Tweet Being the ombudsman or “public editor” for the New York Times  has to be a pretty thankless job at the best of times, but it got a whole lot more thankless for Arthur Brisbane on Thursday, when he touched off a blog and Twitter […]

Tweet Twitter announced Tuesday morning it has acquired BackType (see disclosure), an analytics platform aimed at helping companies and brands gauge their impact on social media websites. Post-acquisition, BackType will focus on developing tools for Twitter’s publisher partners, the company said in a blog post […]

Tweet Skype today introduced a new beta version for Microsoft Windows users that adds support for several Facebook features. Skype for Windows 5.5 brings instant messaging, integrated Facebook contacts, and the ability to “Like” or comment on a friends Facebook status directly through the Skype […]

Tweet If you didn’t already know, Amazon has their very own Android App store. It’s just like the Marketplace from google, except Amazon runs it, meaning it has some subtle differences. One of those differences is that they give away a paid app for free […]

Tweet Windows Phone 7 has had excellent Facebook integration from the very first boot, but the platform is lacking in some areas, and it looks like Facebook and Microsoft are intending on adding even deeper integration into the phone. Neowin today uncovered evidence on Facebook […]