Yammer rival Tibbr goes all in on mobile with new iOS, Android, & BlackBerry apps

Enterprise social network Tibbr has had a strong emphasis on mobile access for some time but today it has taken another step forward with newly designed apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry 10.

Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley: ‘We’re not the shiny new thing anymore’

Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley took on Foursquare critics who doubt that the company can grow into a profitable business.

Opinion merchant Swipp snags another $2M in funding

Swipp hopes to monetize its opinion-sharing app by charging brands for access to the data.

Curalate introduces analytics for visual social media on Pinterest and Instagram

A picture might indeed be worth a thousand words as visual social networks Pinterest and Instagram continue to grow. But how do analytics change when photos say more than text?

Facebook suffers morning outage for many users

Facebook was down for a large number of users Monday morning, leaving those affected people less than thrilled but still willing to make a few jokes.

Viddy CEO canned for losing cred to Vine, reportedly turning down huge Twitter offer

Viddy CEO and cofounder Brett O'Brien has been ousted from his role as head of the company after losing much of its buzz to Twitter-owned Vine and reportedly turning down an insane buyout offer from Twitter.

Wow: Twitter mentioned in 50% of Super Bowl ads, Facebook 8%, & Google+ 0%

Twitter destroyed Facebook and Google+ during the Super Bowl in social media mentions.

Path settles with FTC for $800K … and steps into another privacy storm with images

Just as Path was beginning to put last year's controversy over its access to user address books, the social networking app is in hot water again over location data within images.

Facebook finally adds video & voice recording to its iOS app

Facebook has updated its popular iOS application with the ability to record and share videos and voice messages, a big improvement to the already well-featured app.

New Myspace rolls out to the public, with help from Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z

Formerly huge social network Myspace has opened up a completely revamped version of its site to the public today.

How to take back control of your own social networks

If you don't like the way social networks try to own your data, but you're not willing to sign off completely, there is a third way. Here's how to regain control of your own stuff without giving up Twitter and Facebook.

Google+ adds a slew of new features, updates iOS & Android apps

Google has added 24 new features to its Google+ service and updated its beautiful Android and iOS apps in yet another show of commitment to the social network.

Google+ numbers revealed: 500M upgraded, 235M active across Google sites, 135M on stream

Along with announcing a new Communities feature for Google+ today, Google also finally gave us some updated stats on Google+.

AddThis tallies a year of sharing to determine 2012 winners and losers [infographic]

'Tis the season for reflection -- through data crunching, of course! The folks at AddThis have tallied a year's worth of social shares to uncover 2012's biggest takeaways.

Nielsen’s state of social 2012 report: more social, more mobile, more minutes, more TV, and more ads

There's more of just about everything in Nielsens' 2012 state of the social union report ... all except the poor old PC.

If you think Facebook is driving you crazy, you may not be crazy

Social networks are a huge part of our lives. Unfortunately for some people, maybe too huge.

Facebook soars 10% in early trading after massive lockup expires

Mark Zuckerberg is surely smiling today. Facebook's shares have shot up about 10 percent in early-hours trading, with the lockup period for nearly 800 million FB shares expiring today.

Google makes it simple to share files from Drive to Google+

Google has taken its integrations one step further and made it incredibly easy to share files from Google Drive to Google+.

Twitter, late to the party, says Windows 8 app coming — eventually

Twitter has announced that it is building an official app for Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS, which was released Friday.