Those who use social media as a way to get an ego boost from friends and family (you know who you are), be warned: a new study has found that those with low self-esteem can actually make themselves less likable to others based on …
Newsflash: Two-Thirds of Tweets Boring, Says Study
Did you know that Twitter is full of inane, boring tweets that nobody wants to read? It’s true, according to science!
A joint study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon, the Georgia Institute of Technology and MIT found that most …
Facebook’s Timeline Is Here. Everybody Panic!
What Facebook’s new profile tells us about the fight for control of the web.
Tumblr Hires Journalists to Write About Tumblr
Call it a snake eating its own tail or a smart take on objectively monitoring a particularly under-served area of the internet, but social blog service Tumblr raised eyebrows yesterday with the news that it was hiring two writers …
Photos: Life Inside Facebook Headquarters
A look at life inside Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Twitter’s New Censorship Policy: Up with Free Speech?
If — as some have suggested — Twitter is trying to cut down on free speech with its new censorship policies that were announced last week, then it’s not doing a particularly good job.
While the company described the new …
Latest Apple Rumors: iPad 3 in March, iPhone 5 in June, ‘Strange’ Event Soon
On any given day, it’s not unusual to see a new Apple rumor pop up. But today is special. Today we’ve got not just one, but three Apple rumors regarding the launch of the iPad 3 and iPhone 5, plus a “Strange” event that may occur …
Star Wars: The Old Republic Nears Two Million Active Subscriber Mark
It looks like the force is with…aww, lets dispense with the cheesy Star Wars quotes and talk straight numbers — BioWare says massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic has sold over two million copies since …
Facebook IPO News Roundup
From our friends over at TIME.com’s Business section:
- With IPO, Facebook’s Valuation Could Reach $100 Billion
- Read Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s IPO Letter
- The 11 Largest IPOs in U.S. History
- Facebook by the
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Sony’s Highly Personal, Surprisingly Decent 3D Viewer
It’s not cheap, and it looks and feels a tad peculiar. But its 3D blows away the blurry stuff on TVs and in theaters.
Is Music Piracy Really ‘The New Radio’? Yes and No
Canadian folk-rocker Neil Young is making waves this week after telling reporters at a conference that piracy is “the new radio.”
“It doesn’t affect me because I look at the Internet as the new radio. I look at the radio as …
