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Paramount Promotes "SUPER 8" Advance Screenings on Twitter
Los Angeles - Viacom's Paramount Pictures partnered with Twitter to promote its new film "SUPER 8" with a series of sneak preview showings this...
Twitter Launches Own Auto Link-Shortening Feature
San Francisco - Twitter on Wednesday launched its in-house URL shortening service, which will see links pasted by users when tweeting on Twitter.com automatically...
Facebook Debuts Facial Recognition for Photo Tagging
Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook has quietly launched a new facial recognition tool that can help users tag photos in most countries where the...
WSJ: Low Bids for MySpace Prompt News Corp. to Seek Partnership
Los Angeles - News Corp. has not received any bids for its struggling MySpace social network to its liking, and now appears to be...
Lady Gaga, Google's Schmidt Fund Social Start-up Backplane
New York - Backplane, a start-up co-founded by Lady Gaga business manager Troy Carter that aims to power online communities based around artists, sports...
Twitter Details New Photo Service, Search Upgrade
San Francisco - Confirming earlier media reports, Twitter said on Thursday that it will launch its own photo uploading and sharing service, with images...
Publisher Sites Add Google +1 Content Recommendation Buttons
Mountain View, Calif. - Google has expanded its "+1" content recommendation button and service to publisher websites, which will allow users to click a...
UberMedia Lands $5.6 Million for Social Media Applications
Pasadena, Calif. - UberMedia, a provider of applications for reading and posting to Twitter and other social media platforms, announced on Thursday that it...
Study: More Adults Now Using Twitter, Led by African-Americans
Washington - Significantly more U.S. adults are now using microblogging service Twitter compared with late last year, according to a new report from the...
RockYou Acquires Aussie Social Games Studio 3 Blokes
Redwood City, Calif. - Social games publisher RockYou announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Brisbane, Australia-based developer 3 Blokes.
Financial terms of the transaction...
