Social Tech Archive
Americas
Social networking company Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) that went public with its IPO in May, today announced that the company’s second quarter 2012 financial results will be released after
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Asia Pacific
Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN), a leading real name social network in China and Viki, a global TV website offering user-generated translations in 150 languages, today announced the launch
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Americas
Gossip never stops on social media. If you want to know about this surfeit of gossip, a slew of tech tools can help you. For example, Attensity Pipeline
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Backend
Microsoft Corp. and Yammer Inc. announced Monday that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Yammer, a leading provider of enterprise social networks,
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Backend
CrowdOptic, a maker of crowd-driven mobile applications, has announced that the company is testing new features for TV viewers using the Yahoo! Connected TV platform. The integration of
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Americas
Flipboard social magazine is coming to Android phones worldwide, NOOK and Kindle Fire in the U.S. Flipboard lets people keep up with the latest news around the Web,
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Americas
Disqus, a Web-based discussion platform, today announced the introduction of Disqus 2012. Core to the new platform is the full integration of community curation, personalized content, social discovery
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Americas
Mobile social games developer Ngmoco and KIXEYE, which offers competitive online combat strategy games, have announced details of their partnership to bring Backyard Monsters, a real-time strategy (RTS)
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Americas
The new edition of Flipboard (claimed to be the world’s first social magazine), released Tuesday, is all about sound. Anyone with Flipboard on Apple’s iPad, iPhone or iPod
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Americas
Social media video sharing company Tout is teaming up with actress Jessica Alba, The Honest Company and SELF Magazine to celebrate Mother’s Day. The #momknowsbest campaign will feature
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Americas
Microsoft Corp. and Facebook announced Monday an agreement under which Microsoft will assign to Facebook the right to purchase a portion of the patent portfolio it recently agreed
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Americas
By Rakesh Raman Tech market analysts were stunned on Monday when Facebook said it will acquire Instagram, a photo-sharing app for mobile devices. It was stated that the
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Americas
TweetTV, a real-time social TV guide that groups and enhances TV-based conversations happening on Twitter, has raised $750,000 from angel investor Joe Kalfa. TweetTV will use the funds
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Americas
This wall is different. It won’t stand between you and others. Rather, it will connect you with others. How? It allows users to view and “post” to virtual
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Americas
You can answer such a question through a friend-to-friend review service Localfave. It allows users to get location-based venue recommendations, while simultaneously allowing them to remain discrete. “High-value”
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