Facebook on Wednesday uncovered its poorly-guarded secret and filed the S-1 form needed to make an initial public offering of stock, or IPO. Read more...
Facebook files for IPO with $5 billlion goal
From PC Mike feeds WCD Superadmin on February 1, 2012
Categories: Apple News, Uncategorized - Tags: 425-million, facebook, form-needed, initial-public, network-every, social, the-social, wednesday
Google+ Now Up to 62 Million Users, Adding 625,000 a Day [REPORT] (Mashable)
From PC Mike feeds geek1 on December 27, 2011
Mashable - Paul Allen, a Google+ watcher whose estimates about the social network's growth have proved accurate in the past, claims that the site now has 62 million users and is adding 625,000 new users per day. "It may be the holidays, the TV commercials, the Android 4 signups, celebrity and brand appeal, or positive word of mouthmor a combination of all these factors," Allen wrote on his G+ profile page Tuesday, "but there is no question that the number of new users signing up for Google+ each day has accelerated markedly in the past several weeks." Read more...
Categories: Today's Tech News - Tags: brand-appeal, holidays, million-users, number, past, positive-word, profile-page, proved-accurate, social, technology, the-holidays
Facebook’s new Timeline feature now available on iPhone, iPad version on the way (Yahoo! News)
From PC Mike feeds geek1 on December 19, 2011
Yahoo! News - Whether you love it or hate it, Facebook's new Timeline feature is here to stay. The newly revamped profile pages offer a quick glimpse into your social networking past, and while the web-based version — as well as Facebook for Android — … Read more...
Categories: Today's Tech News - Tags: profile-pages, social, social-networking, the-web-based
Facebook’s new Timeline feature now available on iPhone, iPad version on the way (Yahoo! News)
From PC Mike feeds geek1 on December 19, 2011
Yahoo! News - Whether you love it or hate it, Facebook's new Timeline feature is here to stay. Read more...
Categories: Today's Tech News - Tags: facebook, newly-revamped, profile-pages, quick-glimpse, social, social-networking, technology, the-web-based, timeline, well-as-facebook
Facebook’s new Timeline feature now available on iPhone, iPad version on the way (Yahoo! News)
From PC Mike feeds geek1 on December 19, 2011
Yahoo! News - Whether you love it or hate it, Facebook's new Timeline feature is here to stay. The newly revamped profile pages offer a quick glimpse into your social networking past, and while the web-based version — as well as Facebook for Android — … Read more...
Categories: Today's Tech News - Tags: facebook, newly-revamped, profile-pages, quick-glimpse, social, social-networking, technology, the-web-based, timeline, well-as-facebook
Facebook’s new Timeline feature now available on iPhone, iPad version on the way (Yahoo! News)
From PC Mike feeds geek1 on December 19, 2011
Yahoo! News - Whether you love it or hate it, Facebook's new Timeline feature is here to stay. The newly revamped profile pages offer a quick glimpse into your social networking past, and while the web-based version — as well as Facebook for Android — … Read more...
Categories: Today's Tech News - Tags: facebook, newly-revamped, profile-pages, quick-glimpse, social, social-networking, technology, the-web-based, timeline, well-as-facebook
Hipstamatic to launch new "disposable" camera app Thursday
From PC Mike feeds WCD Superadmin on December 14, 2011
Retro and styled iPhoneography filter app maker Hipstamatic will be releasing a new, free app called D-Series on Thursday which adds a communal and social aspect to group picture-taking by trying to re-create the feel of a shared disposable camera, the company announced. Inexpensive disposable film cameras were often handed out at parties, weddings, and other social occasions, and were used to assemble a "crowd-sourced" assembly of pics of an event later.... Read more...
Categories: Apple News - Tags: cameras-were, create-the-feel, disposable-film, feel, filter-app, hipstamatic, often-handed, social, social-aspect, thursday
Microsoft launches a Beacon-infused revision of Xbox.com (Digital Trends)
From PC Mike feeds geek1 on November 11, 2011
Digital Trends - Announced on the official Xbox.com blog, the Xbox 360 team at Microsoft has replaced the “My Xbox� section of the site with a section of the site simply called “Social�. Users will immediately be directed to the new Social page when logging into the Xbox site with a gamertag. While the look of the site has changed slightly, the most notable addition within this new social push is access to the Beacon feature that’s included in the upcoming Xbox 360 dashboard update. Beacon is a hybrid of a message and a notification that lets other players know that a user wants to play a game immediately or sometime in the future. Read more...
Categories: Today's Tech News - Tags: 360-dashboard, beacon, digital-trends, microsoft, players, simply-called, social, technology, the-official, the-site, trends, upcoming, xbox
RIM buys NewBay for BlackBerry alternative to iCloud
From PC Mike feeds geek1 on October 7, 2011
RIM in a stealth acquisition has bought NewBay for $100 million. The deal will give it access to LifeCache, a service that lets users upload and share photos and videos. Read more...
Categories: Apple News, Videos - Tags: black, blackberry, central-hub, flickr, help-update, lets-users, social, social-networking, video-services, videos
Robbed of phone, Tennessee woman summons help on Facebook (Reuters)
From PC Mike feeds geek1 on September 26, 2011
Reuters - Some people have complained about changes in Facebook, but not Rolanda Hill, who used the social media site to seek help after an armed robber broke into her home and stole her cell phone. Read more...
Categories: Social Media, Today's Tech News - Tags: armed-robber, her-cell, her-home, media-site, rolanda, rolanda-hill, social, Social Media, technology, the-social, used-the-social
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