Forget affiliate marketing: Consignd lets you earn more with Pinterest-driven storefronts

Admit it, you've thought about dabbling in affiliate marketing. After all, who wouldn't want to make an extra buck by sharing a few products on their blog or Twitter?

Twitter updates its Mac app, reinforcing its current consume-first, tweet-last philosophy

Not only did the app's marketing pic showcase Twitter's current brand messaging around watching, getting, and reading, all of which are higher on the priority list than, God forbid, actually tweeting, but the app itself is designed for consumption, not creation.

HootSuite adds support for 750M more users: China’s Tencent Weibo, and Russia’s VK.com

In perhaps the clearest sign yet that enterprise social media management tool HootSuite has major global ambitions, the company announced this morning that it is adding support for managing China's most popular microblogging platform, Tencent Weibo, and Russia's most popular social media network, VK.com.

Aiming for better profits, Zynga cuts even deeper into once-beloved games (interview)

In wake of a second breakeven quarter, Zynga's No. 2 describes the social-gaming giant's latest strategy.

LinkedIn’s newest feature revamp is also a standalone iPhone app: Contacts

Contacts, long a part of LinkedIn's service, epitomizes the age-old business axiom: It's not what you know; it's who you know. The new app shows you who you know -- and how you know them -- as well as who you ought to keep in closer contact with.

Jive adds virtual ‘rooms’ to get workers using email less, integrates with Box

Enterprise social networking business Jive Software has launched its spring 2013 update with new features including "rooms" for collaborating on specific projects, and integration with cloud storage service Box.

Foursquare gives its online listing pages a much-needed makeover

Just like everything else in the Foursquare universe, Foursquare's online listing pages are getting a redesign.

Salesforce launches Social.com, a social advertising app based on Brighter Option

Enterprise cloud software titan Salesforce has launched a new social ad management app called Social.com that will become the third offering in Salesforce's Marketing Cloud.

Mind the facts: Quick tips to stay vigilant while reading news

It’s easy to become caught up in tweets or Facebook posts alleging a story is true when there is very little to back it up. Recent events like the Boston Marathon bombing and fertilizer plant explosion in Texas incite a …

Twitter and marketing company Starcom reach $200M+ ad deal

The deal is for "special access" to advertising slots, as well as research data and new, as-yet-unannounced advertising products, in return for which Starcom has committed to spend $200 million -- or more -- of its clients' money.

Reddit owns up to its part in spreading misinformation about the Boston bombings

A legion of armchair warriors pulled together to provide a detailed account of all the information available on last week's horrific bombings during the Boston Marathon, but not all of that effort turned out to be good.

Terrorists on Twitter: Al Qaeda tweets to ‘serve our goals and clarify equity of our cause’

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a North African affiliate, opened up to the media earlier this month by holding a question-and-answer session on Twitter.

Video is the new audio, as videoconferencing contender Vidyo grows 68% and raises $17M to grow even faster

"We want to price equivalent to a voice call," Shapiro says. "Our competitors offer an inferior product for more money: Blue Jeans 15 time more, and other competitors 300 times more."

Facebook Home over a week later: only 500K installs and a two-star user rating

Facebook's betting a lot on its Home Android skin -- but it looks like users aren't biting just yet.

Video games are the new Thin Mints: Girl Scouts add new badge for game design

The Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles and Women in Games International (WIGI) have joined forces to create a video game developer badge.

Six keys to tweeting and sharing during a crisis

This week’s tragic events of the Boston Marathon explosions have given me a lot of think about. While I’m still deeply saddened, I couldn’t help but notice the viral impact of social media during times like these. While it’s awesome we can get news almost instantaneously, there’s also much at stake if we’re not careful with what we say and how we respond during these times or any other time.

Tracks takes a cue from Pinterest with a new focus on mobile experience discovery

Tracks is making yet another big leap, and it could be its most important one yet.

Reddit outages today caused by a ‘malicious DDoS attack,’ not Boston manhunt traffic

The Internet's not working. Or at least the self-styled "front page of the Internet."

Why settle for Facebook Home when you can have Twitter Home, too?

So. Facebook Home doesn't work on your particular Android device. And you've seen that Facebook Home has an abysmal 2.2 average rating -- more than half of Facebook Home users rate it one single solitary lonely star.

What's a social news Android addict to do?