Twitter Censors Users for the First Time Oct 18th, 2012 - 05:30h (CET +01.00) For the first time ever, Twitter censored a controversial account at the request of local government earlier this week. It was run by neo-Nazis. The ban, which is the first of its kind under a relatively new Twitter policy that gives the company &quo... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : twitter, censors, users, first, time, Top Keywords

RIM says BlackBerry users are ‘black sheep by choice' Oct 17th, 2012 - 21:00h (CET +01.00) As Research In Motion's (RIMM) struggles continue, the company is doing its best to retain the most faithful members of its enthusiastic user base. In a recent post on the official BlackBerry Blog, RIM's Donny Halliwell pushed forward with the compan... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : says, blackberry, users, ‘black, sheep, choice’, Top Keywords

Samsung announces Jelly Bean update plans for American Galaxy S III users Oct 17th, 2012 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) At long last Samsung (005930) today announced that it will start pushing out the Galaxy S III's Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade to American users. However, the company did not release any specific timelines for when various carriers would have the upg... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : samsung, announces, jelly, bean, update, plans, american, galaxy, users, Top Keywords

Warning: Facebook Scam Tricks Users to Share -- or Pay Oct 5th, 2012 - 17:20h (CET +01.00) A Facebook hoax is spreading widely across the network, encouraging users to share a message to avoid paying for membership. (Source: Mashable)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : warning, facebook, scam, tricks, users, share, american, galaxy, users, Top Keywords

Analysis: YouTube alienates amateur users by courting pros Oct 4th, 2012 - 23:30h (CET +01.00) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After struggling for years, in late 2010, Driving Sports TV, a scrappy, two-person video production outfit led by Ryan Douthit, finally began supporting itself with advertising income from YouTube. It didn't matter that... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : analysis, youtube, alienates, amateur, users, courting, pros, galaxy, users, Top Keywords

News Summary: Facebook now home to 1 billion users Oct 4th, 2012 - 23:10h (CET +01.00) ONE BILLION: More than a billion people now log into Facebook each month, up from 500 million in July 2010. In August 2008, the social network had logged 100 million users. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : news, summary, facebook, home, billion, users, pros, galaxy, users, Top Keywords

Facebook is allegedly ‘auto-liking' posts on users' behalf without permission Oct 4th, 2012 - 18:40h (CET +01.00) Beware: Making fun of Nickelback on Facebook (FB) could suddenly make you a member of their fan page. Gizmodo reports that there's a new algorithm on Facebook that scans through users' posts and private messages, finds frequently-used words and match... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : facebook, allegedly, ‘autoliking’, posts, users’, behalf, without, permission, users, Top Keywords

Facebook now home to 1 billion monthly users Oct 4th, 2012 - 17:30h (CET +01.00) More than a billion people now log into Facebook each month to check up on old friends, tag photos of new ones and post about politics, religion, cats or what their kids are doing. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : facebook, home, billion, monthly, users, behalf, without, permission, users, Top Keywords

Facebook reaches one billion monthly active users in September Oct 4th, 2012 - 13:50h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday the social media company reached the 1 billion active monthly users threshold last month. At the end of June, Facebook had 955 million active monthly users. Facebook, based in ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : facebook, reaches, billion, monthly, active, users, september, permission, users, Top Keywords

Facebook tops 1 billion users Oct 4th, 2012 - 13:50h (CET +01.00) Investors may still wonder about Facebook's (FB) long-term business strategy but there's no denying that the social network has been massively successful at drawing users. And on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on his company's news ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : facebook, tops, billion, users, active, users, september, permission, users, Top Keywords