The Social

Twitter issues mulligan on new 'retweet' feature

Caroline McCarthy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:56:00 PST

Twitter developer chat logs reveal that fresh new feature was pulled temporarily to fix some bugs.

Research: Twitter has yet to grow into valuation

Caroline McCarthy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:49:00 PST

Company is worth significantly less than $1 billion, one company surmises. That's in part because the effectiveness of its possible business plan is still up in the air.

Current Media lays off 80, cancels shows

Caroline McCarthy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST

Exactly one year after it announced an earlier round of layoffs, the cable network co-founded by Al Gore is cutting positions associated with several shows it's canceling.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

A new set of rules for social games

Caroline McCarthy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

Playfish's $300 million sale to Electronic Arts seems to spell good news for other makers of social-network games, but this is a fast-growing and messy niche filled with one plot twist after another.

Twitter, LinkedIn team up for self-promotion free-for-all

Caroline McCarthy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:46:00 PST

Partnership means that status messages can be interchangeable between the two: great for all those marketers who use the two to broadcast their own brands.

'Elf Yourself' returns with Facebook and Twitter power

Caroline McCarthy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:18:00 PST

The goofball marketing campaign has returned for the fourth year in a row, and promises to infiltrate your holiday season even more. Question: Does it do much for creator OfficeMax?

Rickrolling iPhone worm is never gonna give you up

Caroline McCarthy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:07:00 PST

iPhones that have been "jailbroken" are potentially vulnerable to a worm that replaces the device's default wallpaper with, yes, a photo of pop singer Rick Astley.

Originally posted at News - Apple

Going rogue? Palin bans gadgets, reporters from speech

Caroline McCarthy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:40:00 PST

The former Alaska governor joins a tradition of controversial politicians stoking up more press criticism by attempting to avoid it in the first place.

Originally posted at News - Politics and Law

Facebook: We're going after scammy ads, too

Caroline McCarthy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:38:00 PST

The social network reinforced in its developer blog that it's taking an active stance against the companies that have been getting bad press recently for deceptive advertising.

Offerpal Media mess gets stickier

Caroline McCarthy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:54:00 PST

The company is involved in at least two suits with upcoming developments. In one, it sues a competitor. In another, a plaintiff alleges he was ousted as a co-founder.