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GroupMe launches another update pre-SXSWi | The Social - CNET News
Looking to make a splash among a smattering of competitors at the annual digital media festival, the group messaging service updates its app for the second time in two weeks. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
03-12-2011 by marywendice Tags , , , , , , , ,

Demand Media acquires blogging tool CoverItLive | The Social - CNET News
The ubiquitous 'content farm' has bought one of the Web's most popular live-blogging tools, which counts many publishers including CNET as clients. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
03-08-2011 by terrymalloy Tags , , , , , ,

Yahoo launches tablet-focused 'digital newsstand' | The Social - CNET News
The app for iOS and Android devices, called Livestand, is envisioned as a platform for content from both inside and outside Yahoo. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
02-20-2011 by francesstevens Tags , , , , , , , ,

Etsy's crafty balance: Fans vs. trademark holders | The Social - CNET News
Craft marketplace Etsy has become a hub for tribute art featuring everything from Justin Bieber to 'Jersey Shore.' That becomes complicated when fans are profiting off trademarked franchises. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
11-02-2010 by chrisscott Tags , , , , , , ,

Microsoft's Facebook stake: Maybe not so crazy | The Social - CNET News
The two companies' partnership in bringing Facebook data into Bing searches is one of the most promising fruits of a three-year-old strategic investment that looked slightly stupid at the time. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
10-14-2010 by bobbywalker Tags , , , , , , , ,

giant mousetrap crushes a taxi | The Social - CNET News
The crew of a human-size version of the board game Mousetrap--think bowling balls instead of those tiny metal marbles--arrived in New York this week with the aim of using the proudly inefficient machine to flatten one of the city's yellow cabs. Read this
09-28-2010 by ericmatthews Tags , , , , , , ,

AOL exec: 'We have a big f-ing problem!' | The Social - CNET News
Former Yahoo 'Peanut Butter Manifesto' author Brad Garlinghouse is known for being colorful. At AOL, unlike Yahoo, he's confident that the company can do more than talk the talk. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
08-05-2010 by francesstevens Tags , , , , , ,

Wasn't the Kindle supposed to be firewood? | The Social - CNET News
Amazon's e-reader device was supposed to get absolutely smoked by Apple's iPad, depending on which blogger blowhards you read. That's been far from the truth--at least so far. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-24-2010 by bobbywalker Tags , , , , , ,

Facebook's half-billion milestone is official | The Social - CNET News
There are now 500 million people actively using the social-networking site, and the company is trumpeting it with the shared stories of how it's been used to connect people around the world. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-24-2010 by bobbywalker Tags , , ,

Twitter's @earlybird: Not the most magical debut | The Social - CNET News
Giving away free tickets to a movie that's raking in one terrible review after another might not be the best PR for Twitter's new daily-deals service. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-17-2010 by malcolmcrowe Tags , , , , , , , , ,

Facebook to promote new U.K. safety app | The Social - CNET News
Britain's online child-safety agency had wanted Facebook to install a mandatory 'panic button' throughout the site. The social network disagreed, but is promoting the agency's app and fan page. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-17-2010 by marywendice Tags , , , , , , , , ,

Facebook's privacy policies hit a language barrier | The Social - CNET News
As the social network expands overseas, it will come to blows with countries that have very different ideas of what a corporation can do with users' private information. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-17-2010 by francesstevens Tags , , , , , , , ,

With Facebook Gifts demise
Now Facebook can focus its e-commerce efforts on third parties using the platform, not on a restrictive internal product that was great as a test but ultimately a resource drain. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-13-2010 by vincegrey Tags , , , , , , ,

Toronto law firm preps Facebook privacy suit | The Social - CNET News
The firm behind the complaint, which alleges that Facebook knowingly deceives users into releasing far more information than they would otherwise, is a prolific class action litigator. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-12-2010 by francesstevens Tags , , , , ,

A Cold War tale reheated for Facebook | The Social - CNET News
Should a spy have a Facebook profile? Well, if he or she wants to fit in with everybody else, the answer is yes. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-06-2010 by vincegrey Tags , ,

The future of in-flight entertainment in an iPad age | The Social - CNET News
The guy in charge of Virgin America's seat-back software talks to CNET about why he doesn't think the popularity of the iPad means airlines should scale back their entertainment spending. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-04-2010 by ericmatthews Tags , , ,

Twitter
After two high-profile hacking incidents highlighted the company's security problems, the FTC launched an investigation. It's been settled, but some think the agency has gone too far. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-02-2010 by dannyquinn Tags , , , , , ,

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