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Bing and Facebook announced an extension to their partnership on Wednesday. Bing search results will now feature a section that shows Facebook profiles and a “liked by your friends section” that highlights articles that were “liked” on Facebook by a user’s friends. Microsoft’s Qi Liu, president of Online Services explained that Bing wants to make Continue Reading →

Online advertising revenue in the U.S. reached an all-time high of $6.2 billion in the second quarter, an overall increase of 14 percent. While search ads are still the leading source of revenue for online advertising, digital video ad revenue increased 31 percent. The consumer-packaged goods and pharmaceutical industries are also spending more money advertising Continue Reading →

Pay-TV providers Time Warner Cable and Comcast have invested in the software firm BNI Video, which has a product that integrates online search and social networking into a cable or satellite operator’s TV service. Will these new services keep cable customers from “cutting the cord”? Read the full story at reuters.com Continue Reading →

The Silicon Valley app developer Ngmoco is being acquired for $400 million. The deal is one of the largest involving an app developer to date. The Japanese social gaming company, DeNA, is purchasing Ngmoco to increase its presence in the rapidly growing area of social gaming on mobile devices. Read the full New York Times Continue Reading →

When The Gap clothing company attempted to update its 20-year-old logo, angry customers bombarded the company on Facebook and other online platforms to voice their dislike for the new logo. The Gap responded by encouraging users to develop a new logo, but had no success there either. As a result of the Internet outcry, The Continue Reading →

“Is the iPhone the next American Idol?” The Flurry Network, maker of social games, believes that iPhone apps are competing directly with television networks for viewers. The Flurry Network boasts a daily audience of 19 million users who average 22 minutes per day on the site. Will the ad dollars follow? Read the full article Continue Reading →

Malaysians have the most friends on social networking sites and people in Japan have the least number of friends, according to the British research agency TNS. On average, Malaysians have 233 friends on social networks and spend 9 hours a week on the sites, compared to the Japanesewho have 29 friends on average. Read the Continue Reading →

Apple is reportedly going to wait before making iPhones that will work on AT&T or Verizon’s 4G networks. Sources say that Apple is concerned that the chips required for the LTE 4G standard would be too “bulky” or “power hungry.” Apple will likely wait until 2012 when the 4G network is completely rolled out to Continue Reading →

Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer unveiled the final version of the Windows 7 mobile operating system on Monday. Windows Mobile 7 will run on 9 different smartphones from manufacturers like LG, Samsung and Dell. The new phones will premiere on AT&T’s network November 8th and will expand to T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint in the next few Continue Reading →

Social gaming knocked down email as the second-most popular activity online, according to Nielsen. As a result, social gaming has caught the attention of big media companies like News Corp and Viacom who are looking to acquire social gaming companies to reach new audiences and find new revenue streams. Last year, two popular social games, Continue Reading →