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Twitter has acquired startup Yes, Inc. and is making its CEO head of product

by Kurt Wagner Dec 1, 2016, 5:56pm EST

Keith Coleman will fill a job that has been vacant for six months.

Facebook’s AI boss: Facebook could fix its filter bubble if it wanted to

by Kurt Wagner Dec 1, 2016, 11:02am EST

The company could build the technology, but it’s just not that simple, he added.

Sheryl Sandberg is donating more than $100 million in Facebook stock to charity

by Kurt Wagner Nov 30, 2016, 6:12pm EST

Sandberg is also naming her foundation to honor her late husband, Dave Goldberg.

Facebook is bringing games like Pac-Man to its mobile app and Messenger

by Kurt Wagner Nov 29, 2016, 12:00pm EST

Facebook wants to host games like it does ads and articles.

Disney will stream new ‘Star Wars’ content live on Twitter this week

by Kurt Wagner Nov 29, 2016, 9:17am EST

“Star Wars”!

Twitter reminds everyone it won’t cooperate with government or police surveillance

by April Glaser and Kurt Wagner Nov 22, 2016, 9:24pm EST

Twitter doesn’t want third parties spying on its users.

New Yorkers are lining up around the block and into the subway to buy Snap’s new Spectacles

by Kurt Wagner Nov 22, 2016, 4:58pm EST

It’s pretty cold out, too.

Instagram is adding live video and Snapchat-style disappearing messages

by Kurt Wagner Nov 21, 2016, 10:00am EST

Facebook + Snapchat = Instagram.

‘I wanted to hit a nerve’: How one entrepreneur exposed Silicon Valley’s anxieties

by Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Nov 21, 2016, 6:30am EST

“Most CEOs I know are deeply depressed, often,” Sunil Rajaraman says on Recode Decode.

The marketing genius behind Snap’s new Spectacles

by Kurt Wagner Nov 20, 2016, 4:00pm EST

We all want a pair.

Here’s why Twitter turned down a Donald Trump advertising campaign

by Kurt Wagner Nov 19, 2016, 3:30pm EST

Twitter didn’t want people to think it was sponsoring anti-Hillary ads.

Here’s how Facebook plans to fix its fake-news problem

by Kurt Wagner Nov 19, 2016, 2:04am EST

It’s a rough plan, but a plan nonetheless.

Facebook plans to buy back $6 billion in stock

by Kurt Wagner Nov 18, 2016, 4:51pm EST

This is Facebook’s first stock buyback since going public.

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Benchmark invested in another social network: Video app Marco Polo

by Kurt Wagner Nov 18, 2016, 3:29pm EST

Benchmark partner Bill Gurley is expected to join the startup’s board.

Watch: President Obama piles onto Facebook and its fake-news controversy

by Kurt Wagner Nov 17, 2016, 7:11pm EST

Zuck doesn’t think fake news is a problem. Obama does.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says a white-supremacy ad the company showed users was a ‘mistake’

by Kurt Wagner Nov 17, 2016, 3:20pm EST

Poor form, Twitter.

LinkedIn’s CEO says the U.S. cares too much about four-year college degrees

by Kurt Wagner Nov 15, 2016, 8:26pm EST

Skills, not diplomas, need to be valued more, says Jeff Weiner.

Snap has confidentially filed for an IPO

by Kurt Wagner Nov 15, 2016, 5:35pm EST

That was fast.

Facebook won’t deal with any ‘fake news’ problems on its Workplace tool — customers will

by April Glaser and Kurt Wagner Nov 15, 2016, 3:20pm EST

Facebook doesn’t police the Feed.

Pinterest is launching autoplay video

by Kurt Wagner Nov 15, 2016, 1:00pm EST

That should also mean more ads.

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Tinder follows through with new options for transgender daters

by Ina Fried Nov 15, 2016, 10:48am EST

The site is also welcoming back people who were unfairly banned based on their gender.

Twitter will let you block tweets with nasty words in its latest attempt to combat abuse

by Kurt Wagner Nov 15, 2016, 9:00am EST

Twitter is also training employees to better understand what constitutes abuse.

WhatsApp is adding FaceTime-style video calls

by Kurt Wagner Nov 15, 2016, 12:59am EST

The new feature is for iOS, Android and even Windows phone.

Facebook is telling people that they are dead

by Johana Bhuiyan@JMBooyah Nov 11, 2016, 4:20pm EST

2016 will never end.

Mark Zuckerberg says it’s ‘crazy’ to think fake news stories got Donald Trump elected

by Kurt Wagner Nov 11, 2016, 5:03am EST

Upset Trump was elected president? Don’t blame Facebook!

Snapchat will sell its new video-capturing glasses via vending machines

by Kurt Wagner Nov 10, 2016, 9:48am EST

You can buy Spectacles — just not online or in a store.

Twitter COO Adam Bain is leaving the company

by Kurt Wagner Nov 9, 2016, 5:01pm EST

CFO Anthony Noto will take Bain’s COO job.

Facebook built another Snapchat clone specifically for emerging markets

by Kurt Wagner Nov 8, 2016, 10:00pm EST

Can Facebook beat Snapchat to its future growth markets?

Facebook’s new ads let brands connect with you on Messenger

by Kurt Wagner Nov 8, 2016, 11:00am EST

Got a shopping question? Messenger has the answer.

Facebook wants to start selling TV ads — on TVs — via Apple TV and Roku boxes

by Kurt Wagner and Peter Kafka Nov 4, 2016, 11:00am EDT

Facebook is moving another step closer to getting its hands on TV ad budgets.

Most VCs and entrepreneurs are doing nothing to fix Silicon Valley’s diversity problem

by Kurt Wagner Nov 3, 2016, 9:00am EDT

And that, of course, is the problem.

Facebook says ad revenue growth will start slowing down next year

by Kurt Wagner Nov 2, 2016, 6:30pm EDT

Investors aren’t happy at all.

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