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Users of Vine finally have the option to share their videos after they are posted after the newly-released short video app from Twitter got an update that also adds an age rating, following issues with pornographic content. Version 1.0.5 of the app, issued today and first spotted by The Verge, brings the new sharing options Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Antwan Lewis and Juliet Huddy on Fox 5’s Good Day Wake Up about the high tech Super Bowl. Continue Reading →

The numbers are in, and it turns out that the Ravens weren’t Sunday’s big winners. As in most major televised events, viewers took to Twitter in droves, sending over 24.1 million tweets during Sunday night’s game. For comparison’s sake, when Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney in November, that six-hour window generated 23 million tweets. This Continue Reading →

This year’s Super Bowl started with the Ravens crushing the 49ers. Then after a 108-yard kickoff return by the Ravens at the beginning of the second half, a power outage delayed the game for more than 30 minutes. Following the delay, the 49ers got their mojo working and the two teams, and two brother coaches, Continue Reading →

The big winner of the Super Bowl may have been Twitter. Not only was this the most tweeted Super Bowl ever with more than 24 million tweets about the game, but Twitter as a company was also mentioned in far more ads than any of its social media competitors. Twitter was mentioned in about half Continue Reading →

Twitter disclosed on Friday evening that its systems had been attacked in the past week by an unidentified group of hackers. As a result of the the attack, the hackers may have had access to the usernames, email addresses and other sensitive information of nearly a quarter of a million twitter users. “This week, we Continue Reading →

Twitter announced some changes on Wednesday to how photos and videos will display in user timelines, emphasizing media in the stream as the company builds out its support for photos and video in status updates as a crucial part of its future. In a blog post Wednesday, the company explained some of the changes coming Continue Reading →

While seat-kicking and talking in a theater will likely incite the ire of fellow seatmates, using your smartphone may soon lose its taboo status. The Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, R.I. has designated a section of its theater for “tweet seats” since last spring. Located in the back two rows to avoid distracting patrons, Continue Reading →

Facebook has blocked Twitter’s new Vine app from being able to find your Facebook friends on the service. The app launched this morning, and previously offered users a way to see which of their Twitter and Facebook friends were also using the service, in addition to contacts stored in their phone. A request to search Continue Reading →

The teams for the Super Bowl are now set. Callers to sports radio shows and pundits on cable TV will debate who has the better chance to win and why. At the same time, marketing pundits are gearing up to assess who will get the most bang for the $4 million being invested for each 30 second Continue Reading →