Editor's Pick Here's the brief tech companies filed with the Supreme Court -- and the exact reason these business say they do support same-sex marriage.
Earlier this month, founder Dalton Caldwell told me that people won't adopt a new social network just because it's good for them -- it needed to be "truly better." That's probably true -- but free is also good.
The Oscars are here, and guaranteed, some arty French film with subtitles that no man has voluntarily watched will win one or three. But what if Twitterati and Facebookers chose the winners?
Microsoft is the latest company targeted by a sophisticated Java-based cyberattack that focuses on mobile app developers -- particularly those using Macs.
Editor's Pick We weigh the disappointments and the triumphs of Sony's big reveal.
A security breach at cloud-based customer support vendor Zendesk has exposed personal information including email addresses of Twitter, Pinterest, and Tumblr clients, the company said today in a blog post.
Jeep's Twitter account recently told the world that the iconic brand had been "sold to Cadillac." And Burger King's account started mysteriously promoting McDonalds. Two high-profile hacks in less than a week means, apparently, that Twitter had to take some action.
Advertising on Twitter just got easier, and Twitter just took a giant leap to making more money.
Twitter and HootSuite announced a new way of selling and managing promoted tweets, promoted trends, and promoted accounts: right in HootSuite's social media management dashboard.
Jeep's Twitter account has been hijacked by the same jokers who hacked Burger King's Twitter account yesterday.
With the new filters, you can set up columns to contain or exclude keywords, media types, and retweets.
The Kevin Bacons of the Internet are keeping the web tiny, according to Hungarian physicist Albert-László Barabási.
From Twitter's perspective, I guess, once the aqui-hire is complete and you have the hires, why keep the acqui?
Editor's Pick Sheriff asks for media to stop tweeting about the Christopher Dorner standoff in San Bernadino, Calif., concerned it may aid the suspect in harming officers.
Guest Post Starting today, cardholders can sync their American Express card to their Twitter account and provide shipping information once, and then they can tweet to make select purchases.
A tool created in a joint research project between the U.S. government and a defense contractor scrapes Foursquare, Facebook, and Twitter to predict where you'll be next.
Ratings went down for the Grammys this year, while tweets went up. Check out the most buzzed about celebrities, styles, and events of the night.
Twitter added an extra feature to its search today, allowing anyone to find tweets older than one week.
In 2012, 2,357 private technology companies were bought for a combined total of $84 billion, according to a new report from research firm PrivCo. That's slightly up 22 percent from 2011, but the real surprise is who is doing the acquiring.
Spark Capital plans to close its oversubscribed $425 million fourth fund in two weeks.
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