Twitter is Finally Filling the Link-Shortening Hole
Just two months after starting a flame war of sorts over whether it would acquire or go into competition with companies that were just filling holes in its service, Twitter is finally moving to fill one of the biggest holes the social network h...

Did the New York Times Just Declare War on News Aggregators?
The New York Times, like many newspapers, has been trying to find an online business model that works, including experimenting with iPhone and iPad apps, as well as a pay wall that s expected to launch soon. Now, the newspaper company appears to be...

Facebook and Twitter Visitors Shop and Spend More Online
Visitors to social media networks and services such as Facebook and Twitter shop more online than those who don t go to such sites, according to comScore s latest quarterly overview of the online retail economy, as reported by eMarketer. And in t...

Yahoo Gets Up Close And Personal With Facebook, Launches Integration Smorgasbord
Yahoo today rolled out a new series of Facebook integrations across various Yahoo services including the companies homepage and Yahoo Mail service. The announcement moves the company one step closer to being a major playing in the social networking a...

Yahoo s New Features Are an Admission That Facebook Has Won the Social Race
Yahoo is doubling down on its bets on social networking, but is doing so by effectively outsourcing its social efforts to Facebook. The web portal this week is launching enhanced Facebook integration, along with a revamped personal profile feature ca...

Should Facebook Be Worried About Diaspora?
As Facebook has become an increasingly powerful magnet for controversy over privacy and the way it handles user information, but also over the sheer size and dominance of the social network interest has grown in finding some kind of open alte...