Fandium serves up virtual sports betting, social network
Crain's Chicago Business (blog)
It expects to launch a Facebook version this week. But what's potentially a ... Fandium uses geolocation technology to grab the feeds from Twitter or Instagram coming from the ballpark or stadium. Fandium is one of several companies, such as Chicago ...

Yahoo Buys Tumblr for $1.1B
ABC News
Yahoo is investing big-time in the social media. The company announced today that it has purchased Tumblr, the popular blogging and social media network, for $1.1 billion. "I'm delighted to announce that we've reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!," ...
The Economist explains What is Tumblr? The Economist (blog)
Why Facebook Didn't Buy Tumblr: Op-Ed - CNBC.com CNBC.com
How to Buy a Social Network Without Screwing It Up Motherboard (blog)
Los Angeles Times - The Independent - MainStreet

Google ratchets up social networking chase with Google+ changes
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Google is making its strongest push yet to go after Facebook by revamping its Google+ social network with dozens of new features and enhancements, including self-editing photos, automatic hashtags and improved messaging. The changes, which were ...
Making Sense Of Google's New Social Stuff: Messaging, Hangouts & Google+ ReadWrite
An Early Test of Google's New Social Gaming Services Wall Street Journal (blog)
Google+ Gets a Major Facelift PC Magazine
ABC News (blog) - Motherboard (blog) - LAPTOP Magazine (blog)

Could Flickr Become The Next Big Social Network For Musicians?
hypebot.com
Take a network of blogs popular among musicians, combine with a free photo-sharing site at a time when music marketing has become increasingly visual and you have the potential for a must-use social network for musicians. If Flickr becomes a default ...
The New Flickr Is Pretty, but Is It Social? New York Times (blog)
Yahoo Realigns and Redesigns Flickr into a Social, Photo-Sharing Mecca brandchannel.com
The new Flickr's great, but is it enough to change habits? Houston Chronicle (blog)
Ghacks Technology News - British Journal of Photography

Facebook Home: the start of the mobile social network takeover?
The Guardian (blog)
Earlier this year, just 18 months after its launch, Google Plus knocked Twitter off its perch to become the second most popular social network on Android, only lagging behind Facebook. Its rapid growth was, in part, fuelled by its close integration ...

Is Russia's social network chief really a free speech martyr? - Washington Post
Washington Post (blog)
With 46 million users, VKontakte is easily Russia's biggest social media site, but it skews heavily toward teenagers. The sort of people who form the backbone of the opposition, most of whom live in Moscow, are far more likely to use Facebook. They ...

My Social Petwork is a Social Network for Your Pets - Technabob
Technabob (blog)
As the name of the site indicates, My Social Petwork is a social network for pets. It works a lot like Facebook, where users will be asked to set up profile pages for their pets, post pictures, and upload videos. The site's administrators are hoping ...

The Latest Social Media Concern for Employers
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Employers who are just concerned about what their employees are just doing on Facebook are missing the bigger picture of how smartphones are infiltrating the workplace, Mr. Schwartz told Law Blog. (Law Blog reached out to Twitter for comment and is ...

Facebook, Google e Yahoo in lotta per il social network Tumblr
Blogosfere (Blog)
Facebook, Google e Yahoo entrano tutti in lotta per acquistare il social network Tumblr: al momento il favorito sembra essere Yahoo, ma Facebook e Google non si tirano certo indietro. Tumblr-Yahoo.jpg. Tutti vogliono comprare il social network Tumblr: ...
Yahoo! compra il social virale Tumblr: La Repubblica
Yahoo! annuncia un nuovo flickr e l'acquisizione di tumblr Yahoo! Notizie
Yahoo! pronto ad acquistare Tumblr Punto Informatico
La Stampa - Investire Oggi

Why a Blog is Better Than Facebook
Business 2 Community
Sure, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and other social networks support a community. But, a blog gives you the best tools for linking with visitors. Through RSS feeds and newsletter subscription options, you build your community through permission marketing ...