The Winklevoss twin’s battle with Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg) appears to be finally coming to close. A recent filing by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra, shows that “appellants do not intend to seek further appellate review.” This coming after a federal appeals court ruled against the Winklevoss twins when they tried to get more money from the Facebook […]
Category: Social Media
According to HuffPost, the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (or ICANN), has apparently approved the creation of generic domain names. For example, we could soon be visiting sites with domain names such as .gaga (aka, Lady Gaga), .bieber (really…?), .facebook, and even .porn (not good since there is already the .xxx domain name […]
Facebook is about to become even more embedded into your life with a recent FTC approval that would allow a certain background check company to use your Facebook photos as part of an applicant verification process. According to Forbes, The FTC determined that Social Intelligence Corp., in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, is allowed […]
Earlier this morning I wrote about how President Barack Obama will start personally tweeting from his Twitter profile @BarackObama. Well it didn’t take very long for us to see the President’s very first tweet, and it didn’t have anything to do whatsoever with his Presidential re-election – it was actually to wish all the dads […]
During NBC’s coverage of the U.S. Open golf tournament, a video was played that featured the reciting of The United States Pledge of Allegiance. Ironically, during the video segment, “Under God” was omitted twice – and during the second omission, the phrase “one nation” was also omitted. This instantly caught the attention of the Twittersphere where […]
This upcoming election season is going to heavily engaged with social media – Twitter and Facebook leading the charge. But in a recent news release from President Barack Obama’s reelection staff, the President will actually be writing his own updates on Facebook and Twitter. And you’ll be able to identify the tweets coming from President […]
It’s interesting, back in July of 2008 when Apple first released the App Store, Facebook had an official iPhone app ready to go. And it’s even been argued, perhaps a bit of stretch though, that the success of the iPhone can be directly attributed to the Facebook app. Regardless, this sense of urgency from Facebook […]