Social Media
Articles involving social media businesses and their products, including Meta (Facebook, Instagram), X Corp (Twitter), Mastodon, LinkedIn and others.

Syrian Electronic Army targets ITV News Twitter account
The Twitter account for the London bureau of ITV News was compromised on Friday just a few days after the social network service rolled out extra security meant to prevent such attacks.

Exclusive: Facebook testing Vine-like video for Instagram
Facebook is testing a video feature for its photo sharing social network Instagram similar in function to Twitter's Vine.

Financial Times website, Twitter feeds compromised
The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed responsibility for an attack on the website and Twitter feed of the Financial Times newspaper on Friday.

A conversation with the Syrian Electronic Army
The four-man hacking collective comprised of university students has successfully launched attacks against big name media companies for "distorting the facts" about the Syrian civil war.

Facebook makes debut on “Fortune 500” list
The social network joins Apple, Google and other prestigious tech companies on the annual Fortune list.

The 2013 social media strategy
This year, I'm going to collaborate with some amazing people -- both colleagues and competitors --, try out some new practices and somewhere along the way I hope to find the next big thing.

How to get more followers on Twitter, subscribers on Facebook
It doesn't take a rocket scientist: If you want more followers on Twitter or subscribers on Facebook, you have to create content people want.
Social media: What service can you provide?
Saying "social media is about engagement!" is kind of obvious. It's like saying "telephones are for communicating by voice through distance!"
How to search for breaking news photos on Twitter
"Keywords are king." That's true for any kind of search you do regardless of which social media platform you use, including Twitter.
Tutorial: Tumblr for journalists (and everyone else)
With over 5,000 views, it's become one of the go-to guides for anyone who is interesting in launching a Tumblr blog.