Facebook in 2010 [INFOGRAPHIC]
It has been an incredible year for Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. The Facebook head was recently named as TIME’s Person of the Year and received admiration for his generous donations to good causes. His Facebook Empire has also grown at break neck speed. To celebrate a great year for Facebook, Flowtown has captured the social […]
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft To Fight Illegal Pharmacies With White House
Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft can’t agree on much, and you might imagine that tossing some politicians into the situation wouldn’t help, but a common goal’s come to light. These companies, along with many others and the Obama administration, intend to stop illegal online pharmacies from doing business. William McQuillen reported today that a group including […]
Twitter has No Long-term Vision? Think Again
“Twitter has no long-term vision yet,” Dick Costolo who took over as CEO last month, told The Telegraph. The reason for a foggy vision is because millions of users are defining Twitter’s function and purpose on a daily basis. It is hard to nail down what Twitter really is. Twitter has experienced explosive growth over the years […]
Twitter Improves Trending Topic Algorithm: Bye Bye, Bieber!
Twitter has updated the algorithm behind its popular Trending Topics feature, changing the focus from the most discussed items to what is “most breaking” and “immediately popular.” Twitter confirmed to Mashable that on Wednesday it made updates to improve the relevancy of trending topics. In the past, trending topics were dominated by consistently popular items […]
3 Ways Live Events Improve Online Communities
Katie Morse is a Community Manager at Radian6, the social media monitoring and engagement platform. She blogs at Candid Katie and is @misskatiemo on Twitter. In my role as a Community Manager, I talk to a lot of people online as I work through my day. Whether it’s responding to a tweet, commenting on a […]