We reported today that Twitter has begun implementing the "Do Not Track" privacy option for its users, and we're now getting a better idea of why the company may have rolled it out: it's testing "who Continue reading…
For many, photo album and sharing service Flickr represents a missed opportunity. Having been one of the earliest social websites, and a place where you could easily archive and back up your images Continue reading…
While it's not quite accurate to say everyone has a Tumblr (at least not yet), you can now remark that there are about three posts on Tumblr blogs for every human on the planet. This week, the popular Continue reading…
We were pretty impressed with iPhoto when we tried it out, and the app seems to be gaining strong traction with iOS users, as well: Apple told The Loop that iPhoto for iOS hit one million users in Continue reading…
Alec Saunders, RIM's VP for Developer Relations, used the BlackBerry DevCon Europe stage today to "bust a few myths" about the state of the BlackBerry app ecosystem. Firstly, he took issue with the Continue reading…
Brazil saw the most growth in Twitter users last year, whilst Dutch twitterers were the most active according to a report by French analytics company Semiocast. The USA still holds the crown for the Continue reading…
To celebrate its 10 million registered users, the audio sharing and distribution site SoundCloud released its new Story Wheel slideshow functionality today. The service hooks into Instagram and lets Continue reading…
Facebook's continuing quest to dominate the globe has one less fortress of resistance. According to Comscore figures, the social networking service was accessed by 36.1 million Brazilian users in Continue reading…
Just following the release of Minecraft 1.1, creator Markus Persson (AKA Notch) reported on Twitter that registered users for the world-building game-thing just passed the 20 million mark. That's an Continue reading…
Facebook's redesign at the end of September was accompanied by a major, and not universally loved, change: sharing of things you listen to with Facebook-connected apps now happens automatically Continue reading…
