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Twitter lost its top lawyer Friday in a surprise resignation. The lawyer, Alex Macgillvray, was known as an aggressive advocate of free speech and internet rights, once describing Twitter as the "free speech wing of the free speech party."
Singer Alejandro Sanz and Barcelona footballer, Andrés Iniesta, are the most followed celebrities in the microblogging social network, Twitter, in Spain, according to website EuropaPress.
World's no.2 Rafael Nadal showed some love to fellow tennis player Maria Sharapova after posting a comment on his Twitter account wishing the Russian Grand Slam champion a speedy recovery from a shoulder injury that kept her out of the US Open Championship.
Billboard Editorial Director Bill Werde took to Twitter to speak out against some of Lady Gaga's tactics to personally promote her new single, "Applause."
The spelling of celebrities in social networks: Daddy Yankee is the best Latino at writing Tweets.
Mexican singer Belinda posted a controversial photo on her Twitter account this week in order to promote her upcoming concert in Mexico City's National Auditorium.
Facebook has certainly shown an interest, if not in becoming an RSS reader as it was previously rumored to be working on, then becoming a new, more uniquely Facebook-kind of news source for its users. Finally revealing some details on how it ranks items in the News Feed Tuesday, the social media giant began on Wednesday testing "Trending Topics" on a small portion of its vast network.
This week in social media Tumblr learned about a huge vulnerability that it subsequently fixed. But it also tried to fix NSFW content, and stirred up a bit of a fuss. Twitter also added a NSFW filter, but that was less controversial.
Just days after Microsoft denied extensively working with the National Security Agency and personally called on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to allow for more disclosure and transparency, a large swatch of the technology industry has sent a letter to President Obama asking him for more transparency from the United States, when it comes to the NSA's surveillance program, Prism.
The supposed fact that Demi Lovato does not like Justin Bieber has been written about before, but recently the star has taken to making certain statements that many believe were intended for Justin and his music.
Social Media Saturday: This week in social media was all about including everyone in the most up to date versions of various social networking platforms.
This week in social media was all about including everyone in the most up to date versions of various social networking platforms.
Nokia’s launch of the Lumia 1020 has the tech community talking, from its design, smartphone specifications, and notably the 41-megapixel camera.
It's been a pretty big week for social media: as the turmoil in Egypt reminded us of the importance of instant user-generated news, Twitter added instant translation for non-Arabic speakers to better understand what's happening in that part of the world. Meanwhile, Instagram and Vine are at it again, both adding features and/or bug fixes in an increasing social video arms race.
Los Angeles Dodgers Rookie slugger Yasiel Puig has become the sporting world's latest stud after his jaw-dropping June debut in the Major League Baseball. Almost immediately after his rise to fame, television and print publications raced to have a better scoop on the Cuban baseball phenom.
