Here's What Happened at the Webby Awards
The Internet Week New York reached its acme yesterday with the Webby Awards. Held at the Hammerstein Ballroom, the red carpet event celebrated the best of the Internet. From lolcats…
Foursquare Introduces an Olympic Badge
If you’re fanatic about your Foursquare badges and have also found yourself swept up in the pre-Olympic hype, you’re going to love what the location-based service has in store for…
Case filed against Facebook in Pakistan for 'Blasphemous Materials'
Just one day after Pakistani authorities reported Twitter to Interpol, a criminal case has been filed against Facebook, and three other websites in a Pakistani police station today, the Express…
Most of Tumblr's Traffic Doesn't Come From Google
Tumblr’s CEO David Karp spoke to Crunchfund’s MG Siegler today at Techcrunch Disrupt about the current status of the company he founded in 2007 and dropped some interesting knowledge. One…
Dubai Police Shut Down Twitter and Facebook Accounts
At least 15 UAE Facebook or Twitter accounts have been shut down by order of the Dubai Police this year, The National reports,with ‘electronic crime’ cases more than doubling from…
Paper is the Main Problem of Traditional Media
Do you feel guilty when you read a newspaper? You probably should, according to BuzzFeed’s co-founder Jonah Peretti, who has “a moral issue” with print publishing and its environmental impact….
Google+ Cleans Up the Explore Section, Thankfully
Google+ rolled out a pretty massive redesign last month, which I actually liked a lot. The only problem was, and it was a big one, the changes that it made…
Microsoft's So.cl - It's a Trap!
During the hush of the weekend after Facebook’s IPO bonanza, and Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding, Microsoft unleashed its entry into the social vertical. The site, called So.cl, is positioned as a…
Here's the Week's Social Media News in Review
It’s that time of week again when we take a look at the latest social media news, and highlight some of the most interesting stories. You couldn’t avoid news of…
Twitter Blocked in Pakistan
In a move that is all too unsurprising, Pakistan has blocked social networking site Twitter, over a series of “blasphemous drawings”, The Express Tribune reports. The crackdown comes just a…
White House: Twitter's Adopton of Do Not Track is "an Important Step"
In a post shared on the official White House Blog today, the Obama administration expressed its support for Twitter’s move to join the ranks of sites employing the privacy feature,…
Tumblr Now Available in Portuguese for Brazil and Portugal
Tumblr is now available in Portuguese for Brazil and Portugal, the company announced on its staff blog today. According to the startup, this means that its platform is now available…
It's complicated: Indian woman files for divorce over 'single' Facebook status
Love. It’s not always all you need. In a sure-tell sign that Facebook’s IPO will be a massive failure, an Indian women has reportedly filed for divorce after her husband…
YouTube Phases Out the +1 Button
Google has been integrating its social layer Google+ into all of its products lately. Gmail and YouTube have gotten the social treatment, but the latter made a bit of a…
Since Tumblr integrated with Open Graph last month, traffic from Facebook is up 2.5x
Since Tumblr integrated with Open Graph last month, its referral traffic from Facebook has grown by more than 2.5x, according to Jeff Sherlock of Facebook’s Developer Blog. This statistic makes one thing clear: the social giant…
