internet. But for the other half, increasing societal dependence on digital technology threatens to leave behind those who don't go online. NewsHour correspondent Mary Jo Brooks… Continue watching
Dec 18 From Bo to Batkid, moments that inspired us on Twitter in 2013 By Colleen Shalby At its best, Twitter connects people and ideas miles, states, even worlds apart. In 2013, 500 million tweets were sent per day. We took a look at some of those moments of inspiration, amusement and wonder. Continue reading
Dec 17 Wish you could edit that tweet? Soon you might be able to. If you've wished you could edit a tweet after posting it, you may soon be in luck. According to journalist Matthew Keys, Twitter is working on an "edit" feature for tweets. While the exact details of the… Continue reading
Dec 16 Whose tweet is it anyway? Test your knowledge of 2013’s top political tweets By Ellen Rolfes, Frank Bi In well-rehearsed public statements, politicians rarely stray from their talking points. But on social media, they tend to loosen up. They express personal tastes, share humorous quips, and occasionally make unfortunate gaffes. So how well do you know politicos? Take… Continue reading
Dec 09 Pope Francis most talked-about topic on Facebook in 2013 By News Desk New data from Facebook revealed the year's most talked-about topics and trends on the social network. Pope Francis led the list, followed broadly by the word "election" and the Royal Baby. Facebook measured the number of posts in… Continue reading
Nov 25 Photographer awarded $1.2 million from media companies that lifted images off Twitter A New York jury Friday ordered media companies Agence France-Presse and Getty Images to pay $1.2 million to freelance photographer Daniel Morel for using and distributing without permission eight photos he'd taken and posted to his Twitter feed. The… Continue reading