The Social Graf
by Erik Sass, Staff Writer
Social media appears to be contributing to a big increase in the prevalence of eating disorders among children and teenagers over the last few years Read the whole story
by Gavin O'Malley
The opposite of a walled garden, Facebook continues to drive far more traffic to independent sites than any other social property. Last month, it … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Google's Gmail service went down Friday, and some took to services like Twitter to complain. A steady stream of comments flooded Twitter #whengmailwasdown -- … Read the whole story
by Larissa Faw
Boston-based tech company Provenir is introducing the "Big Data Listening and Engagement Platform" that monitors consumer comments about brands across multiple channels. The marketing … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Google has acquired artificial intelligence company DeepMind Technologies. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but reports put the price tag at around … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Tyler Loechner, Staff Writer
The Super Bowl has turned into the Super Social Bowl. Crowdtap, a social marketing platform, polled 1,000 men and women on the topic of … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Catharine P. Taylor
Based on the news of the past week, the big trend in social media is trying to kill it, namely by offing Facebook and … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Lauren Kade
One of the great new features in Facebook Advertising is mobile app install ads. If your nonprofit has a great mobile or tablet app, … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Steve Smith, Staff Writer
Sporting the kind of personalized, mobile-aware front end YouTube should have, the new video app from StumbleUpon is a step in the right direction. … Read the whole story