A popular Twitter app TweetDeck has been temporarily shuts down for several hours today following a major security alert. Affected tweeters saw pop-up windows on their screens. The tweet was automatically “retweeted”…
EBay’s PayPal president David Marcus Joins Facebook
PayPal president David Marcus is leaving from PayPal to join Facebook to lead mobile messaging products. “We’re excited by the potential to continue developing great new messaging experiences that better serve the…
Twitter buys Namo Media
Twitter acquires Mobile Native Ad Startup Namo Media, a firm that helps app developers add native advertising to mobile apps. “At Twitter we’ll continue to work on building the best native advertising platform…
Facebook Acquires Pryte
Facebook has agreed to acquire Pryte a Finnish company that aims to make it easier for mobile phone users in under-developed parts of the world to use wireless Internet apps. “Since we…
New York Times replaced executive editor Jill Abramson
The New York Times on Wednesday fired executive editor Jill Abramson and announced the paper’s current managing editor Dean Baquet as the new executive editor. Abramson said in a statement, “I’ve loved…