Fury at plan to turn Liberation into a social network
Journalists at France’s third-biggest national newspaper, Liberation, are reacting with fury at a surprise plan by the owners
Nextdoor attracts $60 million from Tiger Global, Kleiner Perkins
Nextdoor, an online social network for neighbors, said it has attracted $60 million from early backers of technology titans Google, Amazon and Facebook.
Facebook lets users pay to promote posts
Facebook has added the new promote-posts-for-users feature, which allows US users to pay to increase the visibility of their posts
LinkedIn adds “follow” feature
Professional networking site LinkedIn has added the feature to “follow” other users and receive updates on their profiles
Facebook asked to explain Timeline glitch
The French government has requested an explanation from Facebook for a glitch which caused private messages to appear on users’ Timelines
Facebook is inching out MXit in South Africa
New research by ikapadata suggests that South Africa’s own instant messaging application and social network is losing to Facebook among SA’s township residents
Social media firms meet UK government for riot talks
Executives from Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. are meeting the British government and police Thursday to discuss how to prevent social networks from being used to plot violence.