For the first time, the Facebook for Android mobile app has eclipsed the daily active user count of Facebook for iPhone. The Android app launched in September 2009 more than a year after its iPhone sister and has been playing catch-up ever since. Both are developed internally by Facebook. This week the two were briefly tied, but the Android app is now pulling away with 58.3 million DAU compared to the iPhone app’s 57.4 million, more…
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Technology is changing entertainment for better and for worse, according to TV Guide’s general manager and executive vice president, Christy Tanner, who spoke at the Mashable Media Summit. more…
Social media sales from social ads, virtual currency and subscription services are poised to grow to $15 billion next year and double that figure by 2015. Facebook and Google will lead the way.
Led by advertising sales, worldwide social media revenue will grow 50 percent in more…
Google cofounder Sergey Brin made a surprise appearance at Web 2.0 Summit today, and in talking about Google Plus, he said despite not being social himself, he found the service compelling.
“I’m not a very social person myself,” Brin said more…
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Move over Facebook. It’s time to pay attention to privacy on LinkedIn. That was is the message of last week’s mini controversy over LinkedIn’s quiet effort to introduce a new type of advertising on the site that would commandeer users’ names and pictures for product endorsements. more…
Since its inception, content on Twitter has largely been displayed in the same basic manner. That is a linear, reverse chronological stream of Tweets. Two new sections being added to the service are about to change that.
Specifically, the “@Mentions” tab on twitter.com is being replaced by two new tabs: more…
Rejoice! It only took 10 months for Netflix to rack up a million users in Canada. They launched in September of 2010, and in July a lucky Canuck by the name of Amanda, in the province they call Manitoba, became their one-millionth subscriber. She wins a lifetime subscription to Netflix’s streaming service and a lifetime of people asking if they can somehow “get in on that.” more…
BuzzOurBiz Inc. announced today the launch of its social networking meets local services classifieds site http://www.buzzourbiz.com, which offers free ads and reviews for all types of services and businesses together with full social networking capabilities. Anyone offering or looking for any type of service can post and view ads, ratings and reviews and see what services their friends, family and others are using and recommending. more…
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| Mallory Duffy (left) and Shamya White learned Thursday how to use their computers to help their careers at a seminar about LinkedIn. |
Stan Gwizdak stands at the front of a classroom, his serious-faced students following his every word. They include an electrical engineer, an attorney and an accountant.
The students all brought a laptop, but many scribble down notes on paper as well. The 43 class members each paid $35 to attend the four-hour session in downtown Concord. more…
As social networking grows increasingly pervasive, more employers are utilizing these sites to screen potential employees. Forty-five percent of employers reported in a recent CareerBuilder survey that they use social networking sites to research job candidates, a big jump from 22 percent last year. Another 11 percent plan to start using social networking sites for screening. More than 2,600 hiring managers participated in the survey, which was completed in June 2009. more…
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| An SF firm is using social networking sites as a job recruiting tool. |
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Social networking sites are used to invite people to parties, weddings and christenings, but how about using a social networking site to offer an invitation to apply for a job? A San Francisco firm is one of the leaders in the growing field of using sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter as a recruiting tool.
Barak Ben-Gal found his job as a vice president at Redwood City-based Support.com through a friend — as people have for centuries. But, there was a digital age twist to his job search. more…