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Is Instagram Copying TikTok? Meta Faces Backlash For Platform Changes

The changes to Instagram's feed style have made some users upset as the social media company competes with TikTok.

Facebook Rival GREE Acquires Mobile Developer App Ant Studios In Latest Move To Capture US Mobile Market

GREE (TYO:3632), Japan's $4.7 billion online media giant and regional rival to U.S.-based internet companies like Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) and Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) stepped further into America soil on Monday with another developer acquisition, this time of California-based mobile game developer App Ant Studios.

Pre-Market Movers (Agnico-Eagle, ICICI Bank, Alcatel, Nokia, ArcelorMittal, Facebook, United States Steel, Werner, Western Digital)

Agnico-Eagle Mines, ICICI Bank, Alcatel Lucent SA, Nokia Corp, ArcelorMittal, Facebook Inc, United States Steel Corp, Werner Enterprises and Western Digital Corp. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.

Zynga (ZNGA) Stock Price Jumpstarted By Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Comments

In his first public appearance following his social media company's disastrous IPO in May, Mark Zuckerberg's address at Tuesday's TechCrunch Disrupt helped boost the shares price of Facebook's (Nasdaq: FB) close partner Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA), which has retained its prominence on the social network's app marketplace despite continuing financial woes and a seemingly endless round of executive departures. Zynga reached a recent stock high in mid-morning morning trading on Wednesday, f...

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Facebook Co-Founder Dustin Moskovitz Sold 450,000 Shares, But Won't Be Selling Himself

Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has sold 450,000 shares of his old company for around $8.7 million, according to a regulatory filing, but when it comes to his own ventures, expect him to remain independent.

Nintendo Explains Their Wii U 'Miiverse' Social Networking Concept

According to a lengthy Kotaku article, Nintendo has begun openly discussing its direction with the Miiverse.

Twitter, Social Networking Influence Put to Ultimate Test in Ultrabook Race

Intel's Ultrabook Race is the very first race that will put your social networking prowess to the test. Twitter influence will be put to play as four contestants battle for social networking supremacy as they run through the urban jungles of Moscow and Sydney searching for clues and their followers and friends on Twitter and their other social networks aid them in their quest.

Winners and Losers: Facebook Half Off, Corzine Survives

IBTimes' weekly roundup of winners and losers in the world of business.

'Sharpies Parties' Use Social Media To Galvanize Anger Vs. Foreclosed Homes

Amid the continue foreclosure crisis, some young people are taking to social media to redirect their frustration and coordinate larger acts of vandalism against abandoned properties.

Outlook.com: Microsoft's New Metro Style Email Service Attracts Over 1 Million Users Just Hours After Launch

Microsoft's Outlook.com, the successor to Hotmail, is just a few hours old, but the new metro style email service has already got more than one million people signing up for it, according to official figures tweeted just over six hours after it was announced Tuesday.

Who Is James Holmes, Aurora Colorado Shooting Suspect? Photo And Details Of ‘Dark Knight Massacre’ Shooter Emerge

James Eagan Holmes Had Profile On Sex Website, Plus Everything Else We Know About The Colorado Shooting Suspect [PHOTO]

James Eagan Holmes was apparently interested in sexual social networks. A profile, with a clear photo, on a popular sex website, appears to be that of the Colorado shooting suspect, and it appears to be authentic.

Twitter's Mobile Strategy Puts It On Strong Wicket Against Competition

As news of Twitter overhauling its mobile channel mobile.twitter.com for feature phones and older browsers made the rounds from July 11, a close look at the new development shows how the mobile channel contributes a significant chunk of revenue for the microblogging site.

Facebook Chat Monitoring Mechanism Triggers Buzz In Digital Media

Facebook has begun monitoring chat room messages to alert cops against suspicious behavior.

America's Top Cyberwarrior Says Cyberattacks Cost $250 Billion A Year

America's leading cyber warrior is distressed about a potentially grim future for cyber-security.

Spin Magazine's New Owner Quashes Rumors Of Mag's Demise -- For Now

The question on everyone's mind is this: Why would a hot Internet company with an empire of music and culture blogs want to invest its resources in print? Tyler Goldman, Buzzmedia's CEO, said Spin is much more than a print publication.

Mac OS X Mountain Lion Gold Master Released: Major Features Of Apple's New Operating System

Five months after its unveiling in early February, Apple is finally ready to release its next-gen operating system for the Mac. On Monday, the company released the golden master of OS 10.8 Mountain Lion to developers so they can begin submitting their Mountain Lion apps before the platform launches on the Mac App Store later this month for $19.99.

Very Strange Bedfellows (North Korea Included) Ponder How To Escape Media Decline

Russia isn't the first place that comes to mind when thinking of free speech, but that's exactly where the second World Media Summit was held. Attendees including BBC and CNN heard about a free press from Vladimir Putin, and about world harmony from the North Koreans.

Twitter Makes Search Simpler, Smarter, And More Relevant

Twitter Bolsters Search Function To Stay Relevant Amidst Competition

When its partnership with Google for news search expired July 1, social networking site Twitter did not have any counter plan to pull out the latest tweets for real-time news it is hugely popular for. To revive its search results and improve its search functionality for latest tweets on breaking news, Twitter announced enhancements to the search function on its interface July 6.

iCloud Beta Adds New Web Apps: Apple Gearing Up For iOS 6, Mountain Lion Release Dates

iCloud Beta Adds New Web Apps: Apple Preps For iOS 6, Mountain Lion Release Dates

Slowly but surely, Apple's operating systems are converging, but bonding these two separate systems together would be impossible without iCloud. On Monday, Apple introduced two new additions to the iCloud Beta portal for iOS 6 developers, including the Notes and Reminders apps, before it releases Mountain Lion this month and iOS 6 this fall.

Happy Social Media Day: Facts, Figures And The Impact Of Social Networks

Social Media Day is being celebrated around the world today on Twitter, Facebook and at meetups around the world.

CNN And Fox News Both Bungle Supreme Court Ruling; One Apologizes

"You guys really suck at journalism," wrote an angry follower of the CNN Breaking News Twitter feed.

Facebook? IDC Says IBM Ranks No. 1 In Social Software

Despite the clamor around Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, the real king of the social networking sector is International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), a new survey by IDC found.

WWDC 2012: Mac OS X 'Mountain Lion' Release Date Set For July; Apple Unveils New Features

At the 2012 Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, Apple announced that the next version of its OS X operating system for Macs, dubbed Mountain Lion, will be released in July. The company did not give out a specific date and time.

New Apple MacBook Air Specs Released Before WWDC 2012 [REPORT]

We're just a few hours away from the start of the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, which is expected to be one of the biggest Apple events of the year. Hours later, the company learned even more new specs, this time about Apple's thinnest laptop, the MacBook Air.

Apple iOS 6: Features We Hope To See Unveiled At WWDC 2012

Apple iOS 6 Release At WWDC 2012? Banners For New OS Emerge In San Francisco

Apple is expected to unveil a ton of new products next week at the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, but on Friday, Gadget Lab tweeted a picture from Wired's Roberto Baldwin of a banner put up in Moscone West, one of the WWDC event locations, which showcased iOS 6: The world's most advanced mobile operating system.

WWDC 2012 Preview: Apple Expected To Update Every Mac; What About iPhone?

We're just four days away from the start of the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, which is expected to be one of the biggest Apple events of the year. A new report says that Apple will introduce as many as 14 new Mac models at WWDC, including desktop computers (iMac and Mac Pro) and laptops (MacBook Pro and MacBook Air), among other products.

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