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How Facebook Has Changed Since Going Public 1 Year Ago

May 19, 2013 — 

Facebook is a company now, a huge corporation in fact, with a market cap of more than $60 billion, a staff of nearly 5,000 employees and an active user base of more than 1.1 billion.

Twitter Teams With NBA to Stream Basketball Replay Videos

May 18, 2013 — 

Twitter Inc. has teamed with the National Basketball Association to stream video clips of game highlights as the blogging service expands beyond 140-character status updates ahead of a possible initial public offering.

 

Yahoo, Twitter partnership brings tweets to your newsfeed

May 18, 2013 — 

Yahoo newsfeed will soon include occasional tweets based on your interests. Folks in the US can expect to see the change in the coming days across desktop and mobile versions of Yahoo.

Yahoo reportedly moving forward with Tumblr acquisition

Today TNW, along with other publications, was invited to a Yahoo product news gathering on Monday, the day after the board is said to vote. Certainly Yahoo wishes to unveil its purchase of Tumblr.

Google Glass gets Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter apps

Facebook’s app will let you share photos taken using Glass and allow you to dictate a caption. Then there’s a Twitter app, which will let you transcribe tweets using your voice, and tailor your feed.

Hangouts, the best part of Google+, gets standalone iOS, Android, & Chrome apps

Hangouts, the free multiperson video chat and messaging service inside Google+, has been broken out into its own standalone applications for iOS, Android, and Chrome.

Google reveals Play Music All Access subscription service

Google has unveiled a streaming music subscription service. Google Play Music All Access offers users the ability to listen to millions of tracks in addition to the ones they already own. The firm described it as “radio without rules”.

Twitter Boss Quits UK Role Post TweetDeck

The American boss of Twitter has resigned as director of its UK arm, two days after the business regulator struck off its other British firm for failure to file accounts.

Pinterest Adds Mentions, Notifications to Mobile

Pinterest released on Tuesday updates to its iOS and Android apps, including new mobile features such as search suggestions, push notifications and the ability to mention friends in posts.

ESPN and Twitter plan to announce partnership for tweeting sports video clips

Twitter and ESPN are planning to announce a partnership that will allow the social network to tweet out video clips of major sports highlights and sell ads specifically around those clips, providing new revenue opportunities.

Twitter’s first star

Thanks to her gift for 140-character witticisms, Kelly Oxford has transformed herself from Canadian stay-at-home mum to Los Angeles-based bestselling author and screenwriter

Groupon launches mobile payments iPad app to challenge Square

Groupon has launched a new iPad app called Groupon POS in an attempt to enter the iPad mobile payments arena and take on current leader Square.

Twitter Seen Valued at $10 Billion

Google combines Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photo storage into a common 15GB pool

Google+ struggles to attract brands, some neglect to update

Foursquare adds location filters by price, hours, and friend check-ins to its website, coming soon to apps

Twitter eyes big business in Brazil’s World Cup, Olympics

Bing now loads related Facebook posts

YouTube launches pay-to-watch subscription channels

Twitter Acquires Palo Alto-Based Scalable Computing Startup Ubalo