Twitter wants to be your livestreaming destination point. The social network is attempting to attract more music lovers, sports fans and news junkies by adding a dozen new partnerships to its already growing streaming portfolio. It announced the new deals at its first-ever NewFronts presentation Monday in New York. (Ironically, Twitter didn’t stream the news …
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Let’s face it, one of the best ways to follow US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office has been through Twitter. As Saturday’s milestone approached, the social network compiled a list of Trump’s most memorable tweets and moments since he took office on Jan. 20. The president still prefers using his @realDonaldTrump account instead the @POTUS handle he …
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In a flash, it seemed Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green was about to come crashing into me after blocking a shot from behind. Moments later, I saw Green on the run, lobbing a basketball for an alley-oop to teammate JaVale McGee, who appeared from out of nowhere for the slam, ultimately helping the Warriors win their April 4 game …
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It appears that on social media, we’re way more into pics showing the chicken dish you made last night and selfies of Selena Gomez and the Kardashians than President Donald Trump’s tweetstorms. On Wednesday, Twitter said it gained 9 million more monthly active users since the end of 2016, jumping up to 328 million users overall. That’s 7 million more …
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LinkedIn A half-billion members and counting. LinkedIn said Monday that it’s now crossed the 500 million member threshold. The total is up from the 467 million the professional network announced in October. Facebook has more than 1.8 billion monthly users and Twitter has 319 million. LinkedIn no longer tracks monthly users. In October it said it had 106 million. Other …
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Jimmy Wales is hoping the formula that made Wikipedia popular will have the same effect for battling fake news stories online. The Wikipedia co-founder is launching “Wikitribune,” an open collaboration featuring professional and community journalists as well as other contributors creating fact-checked stories for the web. The new site seemingly is going to be different than WikiNews, the Wikimedia Foundation’s …
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Wait, what? Reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry is off social media?!?! Temporarily. The Golden State Warriors sharpshooter tells ESPN he’s removed every social media app from his phone during the NBA playoffs as his team goes for its second championship in three years. “When you’re really trying to zone in and keep your focus, you don’t want to have any …
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Ready to enter the Cabana? That’s what Tumblr calls its new standalone app launching Tuesday that encourages six friends to chat and watch YouTube videos together. The app is a collaboration between the Yahoo-owned social network and incubator Polyvore Labs. The idea came to life after Tumblr CEO David Karp saw a demo of Cabana by Jason Lee, Polyvore’s product …
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LinkedIn is making it easier for members to message each other. The professional network is launching a “smarter” messaging feature Thursday as part of its ongoing desktop redesign efforts. With a new messaging tab, members can reach out to any of their connections regardless of whether they’re on the site looking at jobs or updating their profile. “We want to …
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Motorola might not be done introducing affordable Moto phones this year. The latest rumored phones from the Lenovo-subsidiary could be called the Moto C and Moto C Plus and aimed at first-time buyers, according to a VentureBeat story by gadget leaker Evan Blass. The Moto C allegedly could come with a 5-inch display with 854-by-480-pixel resolution, while the Moto C …
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