LinkedIn has added a video-based feature so that companies and workers can post videos about their skills or workplaces. Users will also be able to find out who they have reached with their content.
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Instagram has now added something quite basic with the introduction of comment threads. This will keep things more organized and will allow users to have a better experience when conversing.
In an attempt to gain access to China's highly guarded internet, Facebook has published a new app via a proxy company. Facebook, like other major internet sites, is still blocked in the country.
While Miiverse and StreetPass brought a social dimension to Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS consoles, it appears that neither of these features will make the transition to the company's latest console.
In an update available this week, Instagram is switching on support for multiple accounts on its iOS and Android platforms. Meanwhile its Universal app for Windows 10 continues to be missing.
Live video streaming is rolling out to all Facebook users in the U.S. with an iPhone. It includes a major playback feature that may make it more popular than Twitter's Periscope.
After Facebook's implementation earlier this year, Twitter has begun notifying users who have potentially been the target of state-sponsored attacks against their accounts.
The LinkedIn app has been rebuilt from scratch to provide a tailored newsfeed and more socially engaging experience. The update is now available for iOS and Android.
Vine has updated its website to allow users to view their respective news feeds online as well as profiles. Only videos uploaded to the social network were previously available through the website.
In a Bloomberg TV video clip, Google chairman Eric Schmidt predicts the "arrival of big data and machine intelligence everywhere" in 2014 while admitting the company missed the boat on social networks
While the proposal is not a new one, Facebook has pushed back the idea for having video ads in users' feeds a number of times. This week, however, in-feed video ads are expected to finally debut.
YouTube is responding to requests to improve the comments sections of videos by further integrating with Google+, bringing features like private conversations with users in your Circles.
Facebook comment spam can be annoying to encounter, but a group of Italian researchers believe it to be worth up to $200 million annually, with some spammers setting up pages to earn even more money.
An update pushed to Twitter's search system in the past few hours simplifies account discovery, as well as placing further emphasis on sharing images, which are displayed in-line with results.
Twitter is planning to experiment with tailored ads, beginning in the United States and spreading the idea elsewhere if it proves successful. Oddly, they also explain how to get out of tailored ads.
Popular image messaging app Snapchat, known for its infamous NSFW aspect, has been drastically updated with UI improvements and speech enhancements - but image quality hasn't been enhanced.
Vine, Twitter's short-video sharing app, will make its way to Android sometime today. The app requires Android 4.0 or later, though some features will be missing at launch.
Twitter's new April Fools' service will help users having difficulty keeping their tweets to the 140-character limit imposed by the social network, as vowels are being removed except for a premium.
A new update Facebook is rolling out to its pages allows administrators to turn on replies, allowing them to reply directly to users commenting on their pages. The feature will be mandatory July 10.
Facebook is working to incorporate hashtag functionality into its own service. Those familiar with the matter are unaware of how long exactly the Palo Alto-based have been building the functionality.
Some massive figures have arrived from the folks in Palo Alto, with a huge number of interactions recorded by the service's Open Graph API, responsible for hooking in with different apps on the site.
Facebook has been sued over its famous "like" button by a patent-holding company that claims it hold two patents that were first created by a a now dead Dutch programmer.
Twitter has introduced a beta version of the Lolcat language to the site, inviting users to contribute translations and alterations as needed. Now you can finally talk the talk of an early meme.
Instagram has announced a new web-based newsfeed that will allow users to view recent photo uploads, similar to the social network's mobile app, although photos can't be uploaded via the website.
Theories have appeared, with one being that Facebook's Poke app is a direct result of a failed buyout. Potentially supporting a bruised ego, Poke might just be a challenge to Snapchat's niche.
Microsoft's Bing team has tweaked the design of social results today, changing from the blue sidebar that was separate from the main search results pane that has existed since the feature launched.
Twitter is pulling out all of the stops to ensure third-party apps aren't integrated with it, and as of today, Instagram embedding will not work with tweets.
Bradley Horowitz has openly stated that he feels Facebook is "pissing off users" by spamming advertizements on people's personal feeds. He insists that Google is handling advertizements a lot better.
Google has implemented its Google Plus social network into the Google Play store in hopes of allowing application reviews on the store to become more reliable and accurate.
Google is now allowing Google+ users to install Android applications directly from Google+ streams in a clear effort to drive sales. When clicked a user will be prompted to buy or install an app.
Employment isn't always easy to find, but Facebook is trying to change that. The giant social network has partnered with numerous entities to bring the hunt to the News Feed.
Facebook has began to delete fake accounts that have inflated Fan page numbers as it implements site integrity improvements that it announced last month. Many are seeing drops of tens of thousands.
The new social network (or “utility”) will not be free, but it will take good care of its users' data. And “app” developers, hopefully lots of app developers.
Google's product team remains committed to adding new features to the service, including custom URLs to help denote an official or famous account as necessary.
Instagram may be celebrating that its userbase has just reached 80 million, but one of its friend finding features has just been removed from the service thanks to Twitter's new API regulations.
A growing number of users are growing unsatisfied with Facebook, so we compare other social networking features and aesthetics to justify exactly why this discontent is happening all of a sudden.
Digsby provides you with IM, email and Social networks in one easy to use application. Digsby helps you manage all your IM, e-mail, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application.
Twitter announced a number of new or improved features for searching its site and smartphone applications today, including autocomplete, spelling corrections, related searches and more.
Social networks can be a wonderful thing as proven by a concerned citizen who was unable to collar a stray dog that had a jar stuck on its head, so turned to Facebook with a photo and a call for help.
Facebook seems to be trying to conquer all aspects of the computing world as of late, and a new rumor suggests that Facebook's rumored phone will feature Linux and will use Opera for web browsing.