It’s been more than 10 years since Reid Hoffman, an entrepreneur, investor and product strategist out of Oxford University, called his colleagues from PayPal and SocialNet to gather in his living room and start a new company called LinkedIn.
Hoffman officially announced on Sunday in a company blog that LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the business.
The company started slow in its early days, with only 4,500 members after its …

Facebook has another reason to celebrate this year: the world’s largest social network has made it into the Fortune 500 list.
The social networking company only needed nearly nine years after launch to break through the illustrious list of U.S. companies.
Excluding spun-off companies, Facebook is the fastest company in history to enter the Fortune 500 list after it went public.
The previous titleholder was Google, as it made the list 16 months after its initial public offering.
Facebook …

Advertising in social media has many advantages. First, it is cheap. Second, it reaches customers at an individual level. Third, it’s relatively easy to start beginning with this form of

Android and iPhones still lead the user base of smartphones in the United States, as the two platforms accounted for 91 percent of smartphone operating systems in the world’s most lucrative market for mobile devices.
The latest MobiLens report from global analytics firm comScore has revealed that Apple still ranks as the top smartphone maker, with iPhones accounting for 39 percent market share, while Google led the race for top smartphone operating system, with Android smartphones …

Social media sites have constantly tried to chase away pro-bulimia or pro-anorexia messages without resorting to censorship. These communities promote thinspo, short for thinspiration, and these messages have always found themselves inside social networking sites where they are promoted, despite the fact that policies against these messages have been put up in these sites; messages that tend to endorse self-harm for the sake of being

Authorities in Michigan have revealed that a woman from Comstock Park used Facebook to harass herself in an effort to frame up her former boyfriend.
According to MLive.com, 52-year-old Cheryl Nelson has admitted to using fake Facebook accounts which featured the personal information of her former boyfriend Kevin Haarsma to make it appear that the man’s new girlfriend was threatening her.
Nelson is facing charges of false report of a felony and unlawful posting of a message, the publication …

What type of content should you post on Facebook and when should you post it?
The answer to that is that it depends.
However, what is certain is that if you are a tech savvy business looking to take advantage of the tools social media offers, you should post on Facebook.
According to Pagemodo in the infographic, “When you post great content, your followers will engage with it by liking, sharing and commenting.”
“Aside from endearing people to your brand, engaging content drives social …

Did you know that there are 13 million Facebook users who have never touched their Facebook privacy settings?
That may seem like a small number when taken in light of the 751 million monthly active users the company recently reported but 13 million is still a number which should not be dismissed.
READ: Facebook Reaches 751 Million Monthly Active Users, Earns More From Mobile Ads
According to this infographic, 28 percent of all Facebook users share all, or almost all, of their wall posts with an …

If you are looking to increase Twitter engagement either for a company you are working for or for your very own venture, here is the cheat sheet for you.
It discusses the little things, which if taken together make a big difference, that help increase Twitter engagement.
For example, did you know that Twitter engagement rates for brands are higher on the weekends but only 19 percent of brands’ tweets happen on Saturday and Sunday?
There is also 30 percent higher interaction rates during 8 …

The 50 billionth iOS app download is within reach, as Apple celebrates the milestone with updated lists of top iOS apps.
Appadvice.com reports that the Cupertino-based tech giant has announced a promo with a $10,000 App Store gift card to whomever makes the 50 billionth iOS app download.
Apple launched its apps marketplace nearly five years ago, and now it wants to celebrate the milestone with the reward.
Also, it updated the lists of all-time top iPhone and iPad apps – paid and …