A Subtle Facebook Feature With 700 Million Users Gets Its Own App
The company launched a standalone Groups app. Still, the company has no plans to break it out of the main Facebook app.
Facebook Begins Cracking Down On "Low Quality" Page Posts
The company is cracking down on posts from brand pages that it says are "too promotional."
How Facebook Decides Which Apps Get To Take Your Data
Earlier this year, Facebook implemented a review of apps that use Facebook login. Here are the results.
Facebook Has Herded Half A Billion People Into Messenger
Facebook pushed users to download Messenger earlier this year by removing messaging functionality from its main app. The strategy worked.
Costolo Under Siege: Can Twitter's CEO Outlast His Critics?
Twitter employees may feel a bit perturbed that their well-liked leader was roughed up in a Wall Street Journal article. But regardless, Costolo and his team still need to figure out what Twitter really is.
Facebook Has A New Tool For Tweaking Your News Feed
Facebook product manager Greg Marra explains the user research behind its new approach to the company's most heavily trafficked feature.
Candy Crush Rides Toward The Sunset, Making Buckets Of Cash Along The Way
Fewer people are paying to play the games made by King Digital, maker of Candy Crush Saga. But the ones that are still around are spending a lot.
The Co-Creator Of Android Is Leaving Google
Andy Rubin, who oversaw Google's Android division until 2013, has left the company. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news.
James Cameron Calls Facebook's $2 Billion Virtual Reality Headset "A Yawn"
The maker of Avatar says he finds virtual reality goggles too limiting when shooting for his virtual-reality heavy films. He made the comments at the WSJD conference.
WhatsApp, Facebook's $19 Billion Acquisition, Lost $232 Million In Six Months
To be fair, it takes time to grow a company, even one with 500 million users. WhatsApp lost about $138 million in 2013.
Facebook's Challenge: Much Of The World Is Already On Facebook
Facebook pulled in $3.2 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter. With 1.35 billion users, the company is approaching full internet saturation — except in China, its final frontier.
Twitter's User Growth Disappoints Wall Street
The company said it had 284 million monthly active users, about in line with investor expectations. The company reported its third-quarter earnings on Monday.
Meet The Scientist Whose Job Is Studying Pinterest Users
Gabe Trionfi and Pinterest's user research team are tasked with figuring out how people are using Pinterest, now and in the future. Even if it means looking over someone's shoulder.
This App Scanned My Body And Made A Shirt That Fit Great
MTailor is a new app that uses an iPhone camera to figure out your body measurements and sell you fitted shirts. It works really, really well.
For This Shirtmaker, The Dressing Room Is Your iPhone
MTailor, a company that develops an app to sell shirts that fit well without trying them on, has raised a little more than $2 million in venture capital financing. It isn't the first online-focused retail brand, but the technology behind it is quite different.
Twitter's Quest To Earn Back Developer Trust
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said the company wanted to approach development from the perspective of "what's best for [the developers]." He made the comments on stage at Twitter's first developer conference in San Francisco.
Yahoo Beats Expectations With A Surprisingly Good Quarter
It's the company's first earnings report after Alibaba went public. Naturally, all eyes are on Yahoo's massive $35 billion stake in the Chinese Internet giant.
Why One Hardware Startup Rejects The Label "Internet Of Things"
Leeo, a WiFi-connected device, listens for smoke alarms and sends notifications to the owner's smartphone. But it isn't trying to market to the Silicon Valley crowd.
Tim Cook: The iPad Isn't Dying, Tablet Growth Just Hit A "Speed Bump"
The company sold 12.3 million iPads in the last quarter, missing analyst expectations of 13 million. But with sell-in rates were down 4% in the last fiscal year, Tim Cook says the long term is still looking rosy.
Apple's Booming iPhone Sales Lead A $42 Billion Quarter
It was another blowout quarter for iPhone sales, which topped 39 million. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus launched late September, though iPad sales were another question entirely.