February 1, 2016
Alphabet Becomes The Most Valuable Public Company In The World
Today was a huge day for Alphabet — the first day it finally broke out its “other bets” in its earnings report — and boy did the company not…
Read article1010Tech Talk archive
Category: <span>Social</span>
Practical computer-repair, security, maintenance, and small-business IT information from 1010Computers.
February 1, 2016
Post-Morin, Path Gets Chatty
Korea’s Kakao is making a big change to Path eight months after acquiring the social app. Path people can now message each other inside the app, rather than…
Read articleFebruary 1, 2016
To Fight Clickbait, Facebook’s Feed Prioritizes What Surveys Say
Until now, Facebook ranked stories in News Feed with an emphasis on what you click, Like, comment on and share. But thanks to insights from new qualitative surveys…
Read articleJanuary 29, 2016
Snapchat Challenges Twitter And Facebook For Sports Talk
Possession wins trophies or, in this case, ad dollars. That’s why Snapchat stepped up its game late last year by quietly partnering with Stats.com. Now TechCrunch has learned…
Read articleJanuary 28, 2016
Facebook Takes On Periscope By Giving Live Streaming To All U.S. iPhoners
Get ready for the big Live streaming showdown. Finally we’ll see who’s approach wins: Twitter and Periscope with a separate app and replays that can only be watched…
Read articleJanuary 28, 2016
Snapchat Makes Adding People Way Easier With Profile URLs
Snapchat is ready to colonize the web with profile URLs that deeplink into its app and let you instantly follow someone. That makes it simple to add friends…
Read articleJanuary 28, 2016
Accel Leads $10M Series A For JobToday’s Service Industry Hiring App
Can a smartphone messaging app replace the age-old CV in the service industry sector? That’s the premise driving European startup JobToday, which is targeting the fast flow of service…
Read articleJanuary 27, 2016
Social Investing Startup SprinkleBit Raises $10M
SprinkleBit, a startup that helps you invest with guidance from friends and experts, has raised $10 million in new funding from GTC. It’s not a new idea to…
Read articleJanuary 27, 2016
Facebook Hits 100M Hours Of Video Watched A Day, 1B Users On Groups, 80M On Fb Lite
Everything at Facebook seems to be growing, according to Mark Zuckerberg’s Q4 earnings call comments. Facebook now sees 100 million hours of daily video watch time. There are…
Read articleJanuary 27, 2016
Facebook Climbs To 1.59 Billion Users And Crushes Q4 Estimates With $5.8B Revenue
By courting users and ad dollars in the developing world, Facebook continued its growth streak. It hit 1.59 billion users today and crushed the street’s estimates in its…
Read article